The people at Mack Trucks are offering a $1,500 Mack Trucks Loyalty Reward card for any truck purchase until the end of the year. “OOIDA members know that Mack has their back with the dependability and dealer support network needed to deliver their cargo on...
Apple has signed up more than 500 banks for Apple Pay, but some bank executives whose institutions are on board with the new payments system are feeling defensive, according to American Banker. Apple’s terms represent “the most one-sided agreement I have ever seen,” said Michael...
Pop quiz—what is the best type of customer? Although “rich” might be the easiest go-to answer, “loyal” is perhaps a better answer because, over the life of a business, a loyal customer who buys often and recommends the establishment to others is more valuable than a...
Discover CEO David Nelms declared late Tuesday (Oct. 21) that his brand–the largest of the card brands to not join Apple Pay–will indeed soon be an Apple Pay partner. “I would say that we certainly do expect to be participating in Apple Pay. We don’t...
Nobody in the real world likes failure. When new business ventures are launching, entrepreneurs talk about the great and potent success they plan to enjoy, not the many valuable lessons they will learn in the wake their inevitable failure – a reality is that 99.99...
Mobile ordering is a buzz in Portland’s Starbucks market, as the company announced a new app Thursday (Oct. 16) that will enable customers to order and place up from chosen location. “Mobile ordering will deliver convenience, frequency and speed of service and over time, become the fastest and...
Faced with research that shows many U.S. customers consider a strong rewards program more important than interest rates when choosing which credit card to use, Chase has launched a new site aiming to make its rewards more personalized, according to Finextra. Roughly a third of...
Click here to see this week’s investment tracker. Interview With Spreedly Tokenization is not a new idea, but since the announcement of Apple Pay and its much-praised tokenized security protocol, it is a hot idea. Lately it seems a consensus is emerging amongst payment...
You can get a store credit card at just about any retailer. The standard question has left consumers with the often split-second choice of asking themselves at checkout: Should I open this credit card? The short answer: Yes and No. Rewards can be high, but...
