Loyalty & Rewards

Loyalty & Rewards
Wells Fargo and American Express Launch Two EMV Reward Cards
May 06, 2014

The new reward cards will have an EMV chip to attract consumers who travel and make international purchases.

Loyalty & Rewards
Will “Play For Free” Games Displace Subscription Based Gaming like WoW
May 05, 2014

When it comes to online gaming, subscription-based World of Warcraft is still a big player, with 7.6 million monthly subscribers. But it’s hold isn’t what it once was, the company peaked in 2010 with about 10 million subscribers, and has since lost players to games...

Loyalty & Rewards
Google And Amazon Face A Future Of Directly Competing
May 05, 2014

The clash of the titans has officially begun online as search behemoth Google and internet retail giant Amazon directly compete for the eyes, clicks and dollars of shoppers in the on and offline realms. In the latest round of competition to be the place where shoppers...

Loyalty & Rewards
Groupon Basics Latest Bulk Home Delivery Competitor
May 02, 2014

Earlier this year, Amazon announced the launch of Prime Pantry, a grocery service that will allow Primer Users to ship as much as 45 pounds of groceries to their home for a flat shipping fee of $45. In more bad news for super-markets everywhere, Groupon...

Loyalty & Rewards
Card Issuers Target The Affluent
April 30, 2014

Perhaps it should come as no surprise, but consumers today are a lot less likely to own a credit card and carry card debt. The Great Recession aside, issuers may have helped spark the change when they cut back on card approvals and credit limits...

Controversial
Do Digital Devices Drive In Store Sales?
April 29, 2014

New research says that in-store sales driven by use of smartphones, tablets and home computers represent a much larger share of overall retail sales than originally understood. And, merchants may be missing a big opportunity to influence those numbers. Find out what savvy retailers are...

Alternative Finances
Chase Says Winning Mobile Payments Goes Past Transactions
April 25, 2014

A Chase executive said that in order to win mobile payments, banks need to offer incentives.

Cool
Tax Returns, Confused Consumers Credit Card Fraud…And Other Friday Factoids
April 25, 2014

Do you know … How many billions of dollars will be lost to credit card fraud this year? How many consumers have no idea what NFC is or what it’s for? Or how many tax returns the IRS had in by tax day on April...

Loyalty & Rewards
LoyaltyLion Enables Small Commerce Sites to Run Loyalty Programs
April 24, 2014

LoyaltyLion, a startup attempting to level the playing field for smaller e-retailers, has closed $370 K in new funding.   Julian Carter’s EC1 Capital reportedly led the round with participation from PAYBACK’s Jan Boluminski, QXL’s Tim Jackson, and Paul Burmester.   “Dubbed a “social loyalty”...