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Mobile Payment Dining App Secures $21.5M In Funding
June 05, 2015

TabbedOut, a payment app allowing customers to pay their bills at restaurants and bars right from their smartphones, announced yesterday (June 4) that it secured $21.5 million in Series C funding. In its press release, the startup reported consistently high growth as a simple and...

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Amex’s Rewards Battle To Stay Competitive
June 05, 2015

American Express is falling short in the ongoing struggle amongst credit lenders for dominance in the industry if it does not step up its rewards offerings, reported Bloomberg yesterday (June 4), citing a report from Nomura analysts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Millions Of Federal Employees’ Data Compromised In Massive Government Hack
June 05, 2015

This morning, 4 million public servants (both former and current) are facing the wonderful world of breached data in the aftermath of a massive data breach first announced by the Federal Government yesterday (June 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Bring Your Own Persona to Banking
June 05, 2015

“Bring Your Own Persona” (BYOP) is a term coined by the Wharton School of Business to describe how customers in the digital age bring a unique profile and set of behaviors to every circumstance. Morgan Beard, Strategic Marketing Director at TSYS, and Bruno Courbage, Senior...

The Omnichannel Path to Customer Loyalty
June 05, 2015

The current edition of the Vantiv Omnicommerce Tracker identifies how progressive retailers and companies are enabling omnichannel across multiple lenses – all of which apply to the customer experience. MPD CEO Karen Webster recently spoke with Jeff Courcelle, VP of User Experience & Design at...

Loyalty & Rewards
Can Brands Build Loyal Customers Through Mobile Technology?
June 05, 2015

It’s sort of like “better living through chemistry”, except safer. The best mobile loyalty integrations provide convenience and ease of use, but what about the human experience? Amit Jhas, CEO of Lucova, shared his thoughts on why the customer-merchant relationship is the key to loyalty...

Cult Jokes Aside, Why SoulCycle Is Laughing All The Way To The Bank
June 04, 2015

While every retailer yearns for that dedicated, fanatical customer willing to tattoo the brand logo on their forearm and/or sleep outside in a makeshift tent for three days to be among the first to snag a new product, there are only a tiny handful that...

When Is Luxury Not Luxury?
June 04, 2015

When Lilly Pulitzer released an exclusive line for Target in April, the entire collection sold out at some physical locations within hours. Good for the designer, good for the store, good for the buyers. A resultant Target website crash aside, good for everybody…right? Get the...

Cash Rewards Motivate Consumers To Share More
June 04, 2015

Cash is king — especially when it comes to what customers want most out of rewards from brands. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...