Facebook Ad Boycott Grows To Include Coca-Cola, Unilever A leading ad agency is asking clients to pull Facebook ads to support a boycott against the company. The move is to protest Facebook’s failure to remove certain hate speech and reluctance to correct US Government statements made using the social media platform. Civil rights groups including the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation...

Figg Uses CLO to Help Consumers Brave Recession Augeo, a St. Paul digital engagement company and card-linked technology provider to banks, announced it has acquired Empyr, the San Diego-based company that powers the Yelp card-linked offer program, among other leading publisher platforms. The two Cardlinx members will do business as Figg, with more than 60 million linked cards and $300...

May CardLinx Europe Council Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 Via Zoom Webinar The mission of the CardLinx Europe Council is to create a technical forum for collaboration among European based card issuers, processors, retailers, publishers, card-linked technology providers and merchants to promote the growth of card-linking and online to offline commerce. The Council will focus on discussing current shared technical challenges...

New Clean Way to Pay: Mobile Wallets Surge on Covid 19 Fears Requiring no physical contact with merchant point-of-sale terminals, mobile wallets are increasingly viewed as a safer way to pay by consumers around the world. Fears that payment cards, cash and coins may be tainted with the coronavirus, and that touching in-store terminals might make shoppers sick, the use...

Expect the Unexpected in Covid-19’s Wake In the uncertainty that surrounds the coronavirus, Silvio Tavares, CEO of industry trade association Cardlinx, shared perspectives with member executives around the world. Among topics discussed? Travel’s stalled, with hotel occupancy at just 15% and properties slated to close; credit card use is down, impacting the U.S. and other countries where consumer spending accounts...

Luxury Retailers Boosts Revenue 34% with Card-Linking Leading card issuers, financial institutions, retailers, and marketing and card-link technology innovators came together at CardLinx Europe in London this month to share industry insights. Execs from FIS, Discover, Harvey Nichols, Fidel and Collinson discussed how technology is facilitating online-to-offline commerce. Leaders from Mastercard, Carte-Bancaires, Groupon, Rakuten–and more–participated. CardLinx Insight Luxury retailers are...

Fidel Raises $18 M CardLinx member Fidel announced a fundraising of $18 mln including several A List fin-tech venture capital investors in the US. The London UK based card-linking API platform is a leading provider to loyalty programs in Europe and is expanding into North America and Asia. CardLinx Insight Fidel’s successful fundraising demonstrates the continued momentum of transaction data...

[image_with_animation image_url=”17799″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”] Apple Card Launches with a Cash Backed Card-Linked Offers Apple launched for all customers in the U.S. in mid August. Customers are able to apply for the card through the Wallet app on the iPhone, available for immediate use through Apple Pay. The titanium Apple Card credit card is...