Last Reviewed: 2/4/2012
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Well, I must confess that if it weren’t for a diligent PIQ reader, I never would have even known about the existence of the Fannie Mae Visa Signature Card.
Last Reviewed: 2/2/2012
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If you are looking for a credit card that can turn you into a zombie, then Capital One’s Spark Business card may be the one for you. “Why?” you ask. Simple.
Last Reviewed: 12/14/2011
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The CapitalOne Cash Rewards credit card personifies delayed gratification (think: ketchup). It’s ultimately a 1.5% cashback card, which is fairly respectable. But there’s a bit of a catch: you need to wait until the end of each card anniversary year to collect the 0.5% extra of CapitalOne rewards (in other words, you get 1% cashback throughout the year, and then a 50% bonus at the end of the year).
Last Reviewed: 11/22/2011
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While there are hundreds of credit card deals and sign-up bonuses out there, a few select offers will make your eyes go wide in disbelief, like this cute lemur.
Last Reviewed: 6/10/2011
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Recently Amex scrapped the Blue Cash Card, and replaced it with 2 variants: Blue Cash Everyday and Blue Cash Preferred. Generally speaking, Blue Cash Everyday performs similarly to the Preferred version at relatively low levels of monthly spend (around $700 per month) when used on all types of purchases, and can outperform Blue Cash Preferred at spend levels of $500 or less.
The American Express Blue Cash Preferred card is without a doubt one of the best cash back cards out there, if not the best, and according to the PlasticIQ ranking engine, one of the absolute all-around top cards available. Add to that the support provided by Amex, and you may very well be looking at the Muhammad Ali of credit cards. (more…)
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The American Express Blue Cash Preferred card is without a doubt one of the best cash back cards out there, if not the best, and according to the PlasticIQ ranking engine, one of the absolute all-around top cards available. Add to that the support provided by Amex, and you may very well be looking at the Muhammad Ali of credit cards.
Last Revised: 3/9/2011
While the idea of opening a new credit card may seem straightforward enough, once you start actively searching for a card you can quickly become overwhelmed by the hundreds of different pieces of plastic available in the marketplace.
In fact, it was this very feeling of being “overwhelmed by choice” that led me to create the PlasticIQ website—in particular, the personalized ranking engine.
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Last Reviewed: 12/06/2010
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The Discover Miles card is the lightweight brethren of the invincible Discover Escape card. As with the Escape card, PlasticIQ classifies the Discover Miles card as a restricted cash-back card, because the miles earned on Discover Miles can be applied against nearly any form of travel (airline, hotel, auto rentals, cruises, travel packages) in the form of a statement credit post-purchase.
Last Reviewed: 12/04/2010
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The Capital One Venture Card is an excellent restricted cashback credit card, currently ranking 2nd in our cashback category and 3rd in our airline category, using the PlasticIQ Ranking Engine with specific spending assumptions. You may be surprised to see the Venture card appearing in the cashback category, given that cardholders earn miles (and not cash back!) with the use of the card.
Last Reviewed: 10/4/2010
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The Fidelity Investment Rewards Amex card is definitely one of the most heavy-hitting cashback cards available, if not the most, but you absolutely need to know how to navigate its rewards structure in order to get the most from this card.
