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Embedded Finance: Bolstering Brand Experiences

Perficient

When a non-financial firm offers embedded banking, they offer a branded checking account to hold funds and make payments for the betterment of the company and its clients or workers. As a baseball card collector since childhood, I remember when eBay opened its URL back in 1995. Baseball card heaven for both buyer and seller.

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Sensory Branding: Right Scent, Right Time?

PYMNTS

Sensory branding is having a moment. These are some admittedly “out there” examples of sensory branding, which is popular lately for several reasons. Supplementing the “sight” of marketing and branding with a taste or a sound creates an entirely new set of tools to attract consumers. Mastercard also has its own sound.

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Brand Differentiation – How One Bank Is Producing 132% Profit Growth

South State Correspondent

If your bank struggles to create a clear value proposition and brand differentiation, then we have a case study for you. Their secret – fanatical customer service. Instead of marketing, the Bank strategically focuses on two areas – product development and customer service. and became the most valuable bank in Latin America.

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Crate And Barrel Taps Synchrony For Branded Credit Cards

PYMNTS

Through the arrangement, Crate and Barrel will pair with Synchrony on a private label credit card as well as a new dual-branded card, the companies said in an announcement. “In The new Synchrony-backed credit cards are expected to be released later in 2018.

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Through travel and e-commerce perks, N26 is pitching itself as a lifestyle brand

Bank Innovation

N26 is building out its perks ecosystem, adding partnerships with new brands at a rapid clip. This month, the company partnered with scooter rental company Lime and online travel platform Booking.com to offer added rewards to customers who transact using their N26 debit cards.

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Visa’s Sensory Branding Goes Global

PYMNTS

Today (June 17) Visa is announcing that their sensory branding suite is in over two dozen countries care of a dozen new partnerships. Visa’s sensory branding suite of products includes a sound, animation and haptic cues for consumers and merchants when a Visa transaction is completed.

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Blackhawk Network Teams With Kroger On Gift Card Curbside Pickup, At-Home Activation

PYMNTS

Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations throughout the nation, according to a Monday (Dec. 21) announcement from Blackhawk Network.

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