CardHub.com
Private | |
Industry | Personal finance, Credit cards, Gift cards |
Founded | 2008 |
Headquarters | Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. |
Key people | Odysseas Papadimitriou, Founder and CEO |
Products | Rich Internet Application |
Number of employees | 50 |
Website | www.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 Washington, DC in the United States.[1] It is the sister site to WalletHub.com.[2]
CardHub serves primarily as an online credit card marketplace, and also operates a social gift card exchange[3] and frequently releases studies on the credit card industry.[4]
History
The site was started on July 15, 2008[5] by Odysseas Papadimitriou, a former executive with Capital One.[6] It added charge card comparison tools on October 14, 2008, [7] a Debt Center on July 27, 2009,[8] and a social gift card exchange on April 21, 2010. [9] Card Hub’s gift card application for Facebook launched on December 3, 2009.[10]
The company launched a blog, Wallet Blog, in December 2008.[11]
In September 2012, Card Hub announced a new generation of credit card calculators [12] that enable consumers to quickly determine which credit card will save them the most money on interest and escape debt faster.
Services
The company operates a database of credit cards[13] and prepaid cards.[14] The site's gift card exchange allows users to buy and sell gift cards directly amongst each other or through the website itself,[15][16] and also provides various product comparison tools and a personal finance education center.[17]
CardHub was named one of the Best Credit Card websites by the nonprofit Consumer Action.[18]
See also
References
- ↑ "CardHub.com". Insider Pages. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Evolution Finance". Evolution Finance. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ "Gifts Home". CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Card Hub Studies". News & Statistics. CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ Johnson, Lynn (July 15, 2008). "CardHub.com Redefines the Way Consumers Find Credit Cards". PRWeb. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ Lieber, Ron (January 30, 2009). "Credit and Debit Cards". New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "CardHub.com Ups the Ante with New "Shopping Mall" for Charge Cards". Make Business Card. January 5, 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "CardHub.com Launches Innovative Credit Card Debt Center". July 27, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Card Hub Launches Facebook Application - Eliminating the Guesswork from the Gift-Giving Process". PRWeb. December 3, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Buy and Sell Discounted Gift Cards at the Card Hub Gift Card Exchange". Maximizing Money. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ Papadimitriou, Odysseas (December 12, 2008). "Troubling: Some of Chase's Recent Change in Terms". Wallet Blog. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Credit Card Calculators". CardHub.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ↑ "Credit Card Applications: Compare Credit Cards & Apply Online | Card Hub®". Cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ "Prepaid Cards". Cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ "GIFTS | Take the Guesswork Out of Gift Giving". Gifts.cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ Blake Ellis, staff reporter (2010-12-28). "Ditch your unwanted gift card and get the one you want - Dec. 28, 2010". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ "Credit Cards | Card Hub® Education Center". cardhub.com/edu. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ "2012 Fall Issue: Credit Card Comparison Site Survey". Consumer Action. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2015.