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Over the past several weeks I’ve been proactively requesting new contactless credit cards for each of my Chase credit card accounts. This process began when I received an email from Chase notifying me that the Chase Freedom card is now contactless. As of writing, every single one of my Chase credit card accounts now offers…
As it turns out, January was my month of new credit cards. I’m not talking about new credit cards that I applied to (although I did apply for the Citi Prestige card), but rather new physical cards for existing accounts. Typically I don’t request new cards unless the account becomes compromised. However, Chase recently rolled…
It seems 2020 is going to finally be the year of contactless credit cards. With the arrival of my new Chase Freedom card, nearly every card in my wallet is now contactless. That’s a great thing too because I never enjoyed using chip credit cards. The whole concept of inserting a card for far too…
A little less than a month ago American Express introduced a completely refreshed Gold card. The new comes with a ton of amazing benefits and features not offered by the previous versions of the card. While the benefits offered by the card are great, today I want to focus on something else about the card.…
A few years ago there was a major change to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) network. The change, which occurred in 2014, was a switch from the popular Chicago Card to a new “Ventra” card. Ventra was essentially a new and improved Chicago Card which offered contactless payment on all CTA busses and trains. At…
Credit cards are strange. You would think credit card technology around the world is all the same. Oddly enough, it isn’t. You’d be surprised by how much payment technology differs around the world. One of those technologies used heavily in much of Europe is contactless payment. Contactless payment is essentially Apple Pay, but with a…
