Tag: prepaid
Is white label the future for the UK banking market?
Jonathan Jensen, @sevendotzero, has been contributing to the Terrapin blog and talking about consumer banking. The UK banking market needs more competition from providers who can deliver customer centric services in the way consumers want to consume them. This means products from people who understand consumers and who are not driven by protecting legacy products. So far new competition…
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Wakestock music festival first in UK to use microchips
Wristbands fitted with microchips have been worn by everyone at a UK festival for the first time. The technology, which designers claim will cut out fake tickets and queues, was used by 15,000 festival-goers at Wakestock, Cardigan Bay, Wales. Designers claim the advantages to fans are that they can pre-load them with money to pay for…
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Unordinary Thinking No. 22 – Three tonnes of cash
The benefits a retailer gets from understanding their customers better through the data which is captured. How retailers can typically expect to get higher margin sales, new customers they would not otherwise get and incremental sales of 40% above the amount loaded onto the card. Read the Lexden blog here >>> Unordinary Thinking No. 22 –…
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3V launches pre-paid ‘youth card’ with parental controls
3V – the global electronic Payments specialists, have launched a customised Chip & PIN Pre-Pay Visa card and money management service for teenagers, introducing the first payment platform to offer comprehensive parental access and controls for the youth market. via 3V launches pre-paid ‘youth card’ with parental controls.
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64 hours of travel
In fourteen days I’ve been: In the air for 40 hours Travelling to and from airports and waiting for planes for 12 hours Travelling to and from my office for 12 hours That’s 64 hours travelling in 14 days! Was it worth it? Yes, absolutely. My travels took me to Cape Town, London and Miami: in all…
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