Consumer, member and employee loyalty and engagement solutions leader Augeo announced its acquisition of Deluxe Rewards today. Deluxe Rewards’ patented, dual-currency technology lets CardLinx member Augeo offer unique, experiential rewards to end users for less cost with minimal levels of accrued liability. CardLinx Insight: Augeo is seizing on a unique marketplace opportunity that enhances its offering and strengthens its competitive...

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...

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...

2020’s Silver Bullet for Bank Digital Engagement: Card-Linked Offers How do the best companies in the world build digital trust and data confidence with consumers? They do it by adhering to these 7 straightforward data best practices. CardLinx, a multi-industry trade association, recently completed a 1.5 year study and task force to identify key factors driving digital trust and data...

Technology companies providing card-linking solutions are enabling widespread adoption of card-linked programs. Increasingly retailers/merchants, financial institutions, card issuers—and consumers—are counting on innovative platforms now available to help card-linking grow. The CardLinx Association is a non-profit trade group with members in 17 countries and on four continents (www.cardlinx.org). Members include Microsoft, Rakuten, Samsung, UBS and RBC to name a few. CardLinx...

Leading card issuers, financial institutions, retailers, card link technology and marketing technology innovators came together at CardLinx East to share key industry insights. Leaders from companies including Augeo, Microsoft, GasBuddy, FIS and GetUpside were excited to share how they are using the latest technology to implement online-to-offline commerce. Executives from top companies in attendance included Discover, Hilton, MasterCard, Capital One,...

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...

CardLinx member Augeo announced today it has acquired MotivAction. Together they represent a worldwide leader and one of the most comprehensive providers in the enterprise engagement space. The combined company will have more than $300 million in annual revenue and will manage domestic and international programs for many of the world’s largest companies. The combined organizations will provide unparalleled solutions...

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT TUANGO Headquarters: St. Paul, Minnesota Founded: 1998 Category: Privately-held company Industry: Loyalty and engagement programs for employees, customers, and members How does your company fit into the card-linking or online-to-offline commerce ecosystems? The Augeo CLX Platform (Card-Linked Experience) is an end-to-end fintech technology, enabling access to credit or debit card-linked offers from our extensive network of participating merchants. Partnering...

SAN FRANCISCO — February 28, 2019 — The CardLinx Association today announced its 2019 board of directors including Microsoft, Rakuten, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Mastercard, Discover, First Data, FIS, Transunion, Augeo, Affinity Solutions, Fidel, and Empyr. Board members are elected for one-year renewable terms and represent the leading global merchants, banks, data and technology companies, payment companies and fin-tech/ad-tech companies. The CardLinx...

Augeo Sells Financial Institution Loyalty Business Unit, Doubles Down on Card-Linking Innovation CardLinx member Augeo completed the sale of its financial institution loyalty business unit for $140 million to investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services companies. This transaction allows Augeo to focus on its fast growing card-linking platform and...

CHAIRPERSON: STEVE VANFLEET, PRESIDENT OF AUGEO FINANCIAL SERVICES PARTICIPANTS CardLinx’s CLO Debit Work Group convened a meeting on June 20th in San Bruno, California. The productive meeting included a name change from PIN Debit Work Group at the request of the debit networks. The meeting included in-depth discussions by publishers, issuers and debit networks on how to accomplish their mission:...