Top 10 Commerce With a Conscience Companies Selected By Digital Commerce Alliance Inaugural DCA listing published today SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 8, 2021)—The Digital Commerce Alliance (DCA) today announced its Top 10 Commerce With a Conscience Companies. For the first year ever, the DCA is recognizing leading organizations in the digital commerce, card-linking, mobile wallets, and financial data space who have...

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...

Leading global payments provider and shopping service Klarna announced it has grown its customer base significantly since the Covid-19 crisis. In partnership with major apparel, beauty and footwear retailers—including H&M, Sephora, Timberland and The North Face—Klarna offers flexible payment options to consumers, giving them the convenience and purchasing power needed now. CardLinx Insight: CardLinx member Klarna is turning the economic...

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...

As part of a global partnership, Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has invested in Klarna. The companies announced that Ant Financial has purchased a <1% ownership in the Swedish financial technology start-up, known for offering shoppers interest-free financing over monthly installments. CardLinx Insight: Ant Financial is an affiliate of Alipay, China’s largest mobile wallet and...

TransUnion, Klarna, Groupon and JCB Join Global CardLinx Membership SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 16, 2017 —  The CardLinx Association (“CardLinx”), the leading, global organization driving online-to-offline (O2O) commerce through card-linking, loyalty and digital marketing, today announced three, exclusive forums focusing on data-driven commerce and AI. New CardLinx members include TransUnion, Klarna, Groupon and JCB. These new members join existing members...

We welcome Klarna to the CardLinx Association! Founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, Klarna is now one of Europe’s largest banks and is providing payment solutions for 60 million consumers across 70,000 merchants in 18 countries. Started as a platform to make it easier for people to shop online, Klarna now offers direct payments, pay after delivery options and installment plans...