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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]