Author: Kyle Burbank
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#FinHealthMatters: The Biggest Financial Lessons I’ve Learned
Today, April 25th, is #FinHealthMatters Day. I was first introduced to this “holiday” last year when the Center For Financial Services Innovation brought it to my attention via a FinCon contest. Five-hundred, twenty-five thousand, six-hundred minutes later, I can honestly say I’ve learned a lot more about personal finance in just one year’s time. Moreover,…
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TouchNote App Makes For Frugal and Fun Travel Souvenirs
For many of us, taking a trip near or far doesn’t just mean coming home with memories and photographs, it also means bringing souvenirs home for yourself and your friends. Unfortunately, in addition to taking up room in your suitcase, these tchotchke and other gifts can get expensive. That’s why we’ve started opting for more…
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Disney+ May Just Get You to Quit Cable (or Netflix)
Let’s get this out of the way up front: I am a huge Disney fan. Because of this, I’ve been actively looking forward to learning more about their upcoming streaming service, Disney+. Well, yesterday was my lucky day as the company finally spilled the beans — and, man, were they some delicious beans. On top…
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How Apple Pay Saved My Butt in Hong Kong
Visiting another country is always an interesting money experience. Even when traveling to places I’ve been to before, it seems I never know what to expect. That’s why, in the past, I’ve made sure to touchdown in each nation with at least a few dollars of local currency already in hand and armed with a…
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Is Apple’s Upcoming Credit Card Worth Adding to Your Wallet?
In recent years, the always-hyped Apple product presentations have been a bit hit or miss. While this week’s installment earned mixed review, the element that consumed all of my attention was the announcement of Apple Card — a new credit card the company is launching with Goldman Sachs. I had actually seen rumors that such…
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Pros and Cons of FinTech Brokerage Options
I’ll admit that, once upon a time, I too thought you needed to be pretty wealthy in order to start trading stocks and actively investing your money. Then came the FinTech revolution, bringing (among many other things) a slew of apps that looked to lower the barrier of entry for investing. Some of these startups…
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Walmart is Officially Killing Off Its Savings Catcher Feature
Well, observant Walmart fans may have seen it coming but now it’s official. This past week, the retailer sent out an email to users informing them that their Savings Catcher feature would meet its demise as on May 14th, 2019. After that fateful day, the feature will be disabled and no subsequent receipt submissions will…
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My Personal Personal Finance Blogging Philosophies
Next month will mark two years since I first started this site. During my time running a personal finance blog, there’s no doubt that I’ve learned a lot about personal finance and blogging. Now, as I reflect on the past two years, I’ve also been thinking a lot about my philosophies on both of those…
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Talking Money Can Be Contagious
In the years since I started writing about personal finance, I’ve also found myself discussing it in everyday life far more often as well. This extends from conversations with my wife about different things I read that might be helpful for us to just casually bringing up some of these same topics with friends. However,…
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Personal Finance Blog Income Report Roundup: January 2019
Aptly titled my Personal Finance Blogging Income Report Roundup, this time around I’ll be looking at reports published for January 2019 (yup, we’re doing a bit of catch-up here). In each case, I’ve broken down their income into four basic categories: affiliate income, sponsorships, courses and/or products, and site ad revenue.
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Ebates is Rebranding to Rakuten — But Don’t Panic
The other day, I was half paying attention to the television when a commercial for Rakuten came on. After a few seconds of hearing people try to pronounce the name, I looked up to realize I had seen the word before: under the logo for Ebates. So then why were they advertising Rakuten as a…
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WalletHub Ranks Delta as Top Frequent Flyer Program
Even if you don’t have visions of achieving elite status on your airline of choice, there’s no question that frequent flier miles can still come in handy. Unfortunately, not all of these programs are created equal, with some making it difficult to ever really make use of the points you accrue. Thankfully the personal finance…
