Marketing

Michigan consumers enrolled in Meijer Inc.’s mPerks rewards program saved nearly $200 million the past year, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based supermarket chain announced late Thursday. To encourage consumers enrolled in mPerks to shop more often this summer, Meijer is offering customers the opportunity to earn 30 points on every gallon …

LendingClub Corp. said its LendingClub Bank unit introduced LevelUp Checking, which includes a debit card. LendingClub specializes in personal loans. LevelUp Checking users with one of these personal loans could receive up to 2% of their monthly payment in cash back when making on-time payments from the checking account. HungerRush, a …

Add another unique service to Klarna AB’s product roster. The buy now, pay later specialist is adding mobile-phone service to its product list. A waitlist is available now, with a launch expected in coming weeks, Klarna says. The United Kingdom and Germany are expected to follow. Klarna hopes to tap …

The U.S. services industry is huge—more than 135 million Americans in the field, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—and ensuring they are paid is a key role for the payments industry. Two payments companies are helping with new services. Digital tipping platform eTip’s integration with Visa Direct allows …

Digital advertising incorporated in branded checkout is the newest avenue for PayPal Holdings Inc. The digital-wallet and payments provider launched Storefront Ads Monday, a service to get PayPal-accepting merchant products in front of online consumers. Storefront Ads not only showcases the merchant but includes a “Buy with PayPal” button within …

Citizens Financial Group Inc.’s Citizens banking unit released a revised suite of credit cards, all bearing the Mastercard Inc. mark. Open banking technology provider Plaid Inc. launched Plaid Protect, what it calls a real-time fraud intelligence system that Plaid said can detect and prevent fraud beginning with a user’s first interaction with an app …

Buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB is working with gift card platform Nift to boost customer engagement while retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods says it will renew its buy now, pay later deal with Affirm Inc. In the partnership announced Thursday with Nift, Klarna will be able to create gift …

In the first six weeks after The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC on Feb. 9 raised its real-time payments transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million, transactions of more than $1 million accounted for more than half the value of all real-time payments processed at Bank of America Corp., one of …

Competition at the point of sale is just as tough behind the counter as in front. Two payments companies separately are launching new products they hope will give them an edge. PAR Technology Corp. released PAR Engagement, a portfolio of products meant to help enterprise restaurants win over more customers, …

NK Retail, a Sweden-based luxury department-store chain, is deploying Lightspeed Commerce Inc.’s NuORDER by Lightspeed B2B commerce platform. NuORDER by Lightspeed is aimed at helping retailers streamline wholesale buying and selling with features like virtual showrooms and order-management systems.  NK offers a broad selection of fashion, beauty, interior design, and …