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internetretailer.com, Dec. 28, 2011 – Swirlz Cupcakes honed its cupcake recipe years ago, but its search for the right way to reward its loyal customers has taken a little longer. Now, with the emergence of smartphones and mobile commerce apps, Swirlz Cupcakes has cooked up a loyalty scheme that tastes just right. Did you like [...]

Daily Deal Media, Dec. 25, 2012 - SparkBase, a Cleveland Ohio-based gift and loyalty card processor, makes it easier for merchants to offer incentives to their best customers by eliminating the need for the traditional plastic loyalty cards. Earlier this year, SparkBase launched their Paycloud Mobile Wallet to 55 local Chicago businesses. The application works with [...]

Recently we sat down with the folks from Paycloud, a new mobile wallet program being launched in test pockets in Andersonville, Bucktown and West Lincoln Park by suburban-based TransNational. They launched and began phase 1 in July, and are now getting ready to start phase 3, which is a national launch -before this happens we [...]

SparkBase, a company whose software processes loyalty card program transactions for 40,000 small- and medium-sized businesses around the country, is launching Paycloud, a new app for Android and iPhone handsets that uses your smart phone as a digital wallet to store and replace your paper and plastic customer loyalty cards. Did you like this? Share [...]

SparkBase CEO Doug Hardman appeared on Fox Business News to discuss Paycloud’s strategy in the emerging mobile wallet wars. Are consumers looking for a new way to pay or will smartphone-based loyalty programs and discount coupons prove to be the killer app? Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com”>video.foxbusiness.com</a> Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

TMCnet.com, August 24, 2011 - Alpha Card Services, a comprehensive business solutions provider that enables cost effective payment solutions for thousands of businesses across the United States, has selected SparkBase to power the loyalty and gift card programs for their merchant clients. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Independent Retailer, August 23,2011 – It comes as no surprise that the increasing daily use of smartphone applications (apps) and smartphone browsers has created a channel for your customers to browse, purchase and interact with products and services. As Portio Research Limited’s report, “Mobile Applications Futures 2010-2015,” forecasts, “The global mobile applications user base is [...]

streetfightmag.com, August 22, 2011 - Sparkbase, which is one of the largest processors of branded loyalty cards, has traditionally functioned as a white-label software provider that enables businesses to  offer card-based rewards. But in recent years, the company has also been inching towards the consumer end of the rewards equation. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet