Bilt Rewards founder and CEO Ankur Jain took inspiration from American Express’s rewards programs when his company began <a href="https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/pay-your-rent-get-2-cash-back-landlords-join-craze-for-rewards-8bf68ee3?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">offering people loyalty points for paying monthly rent</a>. Now, he wants to add homeowners to his customer base by allowing them to get rewards points for their mortgage payments. What does that mean for <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/wells-fargo-credit-card-rent-rewards-8e380852?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">Bilt’s business, and for its relationship with Wells Fargo over their co-branded credit card</a>? And how could it affect the customers who’ve flocked to the card to earn points? Jain spea ks to WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">Christopher Mims</a> and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">Tim Higgins</a> on the Bold Names podcast.

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Bilt Rewards founder and CEO Ankur Jain took inspiration from American Express’s rewards programs when his company began offering people loyalty points for paying monthly rent. Now, he wants to add homeowners to his customer base by allowing them to get rewards points for their mortgage payments. What does that mean for Bilt’s business, and [&hellip;]