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...

According to recent news reports, US airlines are negotiating with major card-issuers to have the banks pre-buy miles. Most airlines have been hit hard by Covid-19, grounding as many as 70% of flights—and putting the industry in desperate need of cash. Card-issuers would buy airline loyalty points and link them to card spending as an incentive to drive card use....

We welcome JetPrivilege to the CardLinx Association! CardLinx’s first member headquartered in India, JetPrivilege is an independent, loyalty and rewards program formed in 2014 by Jet Airways and Etihad Airways. JetPrivilege members earn JPMiles through flights, dining and shopping which can be redeemed at their rewards store or flights with Jet Airways and over 20 partner airlines including Virgin Atlantic,...