February 2012

I didn’t know this card is one of the oldest reward card in the market. Needless to say more than half of Discover card holder portfolio contains Discover® More® Card members. I also didn’t know that Discover cards have an orange edge, which is there to assist you getting out the card from your wallet. Discover says that Orange symbolizes the care and commitment they have for the card members. They want to make sure you get the orange out from a stack of whites and blacks. Good thinking! Now that you discovered two great facts about Discover, let’s try to find all…

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Finally I have become member of the great Yakezie network with my other blog, One Cent at a Time. It’s time to grow Finance Product Reviews with yakezie now. I joined Yakezie challenge today with an Alexa ranking of 1.9M. About Yakezie: The Yakezie is the web’s largest personal finance and lifestyle blog network.  Started in December of 2009, and have since grown to become a thriving community eager to help others.  We strive to optimize reader’s personal finances and allow people to lead better lives.  We are over 80 Members strong community of bloggers with individual voices, individual owners and different…

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Credit cards are made to be convenient, but you have to know which credit card is going to be the most convenient, or going to get you the most advantage with its use. The Chase Sapphire credit card has its advantages, though it comes at a price. The Chase Sapphire has no introductory APR, or annual percentage rate. The APR does come at a low 15.4%, which you should know is a low APR when you see other credit card APRs, and the APR is also variable – so remember that at some time in the future, this low APR…

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Welcome to the roundup of articles in the blogosphere on Financial product reviews. The roundup brings you some additional products reviews, they are all from experienced bloggers and trustworthy. Betterment Review at Smart on Money, this was his conclusion “I loved Betterment before and signed up to use them, despite that I wasn’t 100% happy about their costs/fees.  Now that they’ve lowered their fees drastically and made them super competitive, I really don’t have any major reservations about their service anymore.  I can wholeheartedly recommend Betterment now, and I would recommend them to friends, family and anyone else as a…

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The earliest version of Microsoft Money was way back in 1991, under the the Windows operating system version 3.0. Since then, 17 versions of the financial software have been made. Managing personal finances was easy with the use of graphical interfaces Microsoft products are known for, and the constant support from Microsoft brought users to Microsoft Money as a preferred tool for managing their investments, portfolios and expenses. However, last December 31, 2011, Microsoft officially ended supporting Microsoft Money. In the interim, Microsoft is encouraging all users of Microsoft Money to use Microsoft Money Plus Sunset, an application that can…

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Bank of America Add It Up program is online shopping portal come rewards program. Participation in which is free and may generate cash back rewards on your regular day-to-day shopping. Who can enroll in Add It Up Membership in Add It Up requires you to have Bank of America credit or debit card, and have enrolled in online banking. Residents of Washington and Idaho cannot participate, Small Business credit card only customers can not participate. Some BOA cardholders are ineligible, including holders of other BOA-issued rewards cards like Upromise, TripRewards, etc. How to enroll in Add It Up You need…

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The other day I received a mail in offer for this card. Although I pay my balance in full every month on all of my cards, this one got my attention because of its 18 months 0% APR rate. I was intrigued. I didn’t end up applying for the card because I don’t need a 0% PAR or a 20% APR, I don’t have to pay any interest on my cards. This card can be one of the bets companion in your debt reduction journey if you happen to have credit card debt. I would advice that when looking for a new…

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This is a re-post of my Yodlee Money center review at One Cent at a Time. I track my net worth using Yodlee, I track my budget and spending through Yodlee money center. I have also experimented with a few other financial accounting tools like quicken online and mint.com. Here;s why I like Yodlee most. Why I use Yodlee Money Center? There are many reasons, for the sake of keeping this post to a readable length, I will just stick to a few. 1. Money Center has been around for over 10 years. Thus, you can definitely count on the products and services they offer. In…

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Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending service that brings in Lenders and borrowers together on its platform. The borrowers borrow money from a number of lenders and lenders lend money to a number of borrowers. Prosper can be very attractive to both borrowers and lenders.  Started in 2006, California based Prosper.com is currently the largest peer-to-peer lending service with over 1.25 million members and 350,000,000 in funded loans. Prosper offers borrowers loan rates as low as 6.59% depending on credit-worthiness and return rates as high as 38.54%.  Both borrowers and lenders eliminate the need to get a loan through a bank by working directly with…

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What are the essential qualities of a good product review? We often see people write pre-sell pages and they fiercely sell products before they’ve even built any rapport with the reader. I think the best results will be achieved when you don’t try to sell products you review but, recommend to them. There are various other essential qualities that makes a review worth reading and spending time on. 1. Should cover pros and Cons – A genuine review should cover the pros and cons. A product rarely goes flawless. A review should cover both the aspects. Describe the product, the good parts…

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