In late July it was leaked that JPMorgan Chase was trying to secure deals with fintechs to charge them for using API calls. JPMorgan Chase has now signed a deal with these fintechs after months of negotiations that will see them pay for... Read More →
Currently Capital One has three dummy transfer partners showing a 1:0.5 transfer rate Read More →
Update 11/13/25: Looks like payments are coming in for around ~$44 It’s alleged that Patreon disclosed its users’ identities and video-viewing preferences without consent in violation of federal law. Patreon has denied any... Read More →
Venmo has added a new rewards program called 'Venmo Stash'. Read More →
According to the WSJ Visa & Mastercard are close to a settlement for a 20 year long legal dispute regarding anticompetitive interchange fees and acceptance terms with merchants. Main points: If a merchant accepted one type of Visa... Read More →
Southwest has signed a lease for its first ever lounge Read More →
Unfortunately we have had to update how we handle spam comments due to Akismet insane price increases. We are now using invisible reCaptcha, some users are getting the following issue ‘reCaptcha validation fails. The response... Read More →
Following Vacasa's acquisition by Casago for $130 million it has been announced that Vacasa is ending it's partnership with Wyndham Read More →
Starbucks has launched something called the Starbucks Rewards Coffee Loop program Read More →
California has passed a new bill that increases this to $15 and also includes eGiftcards Read More →
Some readers have noticed that we have been making changes to the site lately and have had questions/issues. Rather than having comments all over the place and being informed multiple times of issues I thought I’d quickly make... Read More →
In 2024 the Capital One Venture X Business Visa card lost access to non lounges on Priority Pass (e.g restaurants). For some reason this only applied to the Visa card and not the Mastercard that some existing cardholders held... Read More →
Some new hotel promotions (can do one or the other, not both) Use code STAYCATION to earn 2,500 bonus miles on your first hotel booking. Use code BACKTOSCHOOL to earn 5,000 bonus miles on your first hotel... Read More →
Similar to the Payments workshop but for gift cards this page is designed to share data points on rules for using gift cards at various merchants. This is a user generate resource so share your own experiences below so we can improve on... Read More →
Chipotle has launched a new rewards program exclusively for college students called ‘Chipotle U‘. Benefits of the program are as follows: 1,000 points for joining Increased earn rate (12x points per $1 spent instead of 10x)... Read More →
