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Added overseas cashback offers from Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered, and Bank of Ningbo
Today I found a few more mainland Chinese banks that often run overseas cashback promotions. Compared with the more popular banks, cashback offers from lesser-known banks may be ea...
Plastiq now supports local-currency international business payments
Plastiq’s international business payments outside the U.S. now support sending funds in local currency, H/T: Plastiq Blog Plastiq personal account signup link (limited-time bonus:...
2019 Quarterly 5x Cash Back Summary for Credit Cards “2019.10 Update: The Fourth Quarter Is Here—Time to Switch Cards in Your Wallet!”
The fourth-quarter shopping season is finally here—time to switch cards in your wallet! The quarterly 5%/5x cash-back categories for various credit cards are now available to activ...
Complete Guide to Credit Card Rental Car Insurance Benefits
If you live in the US, renting a car is often unavoidable. If you get into an accident and have to use your own auto insurance, you may have to pay a deductible and could also see...
Many Discover it Cards Have Recently Been Converted to Discover it Miles by the System (with Manual Switch Link)
Over the past few months, quite a few Discover it credit cards have been forcibly converted to Discover it Miles (with notice sent by email). This has mainly happened to Discover i...
The New AMEX Online Account Interface Temporarily Can’t Show Hilton FN Reward Numbers
In August, KUKU found that AMEX allowed cardholders to view the number for Hilton weekend free night certificates earned from credit card benefits or spending in the web interface....
Can a Newly Opened Business Card Let You Add an AMEX Offer One More Time?
I recently opened a new business card and accidentally found that if an AMEX Offer is added to the business card first, it can then be added again to a personal card. Is this just...
Upgrade to AMEX Business Platinum for a 50,000-point bonus, YMMV
You can now upgrade from the AMEX Biz Gold/Green to the Biz Platinum and receive a 50,000-point upgrade bonus. If you have one of these cards, check whether you were targeted. The...
Applying for Too Many Credit Cards Could Cost You Your Job!
I saw a post on Reddit from someone who failed a company background check after applying for a lot of credit cards. The person works in a sensitive software development role and is...
BofA Virgin Atlantic Credit Card [2019.9 Update: 65,000 Welcome Bonus, New Big-Spending Perk]
The welcome bonus on this card has increased to 65,000, and it now also offers a high-spending perk that lets you choose either an upgrade voucher or a companion ticket. Overall, t...
US Bank FlexPerks Gold (Amex Version) Credit Card
This card is very similar to the FlexPerks Travel, with only slightly different bonus categories. Dining works out to an effective 4.5% return, which is quite strong. The $85 annua...