Augeo announced today that it will acquire fellow CardLinx member Empyr. The deal terms were not disclosed. Augeo is a leading digital engagement company and card-linked technology provider to banks. Empyr powers the Yelp card-linked offer program, among other leading publisher platforms. The new company will be called Figg and will have more than 60 million linked cards and $300...

What happened in 2019 in mobile payments, digital commerce and card-linking? It was a year of great progress, accomplishment and milestones. As The CardLinx Association prepares for its seventh year as the de-facto global association for online to offline commerce, it is worthwhile to take a few minutes to consider the great year that our member companies and our association...

We welcome 24S to the CardLinx Association. 24S is the online e-commerce brand for the world’s largest luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. LVMH generates over $50 billion in annual revenues and includes a number of the best known luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Givenchy, Dior and Celine. LVMH has announced its intention to acquire Tiffany’s, one the oldest and...

We welcome Fanbank to The CardLinx Association. Fanbank is an online platform that enables small businesses to create and grow commerce transactions with target customers right in their own neighborhood. Fanbank’s next generation commerce software adds personalization to credit and debit card payments. Personalizing increases business profits by 25%. But marketers and business owners are bogged down with high friction...

Target is the latest retailer to become a digital advertiser Target will launch Target+, an invitation-only program for third-party retailers to sell their products on Target.com.  Target is one of the largest retailers in the US and going forward third-party retailers like Mizuho will be able to sell to consumers directly through Target.com.  This new platform enables third- party retailers to...