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Loyalty & RewardsNew Apple Card Users Can Earn $50 For Shopping At Walgreens
Apple and Walgreens are now partnering to offer new cardholders a $50 Apple Card bonus after they spend the same amount of...
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Real EstateHome Buying Goes Digital And Comes With Cash Back
Location, location, location: It’s the mantra of real estate. And in the digital age, the ideal location for, well, finding the ideal location...
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B2B PaymentsBarclays, BBB Introduce Cashback Loans For UK SMBs
Barclays Corporate Banking is rolling out a unique term loan cashback program to eligible small to medium-sized business (SMB) borrowers in the...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsMastercard, SoFi Team Up On Debit Card, Payment Products
Mastercard and digital personal finance company SoFi have teamed up on a suite of products and experiences to benefit SoFi’s nearly one...
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Payments InnovationVenmo Launches Animated Custom Stickers For App Users
As of today (Jan. 21), users of cash-sending app Venmo will have the ability to send animated custom stickers through the app’s...
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Apple PayApple Card Users Can Earn 3 Pct. Cash Back For Nike Purchases
Nike is offering 3 percent cash back to Apple Card users when a Nike product is purchased using Apple Pay, TechCrunch reported...
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Loyalty & RewardsNew Amex Card Rewards Users For Physical Activity
American Express has teamed up with British life and health insurance company Vitality on a new credit card that offers cashback rewards...
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AppleGoldman Extends $10B In Apple Card Credit In First Month
Goldman Sachs said it doled out about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple-branded credit card, Bloomberg...
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Consumer FinanceWhy Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
Rebates and cash-back offers sound great in theory — the customer purchases something they wanted anyway, and get a small incentive payment...
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B2B PaymentsAmex Adds New Incentives To Amazon SMB Credit Card
American Express has announced a new incentive for small businesses to sign up for its Amazon Business Prime American Express Card. Reports...
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Payment MethodsWalmart Launches New Rewards Credit Cards With Cap One
Walmart has announced it is teaming up with Capital One on a new credit card to be released on Sept. 24, according...
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Loyalty & RewardsPepsiCo Launches First Cash-Back Loyalty Program
PepsiCo announced it has launched its first-ever cash-back loyalty program, PepCoin by PepsiCo. Through the program, customers will earn cash rewards when...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsCitigroup, Paytm Launch Credit Card In India
Citigroup is making a bigger push into India, partnering with Indian digital payments company Paytm to launch a credit card. As Reuters...
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Loyalty & RewardsAmex Updates Blue Cash Card To Reflect Millennials’ Spending
In a sign of the times, American Express is increasing the rewards on its Blue Cash Preferred Card, announcing 6 percent cash...
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B2B PaymentsBank Of America Adjusts Small Business Cash-Back Card Program
Bank of America is making changes to its cash-back small business credit card, reports in NerdWallet said this week. The biggest change...
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RidesharingLyft Lifts Driver Loyalty With Free Debit Cards, Bank Accounts
Ride-hailing company Lyft will offer a slew of perks to its drivers in an effort to encourage them to be more loyal...
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Payment MethodsTaking Cash-Back Rewards To The Next Level
As perks for consumers go, cash-back offerings remain the leader of the pack when consumers are choosing credit cards. In the U.S.,...
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B2B PaymentsBarclays Entices SMB Investments With Cash Back Program
U.K. bank Barclays is encouraging small businesses (SMBs) to invest in new equipment, machinery, vehicles and other assets through a new cash...
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Payment MethodsAmex Rolls Out New Cash Back, No Annual Fee Cash Magnet Card
American Express, the payments company, announced Thursday (June 14) the latest addition to its cash back portfolio the no annual fee American...
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RetailLyft And Walgreens Added To Chase Freedom Card
This summer, Chase will be letting Chase Freedom cardholders earn cash back in three new quarterly categories: gas stations, Lyft, and Walgreens....
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Payment MethodsChase Launches Ink Business Unlimited Credit Card
Chase announced news on Tuesday (May 22) that it is launching Ink Business Unlimited, a new credit card geared toward small business...
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DeliveryGrocery Delivery Services Use Loyalty Programs To Retain Customers
With competition from larger players like AmazonFresh, grocery delivery services face a dilemma: How do they differentiate themselves from the pack? And, more...
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Loyalty & RewardsGroupon Rolls Out Restaurant Deals For American Express Members
To provide consumers with more ways to save money at neighborhood restaurants, Groupon has added American Express to its Groupon+ platform. The free-to-claim,...
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MobileSamsung Pay Launches Mobile Shopping And Rewards Features
Samsung Pay, the digital development unit of Samsung Electronics, said on Thursday (May 3) that it has added new shopping and rewards...
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Loyalty & RewardsHow Merchants Can Tap Into Cash Back Promotions
Merchants can capitalize on word-of-mouth marketing through cash back platforms such as DOSH that encourage social media sharing. These platforms reach consumers...
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Payment MethodsChase Freedom Adds PayPal As New 5 Percent Cash Back Category
PayPal is the latest quarterly category coming to Chase Freedom cardholders. The new PayPal addition will be paired with the return of...
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DisbursementsFaster Cash Back, Happier Customers?
Cash back programs are nothing new for financial institutions (FIs), but the banking industry may be well-served to take a few cues...
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DisbursementsTRENDING: Will Millennials Flock To Next-Day Cash Back Debit Rewards?
The role of gig workers in the economy is growing. Could that growth signal the end of the paper check as a...
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Data DiveData Dive: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Edition: Discover, JPMC And Toys R Us
Last week had plot twists in the payments and commerce ecosystem. We found out Google was hitting reset on its mobile payments ambitions. We learned,...
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Merchant InnovationDiscover Launches Cashback Checking Account
Discover, the payments company, announced news on Tuesday (Feb. 20) of the debut of a new rewards program for its Cashback Checking...
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RetailCapital One Launches Savor Card For Foodies
In response to growing consumer food and dining spending, on Tuesday (Oct. 17) Capital One announced news of its Savor Card, a cash...
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DisbursementsWinning Customer Loyalty With Faster Reward Disbursements
Here’s one: paying consumers their cash back rewards with a check. We wish we were kidding. For the October Disbursements Tracker™, in...
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DisbursementsNEW REPORT: Checking Cash Back Checks At The Door
There are several features that retailer loyalty programs can offer to win over customers, including travel-related rewards and zero APR. But, to...
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Payment MethodsOpen Banking And The Consumer Data Conundrum
PSD2 looms, and so does a new era of data sharing. Opt-ins will replace opt-outs, and for U.K. startup Tail, open banking...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Yelp Boosts Commerce
Merchant review website Yelp has a unique status in the eCommerce landscape, allowing customers the opportunity to peer review their favorite — and...
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RetailYelp’s Push To Build Relevant, Rewarding Commerce
Since it was founded nearly 13 years ago, the Yelp review site has ascended to the rare place among firms where its...
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Payment MethodsGroupon Launches Rewards Program For Visa, Mastercard Foodies
Daily deal website operator Groupon announced Thursday (Sept. 7) the launch of Groupon+, a free to claim, cash back restaurant deals platform....
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StartupsLondon Startup Tail Offers Users Cash Back On Purchases Through Open Banking
London-based Tail, a FinTech startup, offers its users heavy discounts at local places, linked to the card they pay with and delivered...
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Loyalty & RewardsOffice Depot Updates Loyalty Program
Office Depot has announced updates to its loyalty program that will save customers money and offer expanded benefits. According to Chain Store...
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Merchant InnovationAre Card-Linked Offers Reemerging?
The CardLinx Association released new data from the 2017 Card-Linking and O2O Industry Annual Survey, which showed 50 percent growth in online-to-offline ads. A...
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BankingN26 Now Offers Business Bank Accounts For Freelancers
N26, Europe’s first mobile bank, is now offering business bank accounts for freelancers and the self-employed. According to TechCrunch, N26 Business accounts...
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Payment MethodsAmazon Gets Street Enthusiasm on Credit Card Plans
Amazon on category killer — it’s old hat in eCommerce and in the war against bricks-and-mortar. The retail landscape is littered with corporeal...
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RetailEbates’ Cash-Back Button Lands On Browsers
Online cash-back shopping provider Ebates has a new way to help consumers earn free money. The company’s cash-back button, a browser plug-in...
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PYMNTS Topic TBDMaking Payments ‘Sezzle’ With Cash Back And ACH
Same Day ACH numbers made news last week, so putting them in the context of retail payments was the focus of PYMNTS...
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Loyalty & Rewards‘Tis The Season For Credit Card Rewards
Holiday cheer and the joy of gifting may not be the only reasons shoppers hit the stores this holiday shopping season. According...
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Payment MethodsMasterCard’s New Cash-Back Student Loan Deal
TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (June 21) that, when Gradifi launched its student loan assistance program, more than 450 companies reached out to...
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NewsDiscover’s Apple Pay Incentive
Discover’s latest move to offer Apple Pay starting Sept. 16 might mark a late entry to the mobile payments party, but it...
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NewsNew Amex Prepaid Debit Pays Back In Cash
American Express has announced the availability of Serve Cash Back, a prepaid debit option, beginning immediately. The payments company said on Wednesday...
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Wells Fargo ATMs Cash Out Rewards
Wells Fargo is making “cash back” as literal as possible, allowing customers to cash out their credit card rewards right at the...
