Marqeta raises $14M to bring ‘Starbucks-type loyalty to every merchant’

Loyalty and payments startup Marqeta has raised $14 million from Greylock IL, Granite Ventures, and Commerce Ventures. The company also announced that it will power the Facebook Card.

Ticketfly unveils ‘first of its kind’ products to identify and reward top fans

Ticketfly unveiled its latest product Fanbase, a suite of customer analytics products that founder Andrew Dreskin said is a first of its kind. Venues and event promoters can use Fanbase to identify their top fans and offer them rewards for loyalty.

AT&T is launching a new loyalty program, but benefits are slim so far

AT&T has just announced the launch of AT&T Plus, a new loyalty program for AT&T customers.

So far, the program is just in a trial phase, and participants are limited to a select few in a diverse range of geographies …

Loyalty startup CrowdTwist grows revenue 3200% with Sony & Pepsi as clients

Consumer loyalty platform CrowdTwist, one of the graduates from TechStars NY’s first class, has announced a huge revenue growth of 3,200 percent year over year.

CEO Irving Fain once complained to me that his company didn’t get much screen time …

Groupon co-founders invest $1M-plus into an anti-Groupon: Belly

Belly, a loyalty and customer rewards program for small and medium sized businesses, launched today in Chicago, announcing it has received more than $1 million in seed capital from Lightbank, the firm owned by the co-founders of Groupon.

In a …

Ditch those coupons: Square updates iOS and Android apps with loyalty features

Mobile payments startup Square has updated its popular iOS and Android apps to include loyalty tracking and discounts for regular customers and further hardware support for brick-and-mortar stores, the company revealed today.

“We’re enabling merchants to recognize regulars that use …

Zappos founder launches RNKD to connect brands and the people who love them (video)

Zappos founder Nick Swinmurn wants to see a picture of everything in your closet.

In return, he’ll give you badges and even discounts on clothing brands that you love.

He’s not a creep (as far as I know). Rather, his …

Demo: Looping taps into customer loyalty with everyday phones

Looping, which provides businesses with a phone-based loyal customer tracking program, launched today at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference.

Most of a business’ revenue comes from repeat customers. So it is typically in a business’s best interest to create a …