Xbox to Launch the Xbox Credit Card

<p>The world of gaming is becoming more and more mainstream&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s no mistaking that gaming has become a big part of global culture just as much as music and theater&period; Nothing says synergy like two major companies coming together to give people things they probably don&&num;8217&semi;t need&comma; or even thought about owning&comma; and Xbox&comma; Barclays and Mastercard are definitely doing the latter&period; The aforementioned group has announced the &&num;8216&semi;Xbox Mastercard&&num;8217&semi;&comma; Xbox&&num;8217&semi;s first-ever co-branded credit card in the United States&comma; their will be no annual fee and will provide card holders &&num;8216&semi;&&num;8230&semi;&lpar;the&rpar; best-of-both-worlds value they need for gaming and everyday purchases&comma; including points to redeem on Xbox games and add-ons&comma; select streaming and dining delivery services&comma; and more&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The cards will be issued by Barclays US Consumer Bank and will be available on <span class&equals;"zm&lowbar;inLnk" data-value&equals;"2023-09-21 11&colon;00&colon;00">September 21<&sol;span> exclusively to qualified Xbox Insiders across all 50 states&comma; but will become more widely available to the general public in the U&period;S&period; sometime in 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If approved for a card you will receive a bonus of 5&comma;000 card points after your first purchase&comma; the card offers perks to reward members across different aspects of their <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nacon-rig-600-pro-gets-release-date&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">spending<&sol;a>&comma; including three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after making your first purchase within 180 days of opening an account&comma; unfortunately this applies for new Game Pass members but if you already have a subscription there will be an option to gift the reward to a friend&period;  Additional benefits include 3X card points on select streaming platforms and dining delivery services&comma; 1X card points for other everyday purchases&comma; and more&period; With a choice of five iconic card designs and the option to customize it with their Xbox gamertag&comma; the Xbox Mastercard brings together the virtual experiences players love most&comma; into everyday purchases&comma; for wherever and whenever they want to shop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;11154605&sol;Xbox-Mastercard-5-Cards-2e57abb9491f4a0cdf8e-scaled&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-179654" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;11154605&sol;Xbox-Mastercard-5-Cards-2e57abb9491f4a0cdf8e-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"2560" height&equals;"733" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Signing up isn&&num;8217&semi;t as simple as running your credit score&comma; first potential early adapters must be part of the Xbox Insiders program&comma; Xbox Insiders with residence in the continental United States&comma; Alaska&comma; or Hawaii can then apply through the Xbox Insider Hub on their Xbox console or on a Windows PC after joining the Xbox Mastercard Preview&period; The Xbox Mastercard will be available in waves to Xbox Insiders throughout this fall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the Xbox Mastercard&comma; players can earn card points for every &dollar;1 spent on purchases including&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Xbox &amp&semi; Microsoft<&sol;strong> – Earn 5x card points on eligible products at the Microsoft Store&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Streaming Services<&sol;strong> – Earn 3x card points on eligible streaming services like Netflix® and Disney&plus;®&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Dining Delivery Services<&sol;strong> – Earn 3x card points on eligible dining delivery services like Grubhub® and DoorDash®&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Everyday purchases<&sol;strong> – Earn 1x card points on all other everyday purchases&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A bonus of 5&comma;000 card points &lpar;a &dollar;50 value&rpar; after their first purchase&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for new Game Pass members after their first purchase&period; If they’re already a Game Pass member&comma; they can easily gift it to a friend to play together&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Choice of one of five iconic designs for their card&comma; with the option of personalizing it with their gamertag&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Flexibility of use with contactless payments and digital wallets&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Free online access to cardmembers’ FICO Credit Score&comma; which allows users to keep an eye on their credit score and receive alerts when their score has changed&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;0 Fraud Liability protection&comma; so cardmembers are not responsible for charges they didn’t authorize&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;