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Kyle Burbank

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Kyle Burbank

Kyle is a freelance writer and author whose first book, "The E-Ticket Life" is now available on Amazon. In addition to his weekly "Money at 30" column on Dyer News, he is also the editorial director and a writer for the Disney fan site LaughingPlace.com and the founder of Money@30.com.

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8 Shopping Tools to Try This Holiday Season (and Every Day)

Nov 29, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

What's that sound I hear? Could it be jingle bells? Nope, sorry — it's just the sound of cash registers scanning away as the holiday shopping season is officially upon us. With today being Black Friday, millions of Americans are currently cruising around town looking for deals. Meanwhile, in many...

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Square's Cash App Now Offers Fractional Stock Shares

Nov 29, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

If the massive shift toward zero-free stock trading we saw among discount brokerages a few weeks ago wasn't enough, there's now another option for buying and selling stocks: Square's Cash app. Known mostly as a peer to peer payments platform, Cash has previously branched out by offering their own debit...

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SoFi Money Adds Lyft Cash Back Perk 3

Nov 22, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

It's always nice when, instead of taking away benefits like some people, a company decides to add some perks to their offerings. That's what happened to me this week as SoFi announced that customers can earn 20% cash back when they use their SoFi Money debit cards for Lyft rides...

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Disney+ is Here — Is it Worth Your Money? 2

Nov 15, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

After months of hype, this week The Walt Disney Company officially launched its streaming service dubbed Disney+. While the platform experienced some hiccups on Tuesday (the day of its debut), the company announced that it had already reached 10 million sign-ups by Wednesday — although it's worth noting that this...

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Rakuten Now Lets You Earn American Express Membership Rewards Points 3

Nov 8, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

Have you ever been in a situation where your loyalty to a person, product, or brand seemed like it was actually a hindrance? Take, for example, how cable companies like to offer special deals to new customers while raising rates for their existing ones. Or social media giveaways where the...

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Barclays Just Ruined My Favorite Credit Card

Nov 1, 2019 by Kyle Burbank

Welp. Part of me knew this day would come, but it's tremendously disappointing nonetheless. Earlier this week, Barclays and Uber announced some major changes to my beloved Uber Visa card. This included a multiplier decrease in my most-used category, the removal of another useful spending category, and the discontinuation of...