Blackhawk Network news and trends

Blackhawk Network Debuts Code-Based Rewards Payouts
Loyalty & Rewards // February 15, 2024

Blackhawk Network (BHN) has introduced a new way for businesses to distribute customer loyalty rewards. The branded payments provider’s “Select Codes” offering, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), is a digital “code-to-catalog” that lets businesses distribute codes to customers, who can then swap that code for their choice of...

Roblox Expands Digital Gift Card Offerings With Blackhawk Network
Gift Cards // February 14, 2024

Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is expanding its digital gift card offerings via partnership with Roblox. The partnership will offer digital gift cards on digital gaming platform Roblox’s gift card site in the local currencies of Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and Brazil, the companies announced Wednesday (Feb. 14). “In an increasingly...

Blackhawk Network Acquires Gift Card Rewards Firm Tango
Acquisitions // January 31, 2024

Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is acquiring B2B gift card firm Tango Card. Tango established the digital-first reward experience through its application programming interface (API), coupled with its service and global content, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 31) press release. “We have been a longtime...

Affirm Teams With Blackhawk Network as Gift Card Use Grows
Gift Cards // December 12, 2023

Payment network Affirm teamed with digital gift card distributor Blackhawk Network. The collaboration is designed to give consumers more choice and freedom in buying gift cards, which are surging in popularity amid the holidays, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 12) press release. Shoppers can now...

Interviews & Exclusives
NFTs Require More Than Cute Collectibles to Be Effective Marketing Tools

May 19, 2022
There’s a lot of hype about every part of the NFT world, and their use as the next big thing in marketing is part of it. Brands ranging from McDonald’s to Hermès are jumping into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the fledgling virtual reality words of the metaverse with both feet — but it isn’t always […]

Prepaid Cards Use Tokenization, New Form Factors in Pursuit of Better CX

April 25, 2022
We never knew how cool — and extremely useful — payments options could be until we began to have so many to choose from. That’s putting customer experience into the...

AI Analytics Play Larger Role in Corporate Battles Against Cybercriminals

March 21, 2022
Despite the headlines about the continued geopolitical turmoil, the risk of cyberattack isn’t exactly new. Denial-of-service attacks and ransomware are never far from mind. Data exfiltration — where consumer information...

Is Grocery BNPL’s Next Big Frontier?

February 09, 2022
Nearly two years out from the boost they received in the early months of the pandemic, grocers are facing new challenges. With the increase in sales and traffic grocers received...

Quick Reads
Blackhawk Network Debuts Code-Based Rewards Payouts

February 15, 2024
Blackhawk Network (BHN) has introduced a new way for businesses to distribute customer loyalty rewards. The branded payments provider’s “Select Codes” offering, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), is a digital “code-to-catalog” that lets businesses distribute codes to customers, who can then swap that code for their choice of electric gift or prepaid cards. “Our research found that incentives […]

Roblox Expands Digital Gift Card Offerings With Blackhawk Network

February 14, 2024
Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is expanding its digital gift card offerings via partnership with Roblox. The partnership will offer digital gift cards on digital gaming platform Roblox’s gift card site in the local currencies...

Blackhawk Network Acquires Gift Card Rewards Firm Tango

January 31, 2024
Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is acquiring B2B gift card firm Tango Card. Tango established the digital-first reward experience through its application programming interface (API), coupled with its service and...

Affirm Teams With Blackhawk Network as Gift Card Use Grows

December 12, 2023
Payment network Affirm teamed with digital gift card distributor Blackhawk Network. The collaboration is designed to give consumers more choice and freedom in buying gift cards, which are surging in...