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I'm sure the topic of food n' fuel prices will be brought up in tonight's Presidential debate a million times. When you hear those words, think of me and how I can support your incentives/rewards needs! Perfect timing to incorporate a physical or virtual prepaid card specifically filtered to be redeemed at businesses categorized as supermarkets, grocery stores, gas stations and convenience stores. A Food n' Fuel reward card gives the cardholder much greater choice on where to redeem than individual retail gift cards. Operators are standing by. Well, not really, but my inbox is. oh, and the virtual card version is #mobilewallet enabled for in-store #mobilepayments #inflation #presidentialdebate #presidentialelection #rewards #incentives #loyalty #giftcards #points #debate #economy #employeeengagement #payments #payouts #disbursements #employeerewards

Morning. So continuing on yesterday’s post about benchmarking, I thought I’d share this piece of news with respect to consumer duty. Although this relates to a supermarket, the point here is that they’re making active effort to help their 20 million customers make effective use of unused discounts - currently totalling to about £16 million. As consumers, we all know how this works. We sometimes sign up for subscriptions, then forget to use them, while we continue to make recurring payments! We have vouchers sat in drawers, and find them only after they’ve expired! Given the current inflationary climate, and with Christmas round the corner, I’m sure customers will appreciate every effort to communicate with them, and give them information to help them make informed decisions. #consumerduty #informedchoices #products #services #financialservices #customercare #dutyofcare #conduct #controls #banks #costofliving #inflation

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Congress is considering new payment options for grocery stores and gas stations. While this could be good news for retailers, Big Banks are warning that consumers may not see the benefits. In fact, credit card rewards could be at risk. Stay informed on the latest developments in #payments, #retailing, #gasstations, and #grocerystores. Check out the details here: https://flip.it/U9MrLL

🎵All your customers want this year is ... To spread the cost🎵 Dopplepay have listened and we have delivered. Have Dopple sitting at your checkout, to give your shoppers the power to choose a finance option that's right for them! Get in touch to learn more - hannah.woods@dopplepay.com / 0161 676 9583📞 #financeoptions #mariahcarey #pos #retailfinance #festiveperiod

*Speculation alert* While we wait for the UK Government to invoke the Civil Contingencies Act in response to the emerging Greggs card payments issue (https://lnkd.in/e_5saTpj), its worth taking a step back. Working it through with Mark Devereux and the team, there is a pattern here with McDonalds, Tesco, and Sainsburys all have very similar issues since Friday. Its worth noting that the disruptions have been random and rolling. There may be more organisations affected by this, and that these are the most public examples. Its also possible that we will see more disruptions in the short term. It is possible that its a payment services provider that is experiencing this issue, but we think that is unlikely. This feels like it is further upstream. For example, coincidentally, last Tuesday saw Microsoft release a large number of critical patches - https://lnkd.in/egZvyFHW. Recent major software updates could be the more probable source. Organisations may already be all over this, but if not, it would be worth reviewing which IT has been subject to recent updates that support the critical operations (or important business services in UK firms and FMIs) to establish if there are latent issues that need to be addressed. Likewise, it would be beneficial to work with material or critical third party service providers, particularly payment service providers, to understand if they are conducting the same review with appropriate urgency. #operationalresilience #outsourcing #thirdpartyriskmanagement

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing! How you shop and what you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time. More evidence that collaboration between issuers and merchants bears fruit. Reach out to learn more - article in comments!

My reflection on a busy couple of weeks… I have spoken to a large number of new and existing merchants in June. Many of them heading in to their busiest period of the year. Reliability has been a hot topic, but speed is just as high on the agenda. Whether it be a busy restaurant turning tables faster, a busy pub trying prevent overcrowding at the bar during the Euros, or a retail brand trying to prevent large queues turning off paying customers. All were in agreement. If you can make the transactional process of taking a payment as quick and as efficient as possible you can allow your staff to focus less on apologising for the delay and more time on delivering excellent service that keeps customers coming back for more. To find out more, click to book a 30 minute live virtual demo. One last question, is it coming home? 👀👀👀🤔🤔🤔 #Euros2024 #merchantservices #payments #PubEconomy #retail #customerjourney #itscominghome

Businesses like Sainsbury's and today Greggs need to have systems in place when IT outages mean the collapse of card payments. The wider issue is cash is being seen by many big retailers as a secondary payment method, look at the number of self-service checkouts that are card only. We need to see cash acceptance being given equal status by the retailers. Cash users are not second-class citizens but are vital to the economy and large and small retailer balance sheets!! Cash Doesn't Crash Payment Choice Alliance https://lnkd.in/es6TJGQm

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