Mastercard has added new cardholder benefits that include offers from health and wellness, travel and lifestyle brands. The new offerings include benefits for consumer cardholders and small business cardholders, the company said in a Thursday (April 4) press release. “From savvy shoppers to ambitious entrepreneurs, Mastercard provides...
After surviving bankruptcy and some run-ins with The U.S. Department of Justice, among other problems, movie theater subscription plan MoviePass is set to return this summer with an improved business model and some new partnerships, reportedly including Walmart. On Monday (April 24), Business Insider reported that “The movie-ticket-subscription service that...
A former executive at MoviePass was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking money to pay for a party at Coachella. Khalid Itum was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday (Feb. 21) on a federal grand jury indictment...
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a pair of former MoviePass executives with fraud, saying they misled investors about the health of the subscription movie ticket service. According to a Justice Department news release, MoviePass told investors its plan to offer $9.95 per month...
September 16, 2019
After over two years of speculation — and a fair number of predictions of imminent doom — it seems MoviePass has finally, actually come to its last reel. MoviePass is the service that came to prominence with its too-good-to-be-true offer of a $9.99 monthly fee that would allow the subscriber the ability to see a […]
September 07, 2018
People don’t just go see a movie when they go out to the movies. They eat dinner in a restaurant. They snack on popcorn. They have cocktails before the coming...
August 04, 2018
For the team at MoviePass, it’s been an interesting few weeks – or few months, depending on how one looks at it. MoviePass and its parent, Helios & Matheson, entered...
December 18, 2017
The final countdown to Christmas has begun – and in exactly one week, the counter officially will be at zero. The prepared have been finished for a month, the reasonably...
January 08, 2025
The former chief executive of MoviePass’ parent company has admitted to defrauding the company’s investors. Ted Farnsworth, 62, pleaded guilty to one count each of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday (Jan. 7). He faces up to 25 years in prison in what the department’s criminal […]
April 04, 2024
Mastercard has added new cardholder benefits that include offers from health and wellness, travel and lifestyle brands. The new offerings include benefits for consumer cardholders and small business cardholders, the company...
February 24, 2023
A former executive at MoviePass was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking money to pay for a party at Coachella. Khalid Itum was arrested by the...
November 06, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a pair of former MoviePass executives with fraud, saying they misled investors about the health of the subscription movie ticket service. According to...