Cashstar news and trends

Blackhawk And eBay Ramp Up B2B Gift Card Focus
Partnerships / Acquisitions // November 15, 2017

Blackhawk Network, a global financial technology company, announced that it has expanded its partnership with eBay to provide the online marketplace with end-to-end business-to-business (B2B) gift card services. Blackhawk’s strength in gift card solutions – along with its recent acquisition of CashStar, a leading provider...

CashStar Unveils Major Enhancements To CashStar Exchange
Loyalty & Rewards // July 12, 2017

CashStar recently announced major enhancements to its CashStar Exchange platform, which provides secure, reliable, real-time access to the brands large gift card distributors use to drive business. According to a press release, updates include real-time physical card activation, an enhanced security framework and streamlined ordering through...

CashStar Inks Two Digital Gift Card Deals
Payment Methods // December 22, 2016

CashStar, the provider of prepaid commerce solutions, announced Wednesday (Dec. 21) it inked deals with two companies to bring digital gift cards to consumers. In one announcement, CashStar revealed that OpenSky, the online marketplace, is now offering digital gift cards to consumers for the first time...

Retail Enabler: CashStar Takes Hassle Out Of Giving, Getting, Returning
Retail // December 21, 2016

The gift of giving just got a whole lot easier and more digital, thanks to CashStar, a Portland, ME–based prepaid and digital gifting solutions provider. Founded in 2008, CashStar began under the premise that digital gift cards would be the death of plastic, said Gerry...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Do’s And Don’ts Of Digital Gift Cards

September 01, 2016
According to an RSR Research study, a surprising number of digital gift card programs are poorly executed among many U.S. retailers. The Annual Digital Gifting Benchmark Study examined 100 digital gift card programs of retailers from the Internet Retailer 100 and Nation’s Restaurant News, as well as leading airlines, from May–June 2016. Retailers’ management of […]

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Blackhawk And eBay Ramp Up B2B Gift Card Focus

November 15, 2017
Blackhawk Network, a global financial technology company, announced that it has expanded its partnership with eBay to provide the online marketplace with end-to-end business-to-business (B2B) gift card services. Blackhawk’s strength in gift card solutions – along with its recent acquisition of CashStar, a leading provider of merchant solutions for gift card eCommerce – positions the […]

CashStar Unveils Major Enhancements To CashStar Exchange

July 12, 2017
CashStar recently announced major enhancements to its CashStar Exchange platform, which provides secure, reliable, real-time access to the brands large gift card distributors use to drive business. According to a press...

CashStar Inks Two Digital Gift Card Deals

December 22, 2016
CashStar, the provider of prepaid commerce solutions, announced Wednesday (Dec. 21) it inked deals with two companies to bring digital gift cards to consumers. In one announcement, CashStar revealed that OpenSky,...