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FTD.com joins pointsxchange

FTD.com, retailer of flowers and specialty gifts, has joined Points.com Inc.’s pointsxchange, an online currency exchange for loyalty programs.

Posted 07/09/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Beenz.com consider its restructuring options

The company says it is “restructuring” its London operation, although it will not close the U.K. operation.

Posted 03/30/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Beenz.com Spills The Debit Card

In an industry first, MasterCard International and New York-based beenz.com, an online loyalty rewards provider, are launching reloadable debit cards that will allow enrolled consumers to convert the so-called beenz credits they earn into dollars, put them on the card and use the money in the virtual or real world. For customers choosing to convert their beenz, up until now good only with participating online traders, 1,000 beenz will equal $5....

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Beenz Sez

,Beenz.com creator of beenz web currency, has doubled the number of merchants participating in its two-month-old beenzBack shopping program. Barnes & Noble.com, EddieBauer.com, Pets.com, MarthaStewart.com, Garden.com and HammacherSchlemmer.com are joining more than 100 web sites offering consumers beenz for shopping online. Under the beenzBack program, beenz members earn up to 40 beenz for every dollar they spend online by simply accessing...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

$39.5 Million Is A Lot Of Beenz

Web currency creator beenz.com inc. has received an additional $39.5 million in its latest round of private funding, in the form of Series "B" convertible preferred stock, from several strategic partners and financial institutions. The funding will be focused on expanding the beenz merchant and consumer networks, says the New York City-based firm, as well as marketing the brand and the product and developing the beenz proprietary technology....

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

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Rocket Cash Expands Currency Xchange Program

RocketCash, an online gateway that allows consumers to shop on the Internet without a credit card, has expanded its Currency Xchange program by partnering with two additional incentive and rewards sites. RocketCash members will be able to aggregate online currencies and rewards from MyEcamp.com and CafePress.com into their RocketCash accounts and spend them at more than 100 RocketCash merchant partner sites. Mountain View, Calif.-based RocketCash...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment