I have praised OnJuno (now Juno) in the past. I wrote what is probably the most thorough review of Juno here. I soured on Juno when they released their own coin. Since then many things have happened and I haven’t talked about them (except for a brief mention in “Maybe…

One of the key sources of income in this hobby is fintech companies, especially those that have no idea what they are doing and come up with insane promos or do things a certain way that they are ripe for abuse. You know all those companies that came into the…

2/10/2023 Update: Statement on StormX on switching banking partner: “Our partner bank has decided to exit all crypto related programs which means we are in the process of transitioning the StormX Prepaid Card off of Metropolitan Commercial Bank.  This will require closing the accounts (Date TBD) while we source and onboard a…

There was a time when I used to often write about cell phone deals [1] [2] [3] but I don’t write very often about them because points and miles blogs have been picking up cell phone deals much more often these days. Anyway, this post is important because (a) I…

FTX filed for bankruptcy on November 11, 2022. Some other major events might go down soon. And I am finally getting around to making a post about my thoughts a month later. Well, actually, let’s not talk about FTX specifically. Let’s just do a follow-up on the “another crypto catastrophe…

Bloom is a financial app from Fidelity. It is currently offering a bunch of “easy” offers that add to a decent sum of money for the amount of time and effort it requires. Signup Link: https://www.fidelity.com/mobile $50 Signup Offer You get $50 for signing up. Yes, you are still eligible…

In late 2019, all my Citi credit cards were closed for having too many inquires, too many cards, etc. Citi put a restriction on credit privilege but allowed checking account relationship to continue. In summer of 2021 I had applied for Citi Premier and the decline letter explicitly stated that…

Paceline’s credit card is one of the underrated cards. I had briefly written about it in “what cards do I use?” post from earlier this year. The card comes with a weekly statement credits, up to $429 in total credit towards any Apple watch, for hitting your weekly streak. The…

I have extensively written about Juno (Formerly OnJuno) because they have had several easy money making offers. In all of it I have been very confused as to how they actually make money by practically giving away free money over and over again. Well, now that they are releasing their…

We have all seen terrible signup bonuses like free pumpkin or various 5-10% one time in store discount offers. But here is a new one – a NFT. The folks being this signup bonus are so proud of this offer that they had titled the email containing this offer “Time…