Things You Missed – 26th July to 8th August 2021

Happy National Day! Here are the more interesting things discussed in our Telegram group chat in the past couple of weeks:
Credit cards
- Is the MCC for NTUC FairPrice gift card different from groceries bought there? No
- MCC for ShopBack vouchers is 5812
- Get 0.5 miles per dollar for topping up wallet apps like Dash, GrabPay, ShopeePay, and Lazada with OCBC Voyage
- CIMB World Mastercard will no longer award cashback for wallet app top-ups from 1st September 2021
- Does DBS LiveFresh give 5% cashback for FavePay? No, but OCBC FRANK gives 6%
- Discussion on best credit card to use for $7,000+ of Apple purchases
- Discussion on Amex CapitaCard
- Credit card application rejected; appeal or reapply? Probably the latter
- Reminder that both CardUp and ipaymy allow partial payments for income tax
- Seems like OCBC is cancelling cards that are inactive
- Card strategy discussion: HSBC Revolution + Citi SMRT
- OCBC FRANK NDP promo
Investing
- Does one still get dividend if one sells after record date? Yes
- moomoo quiz answers
- Does moomoo come with inactivity fee? No
Wallet apps & rewards programmes
- Get 3,000 points when you spend $88.25 on GrabPay (8th August 2021 only). Even things like AXS works! Join the group for timelier updates
Promos
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