大家且撸且珍惜。 U.S. Bank To Nerf Existing Smartly Cardholders On September 15 July 25, 202587 Commentsby William Charles Earlier this year U.S. Bank made huge changes to the Smartly credit card, but the changes only applied to new applicants and existing cardholders were grand fathered in. Existing cardholders have now received a notice that this is changing, starting on 9/15/25: “earn unlimited 2% cash back on every purchase with no caps” “earn up to an additional 2% cash back [the “Smartly Earning Bonus”] on your first $10,000 in eligible Net Purchases each billing cycle when paired with a U.S. Bank Smartly Savings account and average daily combined qualifying balances in U.S. Bank deposit, trust or investment accounts” with $100K+ in qualifying balance required for a total of 4% cash back
exclude* certain categories of purchases “from earning the Smartly Earning Bonus”: (1) “Education/school, gift cards, insurance, or tax”; (2) “Business-to-business transactions (i.e., advertising services, construction material suppliers, etc.)”; and (3) “Transactions using third-party bill payment services.” “These purchases will earn the base 2% cash back and are not calculated as part of the $10,000 billing cycle cap.” Surprised they didn’t make these changes earlier in the year to be honest, this card was never sustainable.
U.S. Bank To Nerf Existing Smartly Cardholders On September 15 July 25, 202587 Commentsby William Charles Earlier this year U.S. Bank made huge changes to the Smartly credit card, but the changes only applied to new applicants and existing cardholders were grand fathered in. Existing cardholders have now received a notice that this is changing, starting on 9/15/25: “earn unlimited 2% cash back on every purchase with no caps” “earn up to an additional 2% cash back [the “Smartly Earning Bonus”] on your first $10,000 in eligible Net Purchases each billing cycle when paired with a U.S. Bank Smartly Savings account and average daily combined qualifying balances in U.S. Bank deposit, trust or investment accounts” with $100K+ in qualifying balance required for a total of 4% cash back
exclude* certain categories of purchases “from earning the Smartly Earning Bonus”: (1) “Education/school, gift cards, insurance, or tax”; (2) “Business-to-business transactions (i.e., advertising services, construction material suppliers, etc.)”; and (3) “Transactions using third-party bill payment services.” “These purchases will earn the base 2% cash back and are not calculated as part of the $10,000 billing cycle cap.” Surprised they didn’t make these changes earlier in the year to be honest, this card was never sustainable.