- 8+ years of experience in credit cards, travel rewards, and personal finance content
- Work published with Fortune, AP News, TIME, CNN, and more
Bio and experience
Joseph Hostetler 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 Business Insider as its sole credit cards reporter. 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 AP News, CNN, Newsweek, and USA Today. He also consults for the popular travel rewards tool point.me.