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Card Hub
Company typePrivate
IndustryPersonal Finance, Credit Cards
Founded2008
HeadquartersArlington, VA
Key people
Odysseas Papadimitriou, Founder and CEO
ProductsRich Internet Application
Number of employees
8
Websitewww.cardhub.com

CardHub.com is a credit card comparison website owned and operated by Evolution Finance, Inc., a personal finance company founded in 2008 and based in Arlington, Virginia in the United States.[1]

CardHub.com serves primarily as an online credit card marketplace, but it also operates a social gift card exchange[2] and regularly releases studies on the credit card industry"Card Hub Studies".[3]

History

CardHub.com was founded on July 15, 2008[4] by Odysseas Papadimitriou, a former executive with Capital One[5]. CardHub.com expanded to include charge card comparison tools on October 14, 2008,[6] a Debt Center on July 27, 2009,[7] and a social gift card exchange on April 21, 2010.[8] Card Hub’s gift card application for Facebook launched on December 3, 2009[9].

The company launched a blog under the brand name Wallet Blog in December 2008.[10] Papadimitriou, the company’s CEO, served as its editor-in-chief and head writer before later also becoming a contributing writer for various prominent news websites, such as Forbes.com,[11] FoxBusiness.com[12] and The Huffington Post.[13]

CardHub.com also operates the MyFico.com Credit Card Center.[14][failed verification]

Services

CardHub.com operates a database of credit cards[15] and prepaid cards.[16] The site also provides various product comparison tools and a personal finance Education Center[17]. The site's gift card exchange allows users to buy and sell gift cards directly amongst each other or through the website itself[18][19].

Studies

CardHub.com regularly conducts and releases studies on various aspects of the credit card industry[20].

The company’s studies on No Preset Spending Limit (NPSL) credit cards[21][22][23], credit card debt[24][25][26], and interest rates[27][28] have been covered extensively in the press.[29]

Awards

Evolution Finance was named one of the “Five Hottest startups in the Mid-Atlantic Region” in 2008[30] and was invited to the Capital Call hosted by Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ernst & Young, Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica Bank.[31]

References

  1. ^ "CardHub.com". Insider Pages. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Gifts Home". CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Card Hub Studies". News & Statistics. CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lynn (July 15, 2008). "CardHub.com Redefines the Way Consumers Find Credit Cards". PRWeb. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  5. ^ Lieber, Ron (January 30, 2009). "Credit and Debit Cards". New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  6. ^ "CardHub.com Ups the Ante with New "Shopping Mall" for Charge Cards". Make Business Card. January 5, 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  7. ^ "CardHub.com Launches Innovative Credit Card Debt Center". July 27, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Card Hub Launches Facebook Application - Eliminating the Guesswork from the Gift-Giving Process". PRWeb. December 3, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Buy and Sell Discounted Gift Cards at the Card Hub Gift Card Exchange". Maximizing Money. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  10. ^ Papadimitriou, Odysseas (December 12, 2008). "Troubling: Some of Chase's Recent Change in Terms". Wallet Blog. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  11. ^ "How To Fix Bad Credit On The Cheap". Forbes (reprinting from CardHub). September 28, 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  12. ^ Papadimitriou, Odysseas (October 20, 2010). "The CARD Act and Bad Credit: What are Your Options?". Fox Business. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  13. ^ "Odysseas Papadimitriou". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  14. ^ http://creditcards.myfico.com/offers/
  15. ^ http://cardhub.com/credit-cards/
  16. ^ http://cardhub.com/prepaid-cards/
  17. ^ http://education.cardhub.com/
  18. ^ http://gifts.cardhub.com/us
  19. ^ http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/28/pf/gift_cards/
  20. ^ "Card Hub Studies". Card Hub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  21. ^ "[http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/consumer/Beware_risks_of_no_preset_limit_credit_cards.html Do Amex and other "no-preset-limit" cards hurt your credit scores?". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2011. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)]
  22. ^ Schultz, Jennifer Saranow (December 1, 2010). "Be Wary of Credit Cards With No Spending Limits". Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  23. ^ Fairbank, Katie (January 9, 2011). "Man Puzzled by Docked Credit Score". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  24. ^ Dugas, Christine (March 10, 2010). "Lower Credit Card Debt Traced Mainly to Charge-Offs". USA Today. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  25. ^ http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2010/03/11/credit_card_debt_fell_because_of_write_offs/
  26. ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/28/1722764/is-credit-card-debt-shrinking.html
  27. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703373404576148190837940196.html
  28. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2011-02-19-credit-card-rates-rise_N.htm
  29. ^ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cardhub&sa=N&tbs=nws:1,ar:1#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbs=nws:1%2Car%3A1&q=cardhub+studies&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.1,or.&fp=bc3757e578a738f7
  30. ^ "Evolution Finance / CardHub Recognized as "One of the Five Hottest Companies" in..." (Press release). Reuters. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  31. ^ "Evolution Finance / CardHub Recognized as "One of the Five Hottest Companies" in the mid-Atlantic Region". Business Wire. September 4, 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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