Last month, it was Chase, this month, it is PayPal launching a new ad business. PayPal has hired Uber’s former head of advertising to run PayPal Ads, the new division that will be selling targeted ads based on its customer data. Let’s consider PayPal’s scale for a second. In the first quarter alone, PayPal processed 6.5 billion payments […]
The collapse of Synapse is a significant blow to fintech. The horrible stories coming out about frozen money for mortgage downpayments, college funds, teenage savings and many more are heartbreaking. People trusted a fintech would handle their money responsibly, that working with a bank partner that had FDIC insurance meant that their money was safe. […]
The Loyalty Academy™ senior faculty members, Bill Hanifin and Aaron Dauphinee, are back from CRMC 2024 to bring you this week’s “Wiser Loyalty” podcast episode. This is the last week of this month’s topic series, which is drawing constructs from the Loyalty Academy™ curriculum for the Loyalty Rewards Strategies & Redemption Experience course (course #108). This week, they […]
This Week’s News Coming out of a holiday weekend in the US, we are pleased to see multiple announcements of new program launches and upgrades that range from mobile apps to payment solutions. The yearning of brand marketers to forge stronger links is evident through these announcements and it was a theme of last week’s […]
Results of Amdocs’ Personalization and Multigenerational Banking Survey show that the more customers know about the possibilities for personalization in banking, the more they want. It also shows a significant opportunity for multi-generational banking services through which financial institutions can drive customer loyalty. Amdocs interviewed 1,000 working-age adults in North America; 500 live in a household without children or seniors, 250 live with children […]
It has been the talk of the crypto world all week. SEC watchers noticed early this week that the regulator appeared to be getting ready to approve an ETF for funds holding Ethereum. Yesterday, it was made official as the SEC approved a rule change that will pave the way for the first ETFs to buy and […]
This episode is available in audio format on our Let’s Talk Loyalty podcast and in video format on www.Loyalty.TV. Today’s interview features a return guest, Steve Allmen, EVP of Strategy and Partnerships with the Canadian Automobile Association. Steve joins Loyalty TV to explain how global “roadside assistance” organisations around the world are evolving in 2024. He also shares how […]
Mexican fintech Aplazo concluded its $70 million Series B, including an additional $45 million in fresh equity financing in a round led by QED investors. Since its establishment in 2020, the Buy Now Pay Later fintech, now four years old, has amassed over $100 million in equity financing and $75 million in committed debt funding. […]
A Team8 report, An Unconventional Look At The Future Of Fintech, charts the industry’s path by predicting what remains and changes while taking a few big swings at potential mega-trends. Team8 creates and invests in companies focusing on cybersecurity, data and AI, fintech, and digital health. One constant is convenience. Any service that simplifies getting […]