Amber Burton

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Future Credit Card Perks Could Include Bitcoin and Rent · 12 Apr 2021 podcast

It's on a lot of people's minds.

So more lenders are really considering, you know, how they can relate their rewards programs to that.

So, for instance, FinTech startup Social Finance Inc.

in March, they were one of the ones that launched a credit card that provides up to 2% cash back.

And that cashback can be converted to pay down student loans that cardholders have with that specific company.

And there are other, you know, rewards programs that are soon to come on the market as well.

Built, which is underneath the umbrella of Kairos, another fintech startup.

They are, you know, looking into a rewards program that could go toward homeownership.

They're not sharing too many details on that right now, but that's another thing that young people are working toward.

It's all related.

I would say they're taking it a step forward by giving it a little bit more of a specific purpose.

And so you see this with, for instance, some of the companies like BlockFi, an online lender for investors with crypto assets.

And so they're the type of company that's looking more at how can they, you know, give back Bitcoin rewards.

So they are investing in their Bitcoin rewards program right now, later this year, actually.

And the card that they are launching is set to have about a $200 annual fee, and it will pay out, like you were saying, that 1.5% in cash back.

But what's different about them is they'll convert that cash back to Bitcoin for every dollar spent.

So that's a little bit different.

It's just a more specific option with that cash back.

Yeah, definitely a little bit of a turf battle in terms of innovation and who can do it first.

That definitely appears to be the sentiment when you talk to the people at the different companies, because there is so much opportunity in this space and so much that hasn't been done.

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