Perhaps it should come as no surprise, but consumers today are a lot less likely to own a credit card and carry card debt. The Great Recession aside, issuers may have helped spark the change when they cut back on card approvals and credit limits...
New research says that in-store sales driven by use of smartphones, tablets and home computers represent a much larger share of overall retail sales than originally understood. And, merchants may be missing a big opportunity to influence those numbers. Find out what savvy retailers are...
A Chase executive said that in order to win mobile payments, banks need to offer incentives.
Do you know … How many billions of dollars will be lost to credit card fraud this year? How many consumers have no idea what NFC is or what it’s for? Or how many tax returns the IRS had in by tax day on April...
LoyaltyLion, a startup attempting to level the playing field for smaller e-retailers, has closed $370 K in new funding. Julian Carter’s EC1 Capital reportedly led the round with participation from PAYBACK’s Jan Boluminski, QXL’s Tim Jackson, and Paul Burmester. “Dubbed a “social loyalty”...
In partnership with CO-OP Financial Services, RewardsNOW launched a loyalty program for its platform.
Pop Quiz, how many rewards program are you a member of right now? If your answer is in the family of “ummm, I don’t know, a lot?” then according to New York Times Reporter and best-selling author Charles Duhigg, those rewards programs are failing both...
The Orbitz Rewards Visa card will not charge an annual fee and offer an additional 5 percent in rewards on travel purchases, along with other features.
Paul Purcell, co-founder of Continental Advisors, is on the Board of LevelUp, was the lead investor in WePay's recent capital raise and is on the management committee of Veritec, which is a POS software company that helps small dollar lenders remain compliant with state regs....
