Blackhawk Network/page/2 news and trends

Loyalty Apps Leverage Open Banking to Help Consumers Save More, Spend Smarter 
Loyalty & Rewards // March 18, 2024

Despite a recent decrease in inflation rates, consumers remain cautious in their spending habits, wary of the economic uncertainties ahead.  In fact, the persistent concern over living costs continues to shape consumer behavior, driving a demand for financial management tools to help stretch their dollars further and...

Blackhawk Network Debuts Code-Based Rewards Payouts
Loyalty & Rewards // February 15, 2024

Blackhawk Network (BHN) has introduced a new way for businesses to distribute customer loyalty rewards. The branded payments provider’s “Select Codes” offering, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), is a digital “code-to-catalog” that lets businesses distribute codes to customers, who can then swap that code for their choice of...

Roblox Expands Digital Gift Card Offerings With Blackhawk Network
Gift Cards // February 14, 2024

Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is expanding its digital gift card offerings via partnership with Roblox. The partnership will offer digital gift cards on digital gaming platform Roblox’s gift card site in the local currencies of Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and Brazil, the companies announced Wednesday (Feb. 14). “In an increasingly...

Blackhawk Network Acquires Gift Card Rewards Firm Tango
Acquisitions // January 31, 2024

Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is acquiring B2B gift card firm Tango Card. Tango established the digital-first reward experience through its application programming interface (API), coupled with its service and global content, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 31) press release. “We have been a longtime...

Interviews & Exclusives
NFTs Require More Than Cute Collectibles to Be Effective Marketing Tools

May 19, 2022
There’s a lot of hype about every part of the NFT world, and their use as the next big thing in marketing is part of it. Brands ranging from McDonald’s to Hermès are jumping into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the fledgling virtual reality words of the metaverse with both feet — but it isn’t always […]

Prepaid Cards Use Tokenization, New Form Factors in Pursuit of Better CX

April 25, 2022
We never knew how cool — and extremely useful — payments options could be until we began to have so many to choose from. That’s putting customer experience into the...

AI Analytics Play Larger Role in Corporate Battles Against Cybercriminals

March 21, 2022
Despite the headlines about the continued geopolitical turmoil, the risk of cyberattack isn’t exactly new. Denial-of-service attacks and ransomware are never far from mind. Data exfiltration — where consumer information...

Is Grocery BNPL’s Next Big Frontier?

February 09, 2022
Nearly two years out from the boost they received in the early months of the pandemic, grocers are facing new challenges. With the increase in sales and traffic grocers received...

Quick Reads
Blackhawk Network to Expand Availability of DoorDash Gift Cards

October 30, 2024
Blackhawk Network (BHN) will make DoorDash gift cards available to consumers and businesses via more channels in the United States and Canada. The branded payment solutions network and the local commerce platform announced their new partnership in a Wednesday (Oct. 30) press release. With this collaboration, DoorDash gift cards and eGift options are now available […]

Blackhawk Network Debuts Code-Based Rewards Payouts

February 15, 2024
Blackhawk Network (BHN) has introduced a new way for businesses to distribute customer loyalty rewards. The branded payments provider’s “Select Codes” offering, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), is a digital “code-to-catalog” that lets...

Roblox Expands Digital Gift Card Offerings With Blackhawk Network

February 14, 2024
Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is expanding its digital gift card offerings via partnership with Roblox. The partnership will offer digital gift cards on digital gaming platform Roblox’s gift card site in the local currencies...

Blackhawk Network Acquires Gift Card Rewards Firm Tango

January 31, 2024
Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network is acquiring B2B gift card firm Tango Card. Tango established the digital-first reward experience through its application programming interface (API), coupled with its service and...