The 2024 Agency Elite Top 100 From PRNEWS

CM sister pub PRNEWS announced its fourth annual Agency Elite Top 100 earlier this week, which highlights the most innovative PR, marketing and communications firms in the business. The companies that made this year’s list demonstrate the wide range of industry specializations and core capabilities that PR, marketing and communications encompass. But they also spotlight […]

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#465: The Ford Motor Company Celebrates 120 Years of Loyal Customers!

Today’s episode is available as audio as well as video on Loyalty TV. Let’s Talk Loyalty is featuring an iconic automotive brand for the first time. ⁠The Ford Motor Company⁠ has recently celebrated 120 years in business, and is truly a pioneer of modern transportation.  Their approach to loyalty is super exciting, so we were thrilled recently to […]

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Cracker Barrel Pegs Dolly As A Loyalty Ambassador. What Could Go Wrong?

Dolly Parton May Show How Harmonized Celeb Partnerships Can Be Brand-celebrity partnerships go back generations, with mixed results. Here’s why Dolly Parton’s expanding bond with Cracker Barrel is likely to be more rewarding for both. By Jenn McMillen, CLMP™ Founder and Chief Accelerant of Incendio  Dolly wants a rockin’ good time. And, being Dolly, she wants […]

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PayNearMe report outlines data-based decision-making benefits

Financial institutions struggle to meet consumer demand for more payment types, mainly because they lack the proper data science capabilities. This drives suboptimal strategies like layering multiple payment types. That ad hoc approach slows institutions’ abilities to add the most sought-after payment types. By the time they offer a popular payment method, they could be […]

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Editorial Cartoon for November 30, 2023

Matt Bodkin Matt is a seasoned editorial cartoonist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Long Island University. He brings a strong background in the newspaper industry and skills in arts and design to his work. He aims to distill complex issues into funny doodles that resonate with readers. View all posts .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-45383.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-shortcode.box-instance-id-1 .box-header-title { […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (November 30, 2023): Swift bringing instant payments across Europe

Europe has always been far ahead of the U.S. when it comes to instant payments. This week, they are taking another step forward. Swift announced today that the European Payment Council’s awkwardly named One-Leg-Out Instant Credit Transfer scheme (OCT Inst) went live this week and it enables payments to and from Europe to be processed 24 hours […]

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The ripple effect of default payments on digital lenders

Digital lending platforms have emerged as financial industry game-changers, revolutionizing the way people access credit. These platforms offer unprecedented convenience and accessibility, helping make loans available at the click of a button. However, as with any innovation, there are potential pitfalls that could have far-reaching consequences. One pressing issue faced by digital lenders is the […]

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Melissa Widner of Lighter Capital on revenue-based financing

Enjoying our podcasts? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! There are many options for raising growth capital for established startups. With all the attention paid to venture capital, we sometimes forget that the […]

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Winds of Change – How to align your objectives with that of your customers

Will Blue, Green, and Pink be the new Silver, Gold, and Platinum? As the Scorpions sing “The future is in the air, I can feel it everywhere, I am blowing with the wind of change ……. Where the children of tomorrow dream away, in the wind of change.” I look around the world to pause […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (November 29, 2023): Apple to end partnership with Goldman Sachs

We have known for some time that the Apple-Goldman relationship was on shaky ground. And that Apple Card might be getting a new home. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has indeed decided to move on from Goldman in roughly 12 to 15 months. This will mean both the Apple Card and the savings account (that was […]

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