Blackhawk Network news and trends

Klarna Forms Pre-Holiday Gift Card Pact With Blackhawk Network

November 20, 2025
Don Kingsborough: Catalyst, Colleague and Friend
Innovation // September 22, 2025

March 7, 1947  –  September 13, 2025 The payments and retail industries didn’t transform on their own. They had catalysts. The people bold enough to see the future before others could. Don Kingsborough was one of them. His career was a series of innovation milestones. As President...

Blackhawk Network Makes Snapchat+ Subscription Gift Cards Available at Retailers
Gift Cards // December 23, 2024

Gift cards for a one-year subscription to Snapchat+ are now available online and in-store at select major retailers. This offering is enabled by a new partnership of messaging app Snapchat and global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network (BHN), BHN said in a Monday (Dec. 23)...

Gopuff Teams With Blackhawk Network on Gift Card Delivery
Partnerships // December 11, 2024

Branded payments solutions company Blackhawk Network has launched a collaboration with quick delivery service Gopuff. The partnership lets shoppers add physical gift cards to their online grocery order for at-home delivery, the companies said in a news release Wednesday (Dec. 11). “Gopuff is known for...

Blackhawk Network to Expand Availability of DoorDash Gift Cards
Partnerships // October 30, 2024

Blackhawk Network (BHN) will make DoorDash gift cards available to consumers and businesses via more channels in the United States and Canada. The branded payment solutions network and the local commerce platform announced their new partnership in a Wednesday (Oct. 30) press release. With this...

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
Klarna Forms Pre-Holiday Gift Card Pact With Blackhawk Network

November 20, 2025
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Klarna is expanding its partnership with gift card company Blackhawk Network (BHN). The new collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Nov. 20), is aimed at offering shoppers greater choice and flexibility for purchasing gift cards ahead of the holidays. “As we continue to grow rapidly in the U.S., […]

Blackhawk Network Makes Snapchat+ Subscription Gift Cards Available at Retailers

December 23, 2024
Gift cards for a one-year subscription to Snapchat+ are now available online and in-store at select major retailers. This offering is enabled by a new partnership of messaging app Snapchat...

Gopuff Teams With Blackhawk Network on Gift Card Delivery

December 11, 2024
Branded payments solutions company Blackhawk Network has launched a collaboration with quick delivery service Gopuff. The partnership lets shoppers add physical gift cards to their online grocery order for at-home...

Blackhawk Network to Expand Availability of DoorDash Gift Cards

October 30, 2024
Blackhawk Network (BHN) will make DoorDash gift cards available to consumers and businesses via more channels in the United States and Canada. The branded payment solutions network and the local...