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Joseph Hostetler

Joseph Hostetler

Joseph Hostetler is a freelance contributor to Fortune Recommends. He is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance (CEPF) and a travel rewards expert who has written professionally about credit cards and card loyalty programs since 2016. After five years as an associate editor at Million Mile Secrets and The Points Guy, Joseph transitioned to the Business Insider as a staff credit cards writer. He has interviewed various loyalty program leads, visited banks to advise in the creation of new credit cards, and made multiple guest appearances as a credit cards authority on WGN. Joseph currently authors and edits for prominent sites such as CNN, AP News, TIME, and USA Today. He also consults for the popular travel rewards tool point.me.

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