It’s officially the second half of the year, and boy did we start on a miserable note. Multiple reports of nerfs started pouring in the group chat from the early morning of 1st July, and things only got worse as the day progressed. The casualties included perennial cashback favourite UOB One, Instarem’s no-longer amazing Amaze card, and Friz.
Friz
Let’s begin with Friz because it’s the most straight forward change of the three, and there’s something you can do before the nerf takes effect on 7th July 11.59PM. From 8th July onwards, Friz is “temporarily discontinuing” the 1.75% cashback that it used to offer on even things like insurance and education payments. It’s particularly useful since such transactions are often excluded by most credit cards from earning rewards.
Also “temporarily switched off” is their pretty decent referral programme, where both the referrer and and referred person gets $20 each when the referred makes at least $500 of spend....