Quick Tips
Every Friday I post a new Quick Tip covering a wide range of topics, including ways to save money, travel tips, personal products/services I find interesting, and more.
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T-Mobile’s New Bank Account Offers Customers Up to 4% APY
Well this came out of left field. Last week, T-Mobile — a wireless service provider you may recall I recently switched to — announced that it was launching a new bank account. While the main features of this account are available to most Americans, the biggest selling point for current customers is the potential to…
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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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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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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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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…
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Aspiration Announces New Online Accounts, Features
Editor’s note: Aspiration has made even more changes recently, including adjusting the amount you’ll need to deposit monthly in order to earn interest on your account balance. For more information, check out my full review. Lately I’ve been going through a lot of the reviews I’ve written for both Money@30 and Dyer News and making…
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Is Attempting Your Own Taxes Worth It?
Considering that we’re now more than halfway through February (and it looks as though the IRS will be staying open from here on out), it’s time to start thinking about taxes. Honestly, I’m actually kind of excited to do my taxes this year as I have a feeling I’ll be getting a portion of my…
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Is it Time to Jump Off the Wells Fargo Wagon?
Over the past few years, Wells Fargo has certainly not generated the most positive headlines. After it was discovered that bank employees had opened more than a million additional accounts that customers never requested or knew about, the company launched an entire apology campaign that declared the bank had been “re-established in 2018.” Unfortunately for…
