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Another Big Day at FiLife

Yesterday was a big day for FiLife. We launched a version of our site that better reflects the vision we’ve had for some time. Now we’re close to realizing that full vision. FiLife has an updated homepage, a community landing page, 39 new product guides, better navigation, and a new tool: the credit card picker.

More on Our Credit Card Tool
The idea behind the credit card picker is pretty simple: We’re trying to help you find the card that fits you best. How do we do this? First, we collect the most important data from major credit cards. Then we ask you to tell us how much credit card debt you carry, how much you spend monthly, and how long you want to carry the card. Finally we ask you to tell us what kind of card you want (a rewards card, a student card, etc.) Our tool then searches through our directory of hundreds of credit cards, calculates how much these cards will either make you or cost you, and then serves you up the best ones. Each card is stamped with a dollar value that represents the card’s value or cost to you. You can read more about these calculations here. Bottom line: the credit card picker answers the question – “What credit card is right for you?”

More to Come
Over the next couple of months, FiLife will launch more pickers in the CD, savings account, checking account, mortgage, and home equity categories. In each case, we’ll have a comprehensive directory for each product, and we’ll calculate each product’s value in your terms. The goal is to make product selection really easy – and more fun and effective than how products are chosen today.

We appreciate any and all feedback – so let us know what you think.

– Bryan Chupp

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