Costco and American Express recently broke up, and Visa has seized the opportunity. This means that the Costco branded payment card is changing at the warehouse. After doing some research on the card, I’m excited for this new relationship which officially begins on June 20, 2016. Plenty of perks are “in store” (pun intended) for […]
One of the worst feelings in the world is knowing that you can’t pay your taxes. This year, due to my divorce and the way my business is set up, my ex and I together owe about $25,000 dollars in state and federal taxes. We agreed to just splitting that bill down the middle because […]
April Fool’s Day is known for for its fun, (mostly) harmless tradition of trickery. It can certainly be entertaining to find out how gullible your friends and family are, but if you’re the gullible one, it might not seem as fun. Falling for pranks and false information on April Fool’s Day is understandable considering the […]
An error message popped up when I swiped my shiny new debit card through the card reader. The small screen stated I was required to use the chip reader because a chip card had been detected. The card I had recently received in the mail did indeed have a small computer chip embedded in the […]
The intersection of the Great Recession, Financial Crisis of 2008 and the rise of technology is producing a number of interesting new developments. The ways we work and play are changing, and the way we interact with money is changing as well. Millennials, for instance, are taking the lessons learned from recent financial difficulties and […]
With major retailer data breaches the last few years, and statistics indicating that 1 out of 5 Americans have experienced debit card fraud in the last 5 years, it’s no secret that debit card technology has been long overdue for a security upgrade. We’ve been hearing rumors for years about the full-scale roll-out of EMV, […]
