The Credit Shifu

Discover will no longer provide extra bonus cash back through its online shopping portal which is due to close on Halloween - October 31st. Discover posted a message to account holders when they login to their accounts saying they are…

We reported earlier this year on a new credit card that doesn’t rely on your credit score to assess your application for the card, but instead looks at personal financial data such as your income and your spending. This card is Petal Card.…

American Express is not very good at keeping things hush hush, it seems. A few days ago they accidentally added new benefits to the Premier Rewards Gold card that in theory shouldn’t go live until 10/04/2018, and now images of the two new…

Chase has announced that now customers have the ability to lock their credit cards if they lose them, and unlock the cards again when found. Locking and unlocking can be done through Chase.com or the company’s mobile app. According to chase…

US Bank recently released a new business credit card called the US Bank Business Leverage Visa Signature. The card features 48 potential bonus categories of which card holders will earn 2x on two categories out of the 48. The card also…

There is a limited time offer out there for American Express card holders of an increased transfer ratio to Hilton Hhonors. Users have reported offers of 20% to 30% appearing in the points transfer section of their accounts. The offer is…

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal has drawn attention to several big merchants’ campaign to end the so called “honor all cards” policy of Visa and Mastercard. If a merchant wants to accept say Visa cards, for example, they must…

I received an email this morning from Chase introducing a new promotion they are running, where they are allowing Freedom card holders to earn 10% back at Shoprite in October. Q4 5% earning categories for the Freedom card are Chase Pay,…

You can now freeze your credit reports from the three major credit bureaus free of charge. This is thanks to amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act that were passed as part of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer…

Citi recently stopped taking new applications for the popular Citi Prestige credit card, although has said in a statement that they “remain committed to the Prestige product and servicing our valued existing card members. We look forward to…