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Less than $4 dollars away from an extra $50 dollars!: Update 1

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Less than $4 dollars away from an extra $50 dollars!: Update 1

I was so close! I can’t believe I was this close and failed to reach $200 dollars in cash back rewards from Chase. A month ago I posted an article about how to save your cash back rewards because The Chase freedom card is no longer going to give the $50 dollar bonus for waiting [...]

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Chase skip-a-payment scam. Please share

Friday, June 12, 2009

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Chase skip-a-payment scam. Please share

My credit card statement this month was different for the first time. I had a balance, but the minimum payment was zero dollars. This confused me. How can I have a balance and the minimum payment be zero? I didn’t think much of this and I thought it was a mistake. I setup my payment [...]

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How to save your cash back bonus

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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As you may or may not know. The Chase Freedom card is changing terms on you. They will be getting rid of the triple rewards in the top 3 categories where you spend the most and switch to rolling categories where you will earn triple rewards throughout the year. They decide on the category, which [...]

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Save extra while shopping online

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Save extra while shopping online

If you have’t tried shopping through your credit card company’s website… what are you waiting for? A few of my credit cards that I know of have online shopping portals where you save extra money and earn up to 20% cash back! Discover® Open Road® Card: ShopDiscover Discover® More® Card AMEX: ShopAmex Running this site [...]

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JPMorgan Chase buys troubled Washington Mutual(WaMu)

Friday, September 26, 2008

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JPMorgan Chase buys troubled Washington Mutual(WaMu)

As we reported yesterday, WaMu posted an increase in their savings account APY to 4.00%. We called this a sign of desperation. It was announced late Thursday night, JPMorgan Chase will buy Washington Mutual for $1.9 Billion, marking this the biggest bank failure in the nation’s history! WaMu is the 13th bank to fail so [...]

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What’s your credit card APR?

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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I was talking to a buddy of mine last night and he asked me “What is a good APR for people our age?” I told him that 18-20% is pretty average for people new to credit. An APR of less than 10% is considered above average credit.

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