U.S., Australia, Canada, U.K. - Giftango's international and
national gift card solutions receive global attention.
April 30, 2013
Mobile gifting in the
age of the app
Incentive and Motivation
Michael Fletcher, SVP Sales and Marketing, Giftango, on
how to create a mobile strategy that works for you.
March 4, 2013
Brooks Smith Honored for Industry Achievement at Prepaid
Expo
InComm
Plus, InComm's Do It Yourself Home Improvement Gift
Card(TM) Wins Best-in-Category for Most Effective Closed-Loop or
RAN Prepaid Card Program.
February 16, 2013
Portland's 'financial technology' cluster aims to simplify online
commerce
The Oregonian
They're using digital tools to change the way we pay, give and
save. Digital technology has already transformed the music
industry, news, movies, books and shopping. Finance, a tightly
regulated industry in constant peril from fraudsters, has been
stubbornly resistant to change. No longer.
February 14, 2013
Retailers Explore Mobile/Social Media Intersection at InComm
Partner Alliance
Paybefore.com
Social media and mobile now are intertwined, according to
panelists who participated in Tuesday's panel on The Power of
Social Media in Business at the InComm Partner Alliance in
Miami.
January 31, 2013
eGift
Cards Introduced by Copeland's of New Orleans and Cheesecake
Bistro
Copeland's goes digital with gift cards to make the gift of
giving easier! Copeland's chose Giftango, the leading
provider of digital gift card solutions, as their technology
partner. Features available through the Premium Turnkey shopping
cart allow eGift Cards to be personalized for the recipient, to
offer multiple card designs and provide message
flexibility.
January 10, 2013
Signet
Launches Digital Gift Cards within B2B Market
UKGCVA
Signet, the world's largest specialist jewellers have
launched a new digital gift card product in the UK just in time for
the busy Christmas and sale period. Signet has teamed up with
Giftango, the global leaders in digital gift card fulfillment and
promotions technology. This new technology allows Signet to offer
B2B channel partners and corporate clients a digital product to add
to the range from Signet's retail brands and house hold names, H.
Samuel and Ernest Jones.
January 8, 2013
InComm Acquires Giftango Corporation, Expands Digital Gifting
Solution
InComm, a
leading prepaid product and transaction services company, has
acquired Giftango Corporation, a leading digital gifting solutions
provider. Giftango expands InComm's reach into ecommerce gift card
sales and distribution through high volume channels.
December 14, 2012
Outdoor
Outfitter Integrates with Apple's Passbook
The Green Sheet
In time for holiday shopping, Seattle-based outdoor
outfitter Filson announces its popular digital gift cards can now
be conveniently added to Passbook on iPhone or iPod Touch. With
this feature, Filson customers who receive a digital gift card now
have the option to store and access the card in
Passbook.
October 23, 2012
Giftango
to Launch Burger King's Digital Gift Card
Program
Paybefore.com
Giftango Corp.,
a Portland, Ore.-based digital gift card fulfillment provider,
yesterday announced a partnership with Burger King to launch the
fast food restaurant chain's BK digital gift card program. The
digital gift cards, called BK eGifts, will be available through
several channels, including BK.com, and are delivered to the
recipient through email, SMS text or as a Facebook wall post.
Customers also will be able to redeem their BK Crown Card plastic
gift cards from web-enabled mobile devices at participating Burger
King restaurants in the United States, according to an
announcement.
September 10, 2012
What Apple hasn't told devs about building for iOS 6's
Passbook
Venture Beat
Apple's introduction of Passbook in iOS 6, an app that gathers
loyalty cards, boarding passes, event tickets and coupons into a
single virtual home, is sure to expedite the growth of digital gift
cards. While the majority of the discussion in mobile payments
swirling around banks, credit card companies, phone providers and
web-centric or social web companies, the true keys to adoption will
be found in coupling of consumer and merchant benefits associated
with digital gifts.
June 7, 2012
American Eagle Outfitters rolls out shopkick in all of its U.S.
stores
Internet Retailer
Shopkick also announces it is using Giftango to deliver mobile
gift cards.
June 6, 2012
Giftango powers the digital gift card revolution, gets tapped by
Shopkick
VentureBeat
Giftango offers a streamlined way for companies to tap into
retailer gift card programs - allowing them to access gift card
data within apps and other services. Basically, Giftango is
powering the move away from traditional gift cards, which can get
lost or stolen, and towards gift cards within shopping apps and
digital wallets.
June 1, 2012
Gift Cards Evolve:
Integrate Value Added Programs
Prepaid Press
Retailers like gift cards just as much as Moms. It is a
source of new revenue and a way to increase brand exposure.
Merchants, both small and large, can partner with digital gifting
companies to manage the platform for one store or an entire
chain.
April 25, 2012
Many Digital Gift Card Buyers Are Last-Minute Holiday
Shoppers
Internet Retailer
Retailers that offer both plastic and electronic gift
cards enjoy late sales. More than one in four digital
gift cards, or 26.7%, sold during December 2011 were sold between
Dec. 21 and Dec. 24, according to Giftango Corp.
March 27, 2012
E-gift Cards Offer Marketers More Sales, and Customer Service
Opportunities
Chief Marketer
Virtual gift card sales are projected to reach $8 billion by
2013 and $11 billion in 2014, according to Tower Group. Sales will
only continue to grow as social networking sites and mobile
capabilities proliferate and marketers reach out to a broader
audience.
March 16, 2012
Giftango
Launches Digital Gift Cards In Australia
NewsMaker
Signing 19 national brands, 10 loyalty and reward programs and
offering the first digital gift card platform with email, mobile
and Facebook delivery capabilities in Australia.
March 14, 2012
Aimia Selects Giftango to Power Its Digital Gift Card Loyalty
Programs in Canada
Internet Retailer
Aimia is committed to driving innovation in digital and mobile
marketing. Aimia's Proprietary Loyalty Services division
selected Giftango as its provider of eGift card solutions because
of the company's data-driven approach to helping its loyalty
partners enhance the delivery of meaningful incentives to
participants.
January 13, 2012
Digital Gift Cards
on the Move
Incentive
"Virtual gift cards" has been an industry buzz phrase for a few
years, yet adoption of electronic gifting has been slower than
initially anticipated. But with the growing number of merchants
offering egifts and mobile applications this past year, digital
gifting finally could live up to its hype in 2012.
December 19, 2011
Maritz Launches eGift Cards Using Giftango's
Platform
Payments Journal
Incentives company Maritz Motivation Solutions said it has signed
an agreement with virtual card provider Giftango to provide
electronic gift cards as part of its rewards programs. Incentives
are one area where virtual cards are likely to gain traction
quickly because of the instant delivery and ease of distribution.
Gift cards will always exist in a variety of forms, but the
benefits of virtual cards are highlighted in incentive
programs.
November 1, 2011
Grass Roots Selects Giftango, Launches Digital Gift
Cards
Yahoo! News
Grass Roots will be leveraging instant delivery of gift cards to a
consumer's mobile device and email as part of new initiatives
within loyalty programs, customer satisfaction research and
employee engagement and learning programs.
October 27, 2011
Giftango Adds Physical Gift Card Delivery Option to Turnkey
Solution
Vantiv Merchants First to Launch
Internet Retailer
The digital eGift card company today announced enhancements to
their enterprise digital gift card and stored value promotions
platform that greatly extend e-commerce gifting capabilities.
August 8, 2011
Four
Seasons Taps Giftango to Power eGift Cards
Internet Retailer
Giftango's Premium Turnkey Solution provides Four Seasons with an
ecommerce shopping cart for gift cards on their website. Customers
may send eGift Cards instantly through email or to mobile phones
via SMS text message. The solution features multiple card images, a
custom message option and the ability to send multiple cards to
different recipients all within the same shopping cart session.
August 4, 2011
Giftango Introduces "Products" to eGift Offering, Marriot
Individual Incentives First to Participate
Prepaid Press
The addition allows Giftango's 20 distribution partners, primarily
in the incentive and loyalty space, to add products to their list
of rewards that are instantly delivered to email and mobile
devices.
July 20, 2011
Giftango Creates Platform That Converts Plastic Cards to
Mobile
Incentive
The platform provides the entire back-end infrastructure needed to
help bring together merchants, incentive houses, plastic card
printers, and virtual payment technology companies to drive
consumer adoption of the mobile wallet. Security elements are built
into each step of the process.
May 25, 2011
Mobile
Payments Systems Cut Both Ways
Forbes
With Google's expected introduction of a mobile payments system
this week, the era of electronic wallets is upon us here in the
United States.
May 24, 2011
Giftango Hires Former Starbucks Gift Card Leader
Lieske
Incentive
Lieske arrives at Giftango from Starbucks, where he was
responsible for gift card strategies across all online channels,
including sales and marketing for virtual eGift cards, Starbucks'
Facebook eGifting strategy, as well as standard plastic and
customized gift cards.
April 15, 2011
Secure Payment Systems Announces Giftango
Integration
Green Sheet
Integration with Giftango provides SPS merchants with a whole new
suite of tools to assist with virtual gift card promotions, web
based sales and distribution opportunities.
October 13, 2010
IGH Solutions
Partners With Giftango
Incentive
The move by the stored-value and gift card company emphasizes the
increasing demand for virtual cards.
October 7, 2010
Giftango
Raises $5 Million in Series B Capital
Portland Business Journal
Now representing several hundred brands, Giftango brings in
additional growth capital.
September 2, 2010
Giftango Helps Mobile App Developers Deliver Retailers'
Gift Cards
Internet Retailer
Giftango Corp., which helps deliver gift cards via e-mail and
mobile devices, this week, launched a platform that enables mobile
game providers and other developers to deliver gift cards through
their apps.
August 13, 2010
Virtual Gift Cards Gaining in Popularity with
Consumers
American Banker
Consumers are showing growing interest in making purchases with
"virtual" gift cards, according to internal research from prepaid
card companies.
July 28, 2010
Giftango Makes Bold Move into Incentive Virtual Gift Card
Market
Incentive
Signs 35 national brands, eight incentive houses and offers new
functionality for its eCard solution.
July 28, 2010
Giftango Delivers Virtual Gift Cards for 35 National
Brands; Signs Eight Leading Incentive Houses
Market Wire
Giftango Corporation, the virtual gift card company allowing
incentive houses, loyalty professionals, and merchants to
significantly reduce the fulfillment costs associated with
traditional gift cards, today announced the signing of 35 national
merchant brands.
April 12, 2010
TenderCard,
Giftango Team for Virtual Gift Cards
The Green Sheet
TenderCard announced today that they have partnered with Giftango
to offer gift cards digitally via email and to mobile phones. This
partnership extends the benefits of virtual gift cards to all of
TenderCard's clients.
November 25, 2009
Mobile Virtual Gift Cards Defrost Challenges of Instant
Gifting
PR Newswire
The art of gift giving has evolved into the 21st century and
Andy's Frozen Custard Shops are embracing technology by offering
their custard loving fans immediate gift giving capabilities
through Mobile Virtual Gift Cards.
November 30, 2009
Gift Cards
Go Virtual
NBC Chicago
Barcodes offering a cheaper, greener method of holiday
gift-giving.
October 29, 2009
Twas the Night Before Venture Northwest: Giftango Finds
$1.4 million Under the Tree
Silicon Florist
Sometimes, you get to open gifts before the big day. Such is the
case with Portland-based Giftango who-as they prepare to take the
stage at Venture Northwest on Thursday-had Northwest Innovation and
Paid Content unwrapping gifts a little early by reporting that
Giftango had secured $1.4 million of a potential $2.1 million first
round.
October 12, 2009
Send Giftcards via Mobile Phones thru Digital Dining,
Giftango Partnership
Hospitality Technology
Giftango, a provider of virtual gift card fulfillment to email and
mobile phones, announces a partnership with point of sale
manufacturer Digital Dining.