Blog entries tagged 'Gift Card'

Payday Lending Predatory Tactics

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I've just read two very damning articles sent to me by a reader of this blog about Payday Lenders. The 1st article from the Dallas Morning News, involving the local government of Mesquite, Texas's decision to minimize the number of Payday lenders within 1,000 feet of a similar business, and each must be in a freestanding building at least 200 feet from residential areas and 500 feet from freeways, a month after Richardson, Texas imposed similar restrictions due to some of the l [...]

Gift Cards � a Grandparents Dream or a Recipients Nightmare

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One study pegs the growth of Gift Card Promotions at 20% a month; this study did include Stored Value Cards, and rechargeable gift cards.

Incentive Gift Cards have community awareness, as indicated by an online research survey conducted by a First Data Consumer Incentives Study with 526 surveyrespondents.

"Two-thirds, 67 percent, of survey respondents state they were already extremely or very familiar with Gift Cards. During past purchase de [...]