Gift Cards 2 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...

Consumer Group Aims to Close Quarter-Billion ‘Gift Card Loophole’
Retail // January 09, 2024

A consumer group is campaigning to change Washington state’s 20-year-old gift card law. As noted in a recent Ars Technica report, the Washington Consumer Protection Coalition (WCPC) wants to change a 2004 provision governing gift card balances. That legislation barred gift cards from completely expiring, but also allowed...

Interviews & Exclusives
5 Ways Consumers Choose to Pay This Holiday Season

December 05, 2023
’Tis the season … … to puzzle out how to get everyone on your list, well, satisfied. Without breaking the bank. PYMNTS Intelligence data, headed into the holiday shopping frenzy — and well into it, as we are now, with less than a month till the New Year — reveals the pressures and moving parts […]

Digital Gift Cards Popular as Consumers Balance Giving and Budgeting This Holiday

November 23, 2023
Amid the festive cheer, the holiday season is also accompanied by economic uncertainties and inflationary pressures. Consequently, numerous consumers in the United States are gearing up to reduce their spending...

’Tis the Season for Fraudsters and Gift Card Scams

November 06, 2023
The holidays are upon us, and gift cards remain a favorite to give and receive. And the fraudsters lie in wait — armed with advanced technologies and sophisticated schemes. Doriel...

Hallmark Lets Consumers Venmo Gift Cards as DoorDash and Costco Up Digital Too

September 13, 2023
In today’s fast-paced world, gift-giving has become a convenient and versatile practice. Among the many options available, gift cards have emerged as the go-to choice for many. These small, plastic...

Quick Reads
Prizeout Launches Cash-Back Products for Credit Unions

February 21, 2024
Prizeout has introduced a new white-label solution that enables credit unions to offer their members a suite of cash-back products. The new CashBack+ helps credit unions boost their non-interest income and offer new benefits to their members, the advertising and FinTech company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 20) press release. “CashBack+ was created to give […]

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...

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...