Giftango's International and National Gift Card News

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.