PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Williams-Sonoma ’s existing credit card portfolio will be acquired by Alliance Data , a Columbus, Ohio-based credit card services business, to provide a private-label, co-branded credit card program. ” .

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

The Children’s Place , the Secaucus, New Jersey-based retailer that is the “largest children’s pure-play specialty apparel retailer in North America,” revealed plans on Thursday (July 14) to team up with Alliance Data on a new loyalty-driven, private-label credit card program, the two companies announced in a joint statement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store – branded plastic cards – to this mobile payments scheme. Walmart’s Mike Cook was perceived to be the guiding force behind the initiative – long a vocal critic of card networks and interchange.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Utilizing unique feedback from the marketplace and our Columbus pilot, MCX has made a decision to concentrate more heavily in the immediate term on other aspects of our business, including working with financial institutions, like our partnership with Chase, to enable and scale mobile payment solutions.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Company Description: The UK-based financial services company runs sites such as Compare the Market, lesfurets.com, and Beagle Street, which let people compare insurance products. Company Description: NuCom is a German company with a portfolio of consumer and lifestyle brands including eharmony, Parship, Flaconi, and Amoreli.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

After a period of relative quiet in the proliferation of mobile wallets on the digital market these days, a new “Pay” has popped up on the landscape, brought about by the largest U.S. The program, which was introduced in Columbus, Ohio, will be piloted in 10 markets before a nationwide rollout later in the year.

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