Capital One Offers $100 or $300 Bonus for Business Checking, Plus Rewards

January 16th, 2012 No comments

BestCashCow has often featured articles on rewards you can get from your personal bank account. However, if you also happen to have a small business, there’s absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t get rewards from your small business bank account as well. The Capital One Small Business Rewards Checking account could be a good choice for you for several reasons.

First, this Capital One account allows you to combine rewards between your personal and business Capital One accounts, including credit cards. As we all try to save money and spend less in this economy, this feature becomes even more pertinent because it will take less time to achieve rewards levels through combined account spending. While Capital One does have the disclaimer that it limits one Rewards checking account per customer, you can link personal and business Capital One credit cards for combined rewards.

The Small Business Checking rewards work like this: you’ll earn 20 miles for each non-PIN-based transaction, and 10 miles for every debit/PIN purchase.

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RushCard’s Rewards Can’t Mask High Fees

January 9th, 2012 No comments

The RushCard, one of the worst prepaid cards on the market, has announced a new savings tool and cash-back rewards program that it says “helps hard-working members who want to budget and save, but are finding it difficult to do so with the big banks.”

Don’t be fooled. The card is still a bad deal for consumers and should be avoided.

The new feature, called RushGoals, encourages you to set up Goals savings accounts.

For each month you maintain an average daily balance of $500 or more across your Goals accounts, RushCard will reward you with a $2 credit that will be applied against your monthly fees, $24 a year if you maintain that balance for a full year.

“With RushGoals, we not only give customers money back, we’ll also help them realize their financial goals,” RushCard founder Russell Simmons said. “This is ju

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