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News Roundup
This is a roundup of news and other interesting pieces that I’ve come across over the last few days. I thought they are worth sharing so I hope you enjoy reading them. And here’s a quick tip if you come across a paywalled article. Copy/paste URL here and you will likely be able to read it for free.
Samsung Wants to Launch a U.S. Credit Card
Samsung has ambitions to become a bigger player in American consumers’ everyday financial lives—something its archrival, Apple, has accomplished with offerings like its credit card and digital wallet. While Samsung’s digital wallet is popular in its home market of South Korea, its consumer financial products lag behind Apple’s in the U.S.
Read more at WSJ
iPhone Users Can Now Add Their Passport to Apple Wallet
iPhone users can now add a Digital ID to Apple Wallet by using their US passport. Apple launched the feature Wednesday, which allows people to use their iPhone or Apple Watch to get through TSA checkpoints at more than 250 airports in the US for identity verification.
Read more at CNET
Alaska opens ticket sales for new nonstop flights between Seattle and Rome
Alaska Airlines is now selling tickets to Rome from our expanding global gateway in Seattle – another milestone as a growing global airline. We’ll offer daily, seasonal summer service between Seattle and Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport in Rome beginning on April 28, 2026.
Read more at Alaska Airlines
Lessons from the Buyer’s Group Graveyard
“One of the myriad techniques of generating spend on credit cards is buying something, shipping it to a buyer’s group, then getting paid back by the group.”
Read more at MEAB
Capital One Debit-Card Users Aren’t Happy After the Switch to Discover
Complaints about the change have cropped up on social media, with users lamenting the switch based on perceptions that Discover might not be widely accepted. Most places in the U.S. now take Discover, but sporadic problems with the new cards are fueling concerns among customers more familiar with Visa and Mastercard.
Read more at WSJ
Earn free Enterprise Car Rental points with Plus Your Points promotion
Enterprise Car Rental is back with its yearly promotion called “Plus Your Points” that will run through the end of February 2026. While there’s nothing about it that will knock your socks off, there are some easy opportunities to earn free Enterprise points, as well as make car rentals more rewarding with double points and gamified “badges.”
Read more at FM
Chase Sapphire Reserve Cardmember Experiences at Miami Art Week
Chase Sapphire Reserve will be back in Miami as the presenting sponsor of Faena Art Week December 2-6. Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers can level up their experience with Ultimate Rewards packages.
Read more at Sapphire Experiences
Capital One Adding New Transfer Partners?
Capital One added three dummy transfer partners to its site, so they might working on adding new partners, and it may just be nothing. See image below that was shared on reddit.
TSA Accepting Tips
Here’s another image that was shared on reddit, showing a tip box at checkpoints at LaGuardia airport.
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