loyalty

Loyalty programs are structured marketing strategies designed by merchants to encourage customers to continue to shop at or use the services of businesses associated with each program.

The Coming ‘Stair Step’ In Merchant Services Provider Spend
The Coming ‘Stair Step’ In Merchant Services Provider Spend
January 15, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

In payments, change happens at the speed of consumer behavior. As consumer preferences evolve (across channels, online conduits and mobile devices), merchants must react quickly....

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Travel Meets Connected Commerce
Travel Meets Connected Commerce
January 14, 2020  |  Travel Payments

By 2021 – about a year from now – over 20 percent of all payments globally will be made with a mobile wallet. As usage...

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Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z
Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z
January 14, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Things move fast – perhaps too quickly at times – in payments and commerce. A fresh sign of that is how much focus is turning...

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Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover
Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover
January 13, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

Millennials have long been sought-after travel and hospitality customers, partly because they are perfectly placed to seek such experiences. They are old enough to have...

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Who Will Win The Restaurant Aggregator Race?
Who Will Win The Restaurant Aggregator Race?
January 13, 2020  |  Delivery

Foot traffic is flat as digital dominates top-line growth. Purchases are shifting from individual brands to marketplaces. Mobile influences the purchasing and ordering process, regardless...

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Airbnb: How To Win The $1.4T Battle For Millennials
Airbnb: How To Win The $1.4T Battle For Millennials
January 09, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

Airlines, hotels and homesharing platforms need strategies to satisfy the travel needs of four generations of jetsetters, each with different payment and booking preferences. This...

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NEW DATA: Why 64 Pct Of Merchant Services Providers Want A Payments Overhaul
NEW DATA: Why 64 Pct Of Merchant Services Providers Want A Payments Overhaul
January 07, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Financial institutions (FIs) are facing an all too familiar challenge: Customers and clients are increasingly demanding fast, data-rich products and services, yet their legacy core...

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Why Speed And Scale Will Define Global Payments In The 2020s
Why Speed And Scale Will Define Global Payments In The 2020s
January 03, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Speed, scale and engagement — if you say it a few times, really get your vocal cords and mouth into the exercise, there’s a certain...

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Where Consumers Will Eat On New Year’s Eve
Where Consumers Will Eat On New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2019  |  Restaurant innovation

It’s that time of year when restaurants must shine and make some serious scratch. We are not just talking about the holiday season in general,...

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