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“Refunds don’t claw back the bonus” Cash App | 25% off travel purchases, up to $10 off [Temporarily Expired]
[Update 2] Based on our testing, for some Cash App offers, if you get a refund after using the offer, Cash App still refunds the full original amount. For example, with the Travel...
The World’s First Wooden Debit Card — TreeCard [Update: The Referral Bonus Helps Plant More Trees]
There are a lot of fintech startups in the U.S., and when they launch a new product, they often promote it with a waitlist. Most of the time, those launches fizzle out, and all you...
Radius Bank Reward Checking Review: Up to 1.5% Cash Back; $50 Bonus with Account Opening, No DD Required
Radius Bank is a relatively established player among online banks, and compared with many newer digital banks that have emerged in recent years, it may feel more trustworthy. The c...
Wire Transfer: An Introduction to Wire Transfers
The term Wire Transfer is probably familiar to many international students. When family sends money each semester, this is often one of the most commonly used transfer methods. Tod...
OneWest Bank Checking Account: Up to $300 Bonus
Bank Overview Many people may not have heard of OneWest Bank. Its logo is very distinctive: a hollowed-out daisy. This is a regional bank whose business is mainly concentrated in S...
BBVA Bank Account Guide (Checking, Savings, MMA, CD): $400/$250 Opening Bonuses and $1,000 in Card Spend
Open a BBVA Preimer Checking account now and get a $400 account-opening bonus. This account can be funded with a personal Visa credit card for up to $500. The regular Checking and...
Reader Drew a $190 Visa Share on Robinhood
Robinhood was one of the more popular commission-free brokerages in its early days. Back then, some people could even draw Apple stock, but the signup lottery mechanism has since c...
Yotta Savings Overview: Expected APY of 4%+ [Get 100 Bonus Tickets for Opening an Account]
Yotta Saving is a newly launched savings account. Yotta’s base APR is very low at just 0.2%, but you also receive lottery tickets based on your account balance. Those tickets have...
Guide to ACH Transfers at US Banks
ACH transfers are very convenient. Pros: they can be done online, support transfers in both directions, usually have no fees, and generally arrive fairly quickly. Cons: you usually...
Chase Banking | A pop-up now reminds you to add a physical U.S. mobile number after login (YMMV, not mandatory; Voice-type numbers don’t work)
I’ve always used Google Voice, this powerful virtual phone number, to manage bank accounts. Recently, Chase has started showing a pop-up reminder every time I log in, asking me to...
Premier Members Credit Union Bank Account Review: $50 Signup Bonus + Up to $6,000 Credit Card Funding (Codes as Purchase)
The biggest highlight of this account is its unusually high credit card funding limit, making it a great tool for meeting minimum spending requirements on new cards. Unfortunately,...