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

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)...

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Restaurant.com Owner RDE Acquires Gift Card Marketplace CardCash.com
Restaurant.com Owner RDE Acquires Gift Card Marketplace CardCash.com
January 03, 2024  |  Acquisitions

RDE, the owner and operator of digital deals brand Restaurant.com, has closed on its acquisition of secondary gift card marketplace CardCash.com.  This business combination expands RDE’s cross-selling...

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Consumers Failed to Cut Back on Restaurant Dining Over the Holidays
Consumers Failed to Cut Back on Restaurant Dining Over the Holidays
December 29, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers may have meant to tighten their belts when it came to restaurant spending over the holidays, but the data reveals that the opposite happened,...

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Online Gift Card Platform Tbay Debuts ‘Quick Sell Mode’
Online Gift Card Platform Tbay Debuts ‘Quick Sell Mode’
December 27, 2023  |  Gift Cards

Online gift card platform Tbay introduced “Quick Sell Mode,” designed to make card transactions faster. The program aims to reduce gift card transaction time by...

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Onbe and CardCash Partner to Offer Instant Virtual Cards
Onbe and CardCash Partner to Offer Instant Virtual Cards
December 20, 2023  |  Partnerships

Onbe and CardCash partnered to enable consumers to exchange their unwanted gift cards for instant virtual cards. With instant payouts on virtual Mastercard cards, consumers...

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Streaming Services Compete for Consumers’ Holiday Spending With Giftable Subscriptions
Streaming Services Compete for Consumers’ Holiday Spending With Giftable Subscriptions
December 14, 2023  |  Streaming

From directly giftable subscriptions to traditional gift cards, video streaming services are finding ways to capture consumers’ holiday season spending. Notably, leading players in the...

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Affirm Teams With Blackhawk Network as Gift Card Use Grows
Affirm Teams With Blackhawk Network as Gift Card Use Grows
December 12, 2023  |  Gift Cards

Payment network Affirm teamed with digital gift card distributor Blackhawk Network. The collaboration is designed to give consumers more choice and freedom in buying gift...

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5 Ways Consumers Choose to Pay This Holiday Season
5 Ways Consumers Choose to Pay This Holiday Season
December 05, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

’Tis the season … … to puzzle out how to get everyone on your list, well, satisfied. Without breaking the bank. PYMNTS Intelligence data, headed...

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Panera Adds Subscription Gifting as Restaurants Fight Holiday Belt-Tightening
Panera Adds Subscription Gifting as Restaurants Fight Holiday Belt-Tightening
December 05, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

With consumers bracing to reduce their spending at restaurants over the holiday season, Panera Bread is looking to drive continued sales and visits by making...

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