Episode 42: More Fails, WF & Bilt, CLEAR Experience & Music!

Disclaimer: I am not a financial or tax advisor. This is not financial or tax advice. This is for entertainment purposes only. Enjoy!

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  • Album coming soon! Check the end of the episode for a snippet…
  • Kung Fewer & Kleed SO kleed tier! Welcome Caleb!
  • Daniel Monzo referral. Thanks!
  • Apple digital wallet announcements at WWDC
    • NFC feature has been a thing on Android for years
  • Wealthfront 1% referral boost now available for some college employees (lost link)
  • Robinhood 1% match on all DEPOSITS
  • CLEAR in Logan
    • Two clears?
    • It’s not PreCheck?
    • Hate it
  • EWR SUCKS
  • Discover Interest Mistake
    • Offered 0% APR on new purchases for 12 months
    • Set payment to minimum
    • Didn’t account for outstanding balance of ~$200
    • Been charged ~$6 in interest since May
  • Looking for best card for category app
  • Wells Fargo $325 posted
  • Uber Gift Card tracked for BofA PRE Lifestyle credit
    • 6/11/2024 $100 Uber GC reload “BC UBER CASH” merchant description TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES
    • 6/14/2024 Meter Moved
    • 6/15/2024 credit posted
    • Losing ~20%
    • No response on other claims
  • Synapse Evolve
    • Shortfall likely
    • Pathak already onto next venture with $11M funding
    • I can’t keep updating…
  • LAX Chase Sapphire lounge
  • DoorDash summer deals for DashPass members 
  • Chase Q3
    • All 5% on DoC
  • [Lightning Deal/Expired] TCB $2.50 for $15 spend
  • Venture X automatic check for negative balance
  • WF Losing on BILT
    • But Wells is losing as much as $10 million every month on the program as savvy customers flock to the card, according to current and former employees.
    • Executives made internal projections on key revenue drivers, such as the likelihood that cardholders would carry balances, that turned out to be inaccurate. 
    • Wells has told Bilt that it doesn’t intend to renew the contract, which is scheduled to end in 2029, unless economics are changed in its favor. 
    • About six months after the credit card was launched, Wells began paying Bilt a fee of about 0.80% of each rent transaction, even though the bank isn’t collecting interchange fees from landlords. 
    • Jain founded Bilt in 2019. The startup needed a bank partner to issue a credit card since it couldn’t underwrite or lend on its own. Its first issuer was Evolve Bank & Trust, a small Tennessee bank, but Bilt wanted to ultimately go bigger. 
    • Few projections that Wells had for the card have panned out. The bank assumed around 65% of card-purchase volume would be nonrent, generating interchange-fee revenue. The reality is inverted. 
    • Wells expected that around half to three-fourths of dollars charged to the card would carry over from month to month, generating interest charges. The reality ranges between around 15% and 25%. 
    • Reddit
    • DoC
    • Bilt CEO responds 
  • Chase ink SUB rumor
  • Visa MC settlement dropped
  • Targeted BofA offer
  • Chase PUJ??
  • BNPL discontinued by AAPL (HT klfjoat)
  • YouTube Premium discount
  • Blue Dot changes
    • “20% charging cash back portion is going away, and instead will be in-app charging only billed to your linked payment method. All points from cash back and referrals are going away”
  • Verizon Visa changes (HT Kleed)
  • Chartway SUB (Chex sensitive)
  • Oatly Securities Settlement
  • Amex Acquisitions
  • Future Card double cash back event through June
    • Talk about benefits
    • Send Future Arcadia bill
    • Referral
  • AMC Stubs Discount
  • NY Staples to no longer carry Amazon GCs
  • Priority Pass adding Escape Lounges
  • BofA PRE AF due
    • Not posted yet, will try retention. Any experience?
  • Axos $500 SUB
    • Applied, pending
  • Bose CS

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