admin Unless you’re buying your next house in cash, you need to finance part of the purchase (probably most of it) with a mortgage loan. That loan can have both positive and negative impacts on your credit score. Those impacts appear as soon as you apply for your mortgage and continue until you sell the house … Read more
The Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards Secured Card combines the best features of a cash-back credit card with the accessibility of a secured credit card that’s available to applicants with serious credit problems. If you’re struggling to rebuild your credit after a financial setback or eager to build and improve it for the first … Read more
The Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards Credit Card is a simple rewards credit card for small business owners. It’s from Bank of America, which is one of the largest credit card issuers in the U.S., so you can trust that it’s legitimate. But is it the right cash-back credit card for your business? Keep reading … Read more
Dozens of banks and credit unions lure new business with account-opening promotions. Some reward first-time customers with bonuses worth hundreds of dollars just for opening an account and making qualifying deposits. The best land on our regularly updated roundup of the top new bank account promotions. You’ve probably seen credit card issuers get in on the … Read more
Just because you have bad credit, it doesn’t mean that you can’t be a small business owner. Many small-business owners have less-than-perfect credit, in fact. And they don’t let it stop them from taking advantage of one of the most important tools that a small business owner can have: a business credit card. Quite a … Read more
Sign up for Zipcar and get a FREE $25 driving credit. Zipcar offers city-dwellers a viable alternative to traditional car ownership. Its hundreds of hubs around the globe make it one of the world’s largest carsharing companies, and once you have a membership you can use its vehicles anywhere – including Europe. Like the locally based nonprofits … Read more
The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program is popular with frequent Alaska fliers, in part because they have so many different airline partners that you can use your miles for. If you frequently travel for business, that’s music to your ears. And if you have good business credit already, the Alaska Airlines Visa Business Credit Card … Read more
The Amazon Prime Visa Card, formerly known as the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, is a cash-back credit card exclusively for Amazon Prime members. Built for regular Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market shoppers, it offers up to 5% cash back on purchases made within the Amazon ecosystem and 2% cash back on a broad range of other … Read more
There isn’t that much innovation going on in the credit card world these days. So when a credit card issuer does something different, it really stands out. The TD Clear Credit Card certainly stands out. In fact, it’s completely different from any other credit card on the market. Instead of charging interest, it changes a … Read more
When it’s in the wrong place, like a name in an important legal document, one letter can have a big impact. So it is in the world of interest rates, where the similar-sounding terms “APR” and “APY” mean very different things. If you have a credit card and a bank account, you’ve already encountered both. … Read more