CardHub.com

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Card Hub
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 was 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] Currently it is defunct and refers visitors to its sister site WalletHub.com, owned by the same parent company.[2]

CardHub served primarily as an online credit card marketplace, and also operated a social gift card exchange[3] and frequently released 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 operated a database of credit cards[13] and prepaid cards.[14] The site's gift card exchange allowed 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

  1. ↑ "CardHub.com". Insider Pages. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Evolution Finance". Evolution Finance. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gifts Home". CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Card Hub Studies". News & Statistics. CardHub. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lynn (July 15, 2008). "CardHub.com Redefines the Way Consumers Find Credit Cards". PRWeb. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Lieber, Ron (January 30, 2009). "Credit and Debit Cards". New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "CardHub.com Ups the Ante with New "Shopping Mall" for Charge Cards". Make Business Card. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "CardHub.com Launches Innovative Credit Card Debt Center". July 27, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Card Hub Launches Facebook Application - Eliminating the Guesswork from the Gift-Giving Process". PRWeb. December 3, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "Buy and Sell Discounted Gift Cards at the Card Hub Gift Card Exchange". Maximizing Money. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  11. ↑ Papadimitriou, Odysseas (December 12, 2008). "Troubling: Some of Chase's Recent Change in Terms". Wallet Blog. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "Credit Card Calculators". CardHub.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  13. ↑ "Credit Card Applications: Compare Credit Cards & Apply Online | Card Hub®". Cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  14. ↑ "Prepaid Cards". Cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  15. ↑ "GIFTS | Take the Guesswork Out of Gift Giving". Gifts.cardhub.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Credit Cards | Card Hub® Education Center". cardhub.com/edu. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  18. ↑ "2012 Fall Issue: Credit Card Comparison Site Survey". Consumer Action. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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