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[Features\ \ Cashback, coupons, and amplified card benefits. Engagement findings that drive better offer relevance to your audience.\ \ Cashback, coupons, and amplified card benefits.\ \ [Network\ \ Our network of over 50,000 merchant programs positions your brand as the premier destination for rewards, shopping, and loyalty as customers shop.\ \ Our network of over 50,000 merchant programs.\ \ [Company\ \ We are built for the financial and technology ecosystem’s largest players, combining the scale of a network with the precision of a data platform.\ \ We are built for the financial and technology ecosystem’s largest players.\ \ Pricing\ \ Pricing and revenue share for your white-label loyalty program will be customized to your unique requirements.\ \ Pricing and revenue share for your white-label loyalty program will be customized to your unique requirements.
The Network Compliance Checklist Every Affiliate-Linked Tool Needs
By Neil Jones
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July 17, 2026
Building a cashback browser extension, shopping companion, or any tool that touches affiliate links comes with a responsibility that goes beyond good user experience. It means complying with all the ...
Stop Saving Your Best Rewards Program Incentives for Later
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July 07, 2026
When launching a cashback rewards program, the instinct is often to treat it like a slow build. Companies get it live, then ramp up marketing over time.
Auth, Payouts, Dashboard: Survey Apps and Platforms Have Already Built the Hard Part of Shopping Rewards
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June 24, 2026
Most product and engineering teams at survey apps and rewards platforms share the same instinct when adding shopping rewards comes up: it looks like a months-long build with no room in the roadmap to ...
Why Commerce Media is the Missing Piece in Your Retail Media Strategy
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June 18, 2026
Retail media has become one of the most effective tools brands have for reaching high-intent shoppers. The numbers reflect it:U.S. retail media ad spend is projected to hit $107.6 billion this year, ...
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Why Your Rewards Program Is Sitting on an Untapped Commerce Media Revenue Stream
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June 05, 2026
What if a rewards program could actually pay for itself, and then some?
Wildfire Systems and Bonfire Ventures Launch AI Club, a Monthly Show-and-Tell Series for Leaders and Builders Exploring AI
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June 02, 2026
New monthly Zoom series where founders and operators across the Bonfire portfolio share what's actually working in AI, and stay a step ahead, together
How to Build a High-Performing Rewards Program Email Strategy
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May 26, 2026
A well-designed email program is one of the most powerful tools in your rewards program arsenal, but only if it's built with intention. Here's what separates programs that drive real engagement from ...
Wildfire’s RevenueEngine Adds New AI Commerce Customers Henry Labs and Octogen
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May 13, 2026
New customer deployments underscore growing demand for infrastructure that monetizes AI-powered shopping experiences
Wildfire Systems Named Awin Power 100 Partner
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May 12, 2026
Wildfire commended for value and innovation after beating competition from over one million partners. SAN DIEGO – May 12, 2026 – Wildfire Systems Inc., an innovative financial technology platform ...
The New Loyalty Economics: What’s Next After Interchange-Funded Rewards? (Infographic)
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April 23, 2026
Consumer appetite for rewards remains strong, but the legacy economics that fund those programs are under increasing strain.
How to Maximize WCN ROAS with Premium Placements and Commission Increases
By Lisa Belisle
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April 20, 2026
Most of us know that consumers generally try to avoid traditional ads. But those same shoppers will actively look for coupons, cash back, and loyalty rewards.
Why Merchant-Funded Loyalty Rewards Matter More in Today's Economic Environment
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April 14, 2026
For today’s consumers, finding ways to save money is a top priority. Faced with inflation and average credit card interest rates exceeding 25%, a growing number of shoppers are tightening their belts ...
Wildfire Systems to Power Affiliate Monetization for Credit Key’s B2B Marketplace
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March 30, 2026
Partnership enables Credit Key to add thousands of merchants to its B2B marketplace, creating a new revenue stream while helping brands reach high-value buyers
Rewards Program Marketing: Best Practices for Marketing Your Shopping Portal
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March 20, 2026
For our clients, launching a shopping portal is a fantastic way to drive engagement, capture shopping behavior insights, and create new revenue streams. However, the rule of "build it and they will ...
Wildfire Systems Expands White-Label Shopping Portal Globally, Bringing Localized Shopping Rewards Experiences to International Markets
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March 03, 2026
The hosted, fully-managed shopping portal is now live in 185 countries, offering access to over 10,000 international merchant programs
Unlock untapped revenue: Introducing the new Logged-Out Couponator feature
By Brook Denny
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February 09, 2026
For Wildfire’s white-label shopping extension partners, the "unauthenticated user" represents a significant missed opportunity. Our data shows that approximately 1 in 10 users who install a client’s ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
How Browser Extensions Fuel App Engagement and Your Loyalty Ecosystem
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January 19, 2026
For too long, the browser extension has been underestimated. It’s often viewed merely as a tactical add-on for delivering coupons or cashback, but in reality, the cashback rewards browser extension ...
Wildfire Accelerates Platform Momentum in 2025 with AI, Retail Media, and Self-Optimizing Commerce Intelligence
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January 14, 2026
Company’s continued aggressive growth driven by new products and partnerships, unlocking smarter monetization for clients, advertisers, and consumers
Cashback Rewards for AI Shopping
How Banks Can Offer Rewards on AI-Assisted Shopping
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January 08, 2026
If you haven’t been living under a rock this year, then you’ve heard about how the online shopping landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation on two fronts: 1) how customers conduct product ...
Built In Honors Wildfire Systems in Its Esteemed 2026 Best Places To Work Awards
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January 06, 2026
Wildfire Earns #59 on Built In's Best Places to Work in San Diego List San Diego, Calif. // January 6, 2026 — Wildfire Systems, an innovative financial technology platform that powers loyalty and ...
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How Competitive Conquesting Benefits Customers
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December 01, 2025
Navigating the online shopping world can sometimes feel like a treasure hunt, with shoppers constantly searching for the best deals and offers. But Competitive Conquesting, available through the ...
Wildfire Systems Receives 2025 Generative AI Expo Product of the Year Award
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November 20, 2025
RevenueEngine Recognized for Industry Innovation
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Maximizing Value: The Role of Browser Extensions as a Proactive Savings Tool
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November 14, 2025
Consumers in 2025 are doubling down on value.
Q4 2025 Holiday Cashback Merchants Now Live on Wildfire’s Rewards Platform
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November 06, 2025
As the U.S. holiday shopping season gets underway, Wildfire’s cashback and rewards merchant network continues to grow, giving financial institutions, fintech partners, and their customers even more ...
Best Practices for Soliciting Chrome Web Store Reviews for Cashback Browser Extensions (Infographic)
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October 31, 2025
Getting a high number of positive user reviews for your cashback rewards browser extension isn’t just a vanity metric. Good reviews will also help your extension installs grow!
Cashback Rewards for AI Shopping
Bold.org Partners with Wildfire to Launch First Debit Card Rewards Program for Purchases on AI Platforms Including ChatGPT and Gemini
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October 27, 2025
The first debit card to reward purchases made on major AI platforms, Bold program enables students to reduce the burden of student loan debt by shopping on their favorite AI platform
How to Structure Customer Loyalty Programs for Banks: Key Principles
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October 03, 2025
With accelerated competition in the form of nimble fintechs and tools that make it easy to migrate accounts, plus higher-than-ever customer expectations, financial institutions face the need to make ...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025: Your Blueprint for Maximizing Cashback Rewards and Engagement
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September 17, 2025
Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) have evolved into a weeks-long shopping event, with deals appearing as early as the end of October. BFCM, technically covering Thanksgiving to the Monday after, ...
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Three Types of Competitive Conquesting Campaigns: Tailored Tactics for Every Merchant
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September 16, 2025
A one-size-fits-all marketing approach often falls short when trying to capture competitor traffic. Generic, untargeted ads can fail to engage shoppers at the crucial moments when they are actively ...
Survey: AI and Agentic Commerce Gain Ground, But Adoption Hinges on Savings and Consumer Protections
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September 08, 2025
Latest shopping trends survey by Wildfire Systems finds that more than one-third of AI users use it for online shopping; 20% are very comfortable letting AI shop for them
The Value of Early Engagement in Cashback Rewards Programs
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August 21, 2025
For companies implementing cashback rewards programs, maximizing Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) is paramount. A key question for companies offering shopping rewards programs is how to strategically ...
Wildfire Systems Ranks No. 575 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
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August 12, 2025
With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 721% Percent, This Marks Wildfire's Third Time on the List NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2025 / PRNewswire / -- Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs ...
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What are the Benefits of Offering a Cashback Reward Program?
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July 25, 2025
Due to regulatory changes as well as a changing competitive environment and evolving customer expectations, the banking industry is diversifying its traditional fee-based revenue models.
Why These Investors Bet on Wildfire Systems
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July 09, 2025
When a company attracts a wide-ranging and diverse group of investors, it often signals strong market potential and a compelling vision. Over the years, Wildfire Systems has received investment from ...
Rakuten’s Cashback Program: Marketing & Customer Engagement Strategy Insights
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July 01, 2025
At Wildfire, we're dedicated to uncovering the most effective cashback program marketing strategies to guide our clients in building data-driven and customer-centric campaigns. In previous posts, ...
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I Asked ChatGPT What to Pack for Puerto Rico and Got Cashback on the Good Pants
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June 26, 2025
I was recently preparing for a business trip to Puerto Rico. The kind that combines island humidity with conference rooms kept arctic-cold. I needed to pack smart, stay comfortable, and look like ...
Cashback Rewards for AI Shopping
Wildfire Loyalty Platform First to Enable Users to Earn Cashback and Rewards on AI-Assisted Shopping
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June 24, 2025
New capability allows publishers, fintechs, and loyalty providers to monetize AI-generated product suggestions
Why You Should Include a Shopping Portal as Part of Your Cashback Program
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May 09, 2025
A simple and effective option to help enhance a cashback rewards program is by integrating a shopping portal (aka rewards directory, deal portal, or offer wall.) A shopping portal serves as a ...
White-Label Browser Extensions
Navigating Google's New Affiliate Disclosure Requirements for Chrome Extensions
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May 01, 2025
In March 2025, Google introduced some key updates to its Chrome Web Store policies concerning affiliate programs in extensions. To enhance transparency and ensure that extensions do not engage in ...
The Importance of Incentives for Rewards Program Participation
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April 24, 2025
Getting users interested is just the first part of creating a successful cashback rewards program. Retaining these users means turning their initial interest into real engagement and lasting loyalty.
Wildfire Systems Supercharges Loyalty Program Growth with Action Rewards
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April 16, 2025
New automated incentives feature in Wildfire's white-label rewards platform helps businesses drive engagement and revenue with zero technical lift SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2025-- Wildfire Systems Inc., ...
Meet Action Rewards: Maximize Participation in Your Rewards Program
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April 15, 2025
Wildfire has launched Action Rewards, a powerful promotional tool designed to help our clients drive participation and engagement in their rewards programs. Action Rewards offers plug-and-play ...
Digital Coupon Marketing Best Practices: How To Promote Your Shopping Portal
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March 19, 2025
Digital coupons remain a consistently favorite tool for online shoppers looking to save money. In Wildfire’s 2024 consumer survey, 72% of consumers stated they were more interested than ever before ...
A Comparison of Shopping Portal Features: What To Consider Offering Your Customers
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March 12, 2025
A shopping portal can be an important component of a shopping rewards program and can open up the rewards program to all users, not just those who have a browser extension. A well-designed shopping ...
Wildfire Systems Launches Hosted White-Label Shopping Portal
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March 09, 2025
Managed offering enables clients to rapidly launch branded shopping sites featuring cashback, coupons, personalized deals, and retail media promotions SAN DIEGO, Calif., – March 10, 2025 – Wildfire ...
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How a Shopping Companion Can Deliver Customer Value Beyond Cashback Rewards
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February 20, 2025
When most people think of shopping companions - such as browser extensions that help customers save money - they immediately picture cashback rewards or coupon finders. Shopping companions like ...
Wildfire Introduces Benefits & Loyalty Amplifier to Enhance Cardholder Engagement and Drive Revenue Growth
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February 18, 2025
First-of-its-kind offering delivers contextually relevant value-added services and cardholder benefits at the right moment in consumers’ online shopping journey
How WCN Is a Different Type of Retail Media Platform
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February 12, 2025
To drive revenue in the current digital ad landscape, advertisers are constantly seeking new ways to capture customer attention, acquire new buyers, and ultimately drive incremental sales.
Wildfire Launches Wildfire Commerce Network
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February 02, 2025
Enables brands to distribute contextually relevant promotions and tailored rewards within consumers’ shopping journeys across Wildfire’s network of shopping companions
UDAAP Compliance: What It Means for Banks and Cashback Rewards Programs
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January 09, 2025
In the financial services industry, trust is the most critical consideration. To safeguard consumer interests and promote ethical business practices, the Dodd-Frank Act introduced UDAAP - short for ...
Wildfire Systems Delivers Savings to Consumers for Over $1 Billion in Purchases in 2024
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December 10, 2024
Expands global platform for white label loyalty programs with rewards delivered to its clients’ users in over 50 countries
How to Measure the Success of a Cashback Rewards Program
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November 13, 2024
Cashback programs are a vital tool for businesses looking to drive customer engagement and loyalty, while also boosting revenue. And customers themselves are using cashback rewards programs more than ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
How Cashback Browser Extensions Positively Impact Shopper Behavior (Infographic)
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November 05, 2024
Despite many objectively positive US economic indicators (a historically low unemployment rate, record-setting stock market performance, and higher average wages), US consumers still seem to be ...
The Value-Added Financial Services Driving the Most Consumer Value (Infographic)
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November 01, 2024
In spite of positive US economic indicators, including a historically low unemployment rate, record-setting stock market performance, and higher average wages, consumers are still cautious. Driven by ...
Press Release: Wildfire Systems Completes $16 Million Series B Funding to Fuel Innovation and Support Global Demand for its White Label Loyalty Platform
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October 28, 2024
Investment will accelerate expansion of new features that are essential to the value-added services and benefits that Wildfire‘s clients extend to their customers
New Merchants Available for the 2024 Holiday Shopping Season
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October 24, 2024
As we approach the 2024 holiday season, we're thrilled to share that our rewards platform has added many exciting new brands to our network.
Money20/20 USA 2024: Why This Year's Themes Matter for Banks & Fintechs
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October 08, 2024
For this year’s Money20/20 USA show, the conference organizers have outlined five major themes that will shape the event, reflecting the latest challenges - and opportunities - in fintech, payments, ...
Wildfire Systems’ 2024 Consumer Shopping Report Finds Shoppers Continue to Seek Ways to Save When Making Purchases Online, Even as Inflation Cools
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October 03, 2024
Latest shopping trends survey finds 77% of consumers are more interested than ever before in earning cashback rewards for shopping, while 60% will spend more if they have access to deals or coupons ...
How To Maximize Your Q4 Rewards Program Marketing Strategy: 2024 Holiday Shopping Season Insights
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September 26, 2024
As we approach the busy Q4 shopping season, it's crucial for companies with shopping rewards programs to fine-tune their marketing strategies to make the most of this lucrative period by driving ...
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Insights from the 2024 CJU Affiliate Marketing Conference
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September 17, 2024
A handful of teammates from Wildfire attended this year’s CJU conference in Santa Barbara. In this annual meetup, hosted by the CJ affiliate marketing network, over 1,000 performance marketers ...
Wildfire Systems Makes the Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year, Ranking No. 80 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 3,780%
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August 13, 2024
San Diego, Calif. -- August 13, 2024 – Inc. revealed today that Wildfire Systems, an innovative financial technology platform that powers reward programs, shopping companions, and content ...
How to Give Cashback Rewards To Your Customers: Help Your Customers Redeem their Cashback
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August 09, 2024
For today's consumers, the differentiation factor cashback adds for your business and the value provided to consumers can significantly enhance loyalty and customer satisfaction.
Understanding the "Redemption Gap:" Why There’s a Wait for Cashback Rewards Payouts
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July 24, 2024
As you launch your cashback rewards program and more customers begin participating, you may encounter questions about their delay in receiving cashback rewards. While it might at first seem unusual, ...
Mastering Email Marketing to Drive Rewards Program Engagement
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June 04, 2024
In our crowded digital landscape, email remains one of the most powerful channels for reaching and engaging existing customers. When it comes to promoting your brand's shopping rewards program, ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
What To Track In Your Loyalty Program Marketing to Boost ROI
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May 01, 2024
As you launch your own branded cashback rewards program with elements such as browser extensions powered by Wildfire’s bank-grade shopping rewards platform, it’s essential to understand the ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Optimize Your Rewards Program with Marketing Attribution from Jump Track
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April 26, 2024
As a company offering a rewards program with a cashback browser extension to your customers, you likely invest significant resources into rewards program marketing across various channels. But are ...
Wildfire Systems Honored as Stevie® Award Winner in 2024 American Business Awards®
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April 25, 2024
SAN DIEGO – April 25, 2024 -- Wildfire Systems was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Achievement in Technology Innovation category in The 22nd Annual American Business Awards® today.
How Wildfire's Cashback Browser Extensions Boost Advertiser Exposure
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April 16, 2024
Affiliate marketing is often considered to be a "bottom-of-funnel" tactic, especially with publishers that deliver coupon codes or cashback rewards seen as effective conversion drivers. While this ...
How Payment Autofill Benefits Consumers, Banks, and Merchants
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April 01, 2024
In the interest of retaining “wallet primacy” and making sure their card is the first consumers reach for when shopping online, banks and credit card issuers have a strong interest in simplifying the ...
Why You Need a Bank-Grade Fintech Partner (Infographic)
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March 27, 2024
Banking is one of the most highly-regulated industries on the planet. But did you know that any fintech working with a bank is accountable to the same regulations as that bank?
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Navigating the Diverse Browser Extension Landscape in Affiliate Marketing
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March 11, 2024
In the constantly-evolving affiliate marketing world, browser extensions remain powerful tools that shape consumer behavior and drive revenue for online retailers. Despite browser extensions’ growing ...
Banking on Shopping Rewards: Why Financial Institutions Are Prioritizing These Rewards Programs
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February 14, 2024
The shopping rewards space just got more competitive with the launch of Citi ShopSM, Citi’s new shopping rewards program. This marks the first major product launch in this category by a large ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Marketing Your Rewards Browser Extension in the Chrome Web Store: Best Practices
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February 08, 2024
Update May 2025: Make sure your extension meets the new requirements for affiliate relationship disclosure - read our guide. With over 200,000 extensions in the Chrome Web Store (CWS), it can be ...
Wildfire’s Loyalty, Cashback, and Rewards Platform Powers the New Citi Shop℠ Shopping Desktop Browser Extension for Eligible Citi Cardmembers
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January 23, 2024
We are thrilled to be working with Citi on their new shopping browser extension, Citi Shop℠, which is powered by Wildfire Systems Inc.
Making Loyalty Pay For Itself With Online Shopping Rewards - A Tale of 3 P&L’s
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January 11, 2024
Acknowledgements: I owe many thanks to Michael Marcus (Senior Advisor, BCG and Wildfire Board Member) for collaborating with me to expand on the concept of online shopping rewards as a core component ...
Built In Honors Wildfire Systems in Its Esteemed 2024 "Best Places To Work" Awards
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January 09, 2024
SAN DIEGO – January 9, 2024 -- Wildfire Systems Inc., a financial technology platform that powers white label loyalty and rewards programs, today announced that it has been honored by Built In for ...
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The Business Value of Shopping Browser Extensions: Major New Findings from CJ
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January 02, 2024
A new study from CJ, one of the largest global affiliate marketing networks, and Namogoo, a customer journey platform, provides new, compelling data on the business value that browser extensions ...
The End of Third-Party Cookies - For Real. What Online Retailers Need to Know
By Ian Miller
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December 18, 2023
It’s official: Google recently announced that Chrome will phase out support for third-party cookies, aka 3P cookies, over the next year.
Wildfire Systems’ Rewards Platform Drives Nearly $600 Million in Online Purchases in 2023 for Merchants in Over 50 Countries
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December 12, 2023
Company enables consumers to earn and save money which is essential in the current economy
White-Label Browser Extensions,
How Wildfire Cashback Browser Extensions Help Recapture Affiliate Marketing Attribution
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December 11, 2023
Sometimes our clients’ customers activate cashback through a Wildfire-powered cashback browser extension, only to later lose out on earning rewards if the attribution for the sale gets lost along the ...
Card-Linked Offers vs. Online Shopping Rewards: A Comparison (Infographic)
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November 30, 2023
Card-linked offers and online shopping rewards programs such as cashback rewards, are incentives that businesses can use to drive customer behavior to achieve their goals.
Securing Access. Without Secrets.
By Kyle Kurz
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November 06, 2023
Passkeys are all the rage these days, for obvious reasons. The idea of replacing a complex (or worse, reused) password you must remember with a unique generated secret stored on your machine for each ...
Helping Customers with Holiday Shopping: New Retailers on the Wildfire Platform
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October 27, 2023
Great news for our clients and their customers, just in time for holiday shopping. The Wildfire Merchant Development team is always securing new partnerships with notable e-commerce retailers, so ...
Money20/20 USA 2023: The Main Themes and Why They Matter for Banks & Fintechs
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October 23, 2023
This year, the Money20/20 USA show in Las Vegas is focusing onthe story in the banking/payments/fintech/FI industries, as told through four distinct chapters addressing the root of what’s happening ...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Optimize Your Cashback Rewards Marketing Strategy for Holiday Shopping
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October 13, 2023
As you probably know, Black Friday / Cyber Monday is the shopping weekend from Thanksgiving to the Monday after, and is one of the highest-volume shopping “holidays” of the year. Discounts and deals ...
PayPal Honey: Marketing & Customer Acquisition Strategy Insights
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October 05, 2023
Here at Wildfire, as we continue our research into the best ways to successfully market browser extensions for cashback rewards and coupons, in this post we analyze the marketing and customer ...
How To Market Your Cashback Browser Extension To Today's Cross-Platform Consumer
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September 22, 2023
Today’s consumers are shopping anywhere and everywhere. Gone are the days when customers only shopped on their desktops. Smart shoppers now seamlessly switch between devices, engaging with brands ...
Creative Ways Wildfire Clients Leverage Our Merchant Offer Datafeeds
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September 07, 2023
Besides building white-label browser extensions that enable our clients to offer shopping rewards and digital coupons to their customers, we also offer “direct access” to our aggregated merchant ...
Boosting Banks' Unit Economics: How Cashback Rewards Help Drive Consumer Value and Profitability
By Nancy Bacon
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August 21, 2023
With margin pressure from increasing customer acquisition and retention costs, banks are increasingly focusing on improving their unit economics to optimize profitability and ensure sustainable ...
Wildfire Systems and Shop Your Way Team Up to Provide Loyalty Program Members with More Opportunities to Earn Reward Points
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August 15, 2023
Wildfire-powered Chrome extension will enable millions of Shop Your Way members to turn cashback into points from more than 15,000 online merchants nationwide
Wildfire Ranks No. 60 in the Inc. 5000 Boasting a Three-Year Revenue Growth Rate of Over 7,400%
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August 15, 2023
SAN DIEGO – August 15, 2023 / PR Newswire /– Inc. revealed today that Wildfire Systems Inc., an innovative financial technology platform that powers reward programs, shopping companions, and content ...
How Cashback Rewards Programs Drive Banking Customer Engagement (Infographic)
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August 09, 2023
In light of ever-higher customer expectations and higher churn rates, it's imperative for financial institutions to devise a strategic approach to effectively engaging and retaining their customers.
Cashback Rewards on Mobile: An Introduction to Wildfire’s iOS Safari Extensions and Android Alerts
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August 07, 2023
Given the ubiquity of smartphones in our lives, and the fact that 92% of internet users access the internet using a mobile phone of some kind, it’s no surprise that modern consumers simply expect to ...
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Fix Your Customers' Cashback Rewards Extensions: Help Disable Ad Blockers
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July 26, 2023
If your customers are earning cashback rewards for online shopping using your company's cashback browser extension but they also have an adblocker installed, they might have noticed warnings from the ...
Wildfire Systems Launches RevenueEngine to Drive Monetization of Generative AI-Powered Offerings
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July 25, 2023
RevenueEngine is a first of its kind solution that provides companies on the forefront of AI innovation the ability to earn revenue from the content they create
Economic Uncertainty Drives Behavior Changes (Infographic)
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July 14, 2023
Amidst economic uncertainty, consumers are changing their shopping behaviors and placing more importance on ways to save money with digital tools. Our recent whitepaper, "Shopping in the New Normal: ...
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RBC's Loyalty Program Wins Top Honors at the 2023 International Loyalty Awards
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July 06, 2023
Update: RBC won the prestigious "Loyalty Program of the Year (Americas)" award again in 2024! Congratulations RBC! Congratulations to Wildfire client, The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). RBC's Avion ...
Shopping Smarter, Not Harder (Infographic)
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July 03, 2023
Amidst ongoing inflation and high prices, consumers are changing their shopping behaviors. Our recent whitepaper, "Shopping in the New Normal: Responding to New Consumer Habits That Are Here to ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) To Track Cashback Reward Programs
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June 27, 2023
Measuring website performance and understanding user behavior online is crucial for success. For years, Google Analytics has been the go-to tool for tracking and analyzing website data. However, with ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Don't Count Them Out: Why Cashback Browser Extensions Work for Merchants
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June 22, 2023
Technology continues to shape the way we live, work, and shop. One technological advancement that has become popular is browser extensions.
Are Cashback Rewards Taxable?
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June 15, 2023
As the leading white-label cashback rewards platform, we are often asked by our clients if their customers’ cash back rewards are taxable. In this post we’ll talk about how the IRS views cashback ...
Wildfire’s New Shopping Trends Report Indicates the Majority of Consumers Plan to Sustain Changes to Spending Behavior Amidst Economic Uncertainty
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June 13, 2023
Survey: 87% of consumers who changed shopping habits due to the economy say they plan to sustain those behavior changes going forward, pressuring banks and retailers to offer money-saving options
Digital Coupons, Differently: How To Use Wildfire's JSON Feeds to Build an Offer Wall
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May 31, 2023
Why Digital Coupons are Important As noted in our other post about offering digital coupon solutions to your customers, saving money with coupons is in high demand right now. With inflation ...
Capital One Shopping: Marketing & Customer Acquisition Strategy Insights
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May 25, 2023
Here at Wildfire, we're always researching and learning about the best ways to successfully market browser extensions for cashback rewards and coupons, so that we can help our clients build smart ...
Launching Cashback Rewards Programs: Build a Marketing Plan For Maximum Program Adoption - Part 3
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May 22, 2023
This post continues our series on building a marketing plan to launch your cashback rewards program and successfully drive adoption among your customers. (If you haven't had a chance to read them ...
Launching Cashback Rewards Programs: Build a Marketing Plan For Maximum Adoption - Part 2
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May 10, 2023
In Part 1 of this series about marketing a new loyalty rewards program, I covered the importance of setting goals, knowing your customer, and understanding more about your real competition. Now, once ...
Launching Cashback Rewards Programs: Build a Marketing Plan For Maximum Program Adoption - Part 1
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May 08, 2023
The top reason businesses fail to drive maximum product adoption of their cashback rewards program is the lack of product marketing.
Cashback Rewards Marketing: How To Use Boosted Offers in Your Cashback Program
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April 20, 2023
We've come up with a unique way to differentiate our clients' cashback rewards programs and help drive customer engagement, with a new program called Boosted Offers. With Boosted Offers, our clients ...
Why It's Hard To Build a Cashback Rewards Program In-House, Part 2: Wrangling the Data
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April 10, 2023
In Part 1 of this series, my illustrious colleague Michelle Wood outlined some of the challenges with relationship-building and maintaining a robust network of merchants to power a cashback rewards ...
The Easy Way to Add Digital Coupons to Your Customer Offering
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April 04, 2023
As consumers are increasingly concerned about price increases and their effect on household budgets, more and more of them are turning to digital coupons as a way to save more money when shopping ...
White-Label Browser Extensions,
Why Affiliate Marketing Network Compliance is So Important
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March 27, 2023
Wildfire assures clients that any cashback browser extension we power for them will have "affiliate network compliance."
Wildfire Systems Named Top 100 Retail Tech Company by CB Insights
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March 21, 2023
Industry leading white-label shopping rewards platform recognized for helping retail brands increase digital customer engagement
The Rise of Mobile Commerce in Online Shopping
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March 16, 2023
In Q4 2022, according to Comscore, mobile commerce sales set a new record. M-commerce accounted for 38% of the total online sales in Q4 2022, reaching a new all-time high of $127.5 billion.
Wildfire Systems Ranks No. 7 on the Inc. 5000 List of the Pacific Region's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
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February 28, 2023
Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Pacific list had an average growth rate of 559%
Wildfire's Rewards Platform Now Has SOC 2® Type II Compliance and PCI SAQ-A Attestation
By Kyle Kurz
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February 22, 2023
UPDATE, 2/5/26: We once again received a clean SOC-2 Audit Report and completed our PCI-DSS SAQ-A self-assessment, to complete our 2025 audit cycle! These audits are proof of our commitment to high ...
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Wildfire's Rewards Platform Update: New Products, New Security Certifications
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February 15, 2023
Wildfire continues to innovate with new products along with security enhancements to solidify our position as the leading white-label cashback rewards platform. Today, we announced two new products ...
Wildfire Systems Drives More Than $260 Million in Online Purchases in 2022
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January 31, 2023
Consumers initiated over 32 million shopping journeys using Wildfire's white-label shopping rewards platform last year
Doing "Loyalty" Right in a Tough Economy - The Loyalty Program Rewards Customers Care About Most
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January 05, 2023
Consumers, discouraged by rising prices, now seek businesses that reward loyalty more than ever. Like milk and bread, incentives — such as cashback offerings, discounts, and extra perks — are now ...
Shopping Rewards Programs: The Cornerstone of Consumer Engagement for Banks, Card Issuers, and Fintechs in 2023 and Beyond
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December 12, 2022
At October’s Money20/20 USA event in Las Vegas, I met with 26 banks and other financial services companies. Do you know what ALL of them said? Literally all of the consumer-facing financial ...
How Financial Institutions Can Build Loyalty with Shopping Rewards Programs (Infographic)
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November 28, 2022
An uncertain economy and rising inflation are driving consumers more than ever to seek out money-saving tactics such as cashback rewards for shopping and coupons. Our recent whitepaper, titled ...
Survey: One Quarter of U.S. Consumers Will Switch Banks for a Better Shopping Rewards Program
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November 16, 2022
Inflation is driving consumers to prioritize the availability of cashback rewards when choosing a new financial institution
Cashback, Coupons, and Codes: The Power of Retail Incentives (Infographic)
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November 07, 2022
There's no doubt that consumers today are concerned about the uncertain economy and record inflation. Our recent whitepaper, titled "Online Shopping Rewards Have Gone Mainstream, Offering A Win For ...
A Look Back at the 2022 Las Vegas Money20/20 Fintech Conference
By Andy Newman
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November 02, 2022
In late October, Money20/20 USA was back, with an estimated 8,000 participants from 94 countries, and 3,000 companies converging on a chilly Las Vegas. Attendees were there looking to meet market ...
Wildfire Systems Announces Strategic Investment from Citi Ventures
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October 25, 2022
Investment supports the continuing innovation and expansion of Wildfire’s white-label shopping rewards platforms
The Three Pillars Of DevSecOps
By Kyle Kurz
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October 20, 2022
When I'm interviewing potential candidates for our Developer jobs at Wildfire, one of my favorite discussions is the question "How do you define DevSecOps?" A quick search of Hacker News will show ...
Wildfire Systems to Power New Loyalty and Rewards Program for Visa
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October 11, 2022
Wildfire's platform will enable Visa card issuers to deploy online shopping rewards programs as a benefit to their cardholders
Survey: Inflation Driving 90% of Consumers to Seek Discounts and Cashback Rewards When Shopping Online
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October 04, 2022
Majority of respondents rank cashback as the number one preferred reward type and say they choose retailers based on whether rewards are offered
Webinar Recap: How Fintech Partnerships Can Fuel Innovation with Wirex, Optty, and Wildfire Systems
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September 12, 2022
Recently, I had the pleasure of participating in a webinar from The Fintech Times along with Georgy Sokolov, Co-Founder and VP of Partnerships at Wirex; and Natasha Zurnamer, CEO of Optty. The topic ...
Build Customer Loyalty in Banking At Scale with "Reverse Personalization"
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August 31, 2022
In today’s modern banking world, banks understand that they need to move beyond merely having a transactional relationship with their customers. To accomplish this, they need to increase customer ...
Why a Robust Merchant Network Matters for Successful Cashback Rewards Programs
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August 02, 2022
These days, with price increases at record levels, everyone is looking for ways to make their money go further when purchasing both necessities and non-essential items. Whether it’s immediate savings ...
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Here’s Why Ad Blockers Can Block Cashback Rewards Too & What to Do About It
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July 05, 2022
With privacy and personal data protection concerns at an all-time high, and the poor user experience created by sites with too many ads, many consumers look to ad-blockers to improve and streamline ...
The Ultimate Guide to Cashback Rewards Programs
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July 01, 2022
What are cashback rewards programs and why do they matter? Loyalty and rewards programs offered by all types of businesses have become extremely popular. HBR reports that more than 60% of all ...
Strategic Considerations for a Cashback Rewards Program ROI Model
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June 28, 2022
Before entering any sort of partnership, the companies on both sides usually want to understand the partnership's potential value and return on their investment. Creating an ROI model for a cashback ...
What Do Customers Want From a Loyalty Rewards Program?
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June 15, 2022
The backbone of any customer loyalty program is in the name itself: the customer! Although typically, the key reason why a company launches a customer rewards program is to drive business objectives ...
Why Do Merchants Participate in Enterprise Cashback Programs?
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June 07, 2022
As an advertiser, a company might already be running an online affiliate marketing program. Which is great, because as a performance marketing channel, affiliate programs are proven to be an ...
How To Use Cashback Rewards Programs to Boost Customer Acquisition
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May 31, 2022
Companies often view loyalty programs as strictly being a customer retention strategy. While they are a powerful way to increase customer lifetime value and strengthen customer relationships, they ...
What Does a White-Label Loyalty Platform Do?
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May 24, 2022
If a company is looking for an automated loyalty program solution but wants to avoid the development complexity, time it takes to build, and administrative overhead of a custom-built loyalty program, ...
Givebacks Selects Wildfire Systems’ White Label Rewards Platform to Drive Nonprofit Fundraising
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May 17, 2022
Givebacks is the first organization to leverage cashback rewards from online shopping to scale fundraising efforts for more than 1 million non-profits across the U.S.
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How Cashback Rewards Can Complement Card-Linked Offer Programs, Part 1: What’s the Difference?
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May 12, 2022
As a partner to financial institutions and card issuers, we often come across card-linked offer (“CLO”) solutions.
Desert Terraform for Our White-Label Rewards Platform: An Oasis of DRY Principles
By Kyle Kurz
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May 03, 2022
Terraform is an incredibly powerful tool for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). (In fact, we’ve already made note of how we’re using Terraform to manage our passwords & secrets at Wildfire.) ...
Wildfire Employee Spotlight: Kristin Beers
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May 02, 2022
Wildfire Employee Spotlight: Jason Fuentes
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April 21, 2022
How to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing: Hiring for a Merchant Development Team
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April 12, 2022
Hiring in general is one of those classic balancing acts of art and science. It can be a little about luck, a little about a gut feeling you have, and a little about the candidates possessing the ...
How We Develop iOS Safari Cashback Browser Extensions More Efficiently With Typescript
By Jase Thomson
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April 07, 2022
With the release of iOS 15, Apple took a leap forward, carving a path for mobile browser extensions by introducing iOS Safari app extensions. These extensions enhance users’ browsing experience by ...
How We Keep Our White-Label Cashback Rewards Platform Full of Amazing High-Quality Merchants
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March 30, 2022
When building a white-label rewards program that has extensive reach and provides value almost anywhere a shopper might land, it’s critical to have a robust, high-quality portfolio of merchants in ...
Wildfire Employee Spotlight: Anthony Cassell
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March 25, 2022
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With Shopping Companions, Timing is Everything
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March 22, 2022
Online shopping: people either love it or hate it. What can really make shoppers hate it is when they fill up their shopping cart, then spend 15 minutes hunting around for deals or coupons, visiting ...
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Speeding Up Wildfire Cashback Program Delivery with Secure, Private NPM Code Packages
By Adison Lay
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March 15, 2022
Background: Simultaneous Cashback Program Development A major goal in software development is to keep your code DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself). Ideally, when you require a piece of functionality in ...
Why It's Hard To Build a Cashback Rewards Program In-House, Part 1
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March 09, 2022
To improve customer lifetime value and drive better customer engagement, a cashback loyalty program may make sense for your user base. But before you take this ball and run with it, you need to ...
Wildfire Employee Spotlight: Frank Bae
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March 03, 2022
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Alternate Merchant Alerts: New to the Wildfire White-Label Cashback Platform
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March 01, 2022
Wildfire has recently released a new feature for our white-label cashback rewards platform that will further improve the customer experience for shoppers. Named the Alternate Merchant Alert, this new ...
Four Things Banks Could Learn from Airline Loyalty Programs
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February 15, 2022
Frequent flyer programs are the granddaddy of modern loyalty programs. In all the years they’ve been around, they continue to excite, engage, and reward participants. Members not only receive ...
Why "Super Apps" for Personal Finances Are Gaining Steam, and What It Means for Banking Loyalty
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February 07, 2022
Just a few years ago, apps owned by Google and Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) accounted for 80% of the apps on our phones’ home screens: Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Google Calendar, Maps, ...
Wildfire Employee Spotlight: Sarah Choung
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January 25, 2022
Welcome to the first post in our series highlighting our amazing team members and shining some light on the contributions of every individual at Wildfire.
Deploying Secrets: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Tooling
By Kyle Kurz
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January 21, 2022
Introduction Secret management is hard. There, I said it. Leaked secrets in Slack channels, shared Google documents or accidental commits to a codebase are commonplace, daily occurrences at many ...
How To Generate Incremental Revenue with a Cashback Rewards Loyalty Program
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January 18, 2022
Many businesses have identified the need to diversify where their revenue is coming from. Increasing customer lifetime value is a core objective of many digital-first businesses including app ...
A Look Back at 2021 for Wildfire
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January 14, 2022
For Wildfire, the theme was growth in 2021. Across all measures, we saw significant growth this past year.
How to Enhance Customer Experience with a Custom Shopping Site
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January 04, 2022
One way companies, and financial services brands in particular, can convey the benefits of a cashback rewards program for their customers is through the addition of a custom shopping site or offer ...
Why Cash Should Be Your Loyalty Program Reward Currency
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December 22, 2021
Thousands of loyalty programs exist today, spanning a wide range of businesses. Over 90% of organizations in the travel & leisure industry have a reward program in place, according to estimates. ...
Wildfire Systems Achieved Record 2021 by Accelerating Growth of its White-Label Shopping Reward Programs
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December 15, 2021
Expanded reach of merchant network by 67% and increased transaction velocity by 2,400%
How to Use a Digital Coupon Platform to Enhance Your Product or Service
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December 07, 2021
Digital coupons have been around almost as long as the internet itself. Online shoppers know what they want - deals and discounts. Ninety-two percent of shoppers say they are “always” looking for ...
4 Types of Businesses You Didn't Know Could Benefit from a Cashback Rewards Loyalty Program
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November 29, 2021
Loyalty and rewards programs have become extremely popular. According to HBR, 90% percent of leisure and hospitality companies, and more than 60% of all companies, offer some type of loyalty program. ...
Wildfire Systems is First to Offer Coupon Auto-Apply Functionality in a White-Label Rewards and Loyalty Platform
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November 16, 2021
New ‘Couponator’ feature enables financial institutions, retail brands and technology OEMs to deliver a more seamless customer experience to online shoppers
Want to Grow Your Affiliate Program? Become ITP Compliant!
By Ian Miller
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November 11, 2021
An overlooked tactic of growing your affiliate program is ensuring your site is compliant with all the major network and publisher requirements for customer privacy. In light of increased scrutiny ...
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How Can a Browser Extension Enhance Your Current Cashback Loyalty Program?
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October 26, 2021
E-commerce rewards are the latest tool for financial institutions to implement as part of their loyalty programs to acquire and retain customers. Consumers now expect some sort of rewards / loyalty ...
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Cashback for Consumers: Card-linked Offers, Shopping Portals, Something Else?
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October 19, 2021
The economy is booming largely because consumers are, well, consuming. How and what people consume, is forever changed, and one key element is at the center of it all: e-commerce.
Affiliate Marketing Strategy: Ensure a Healthy Mix of Publishers to Grow Your Affiliate Program
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October 12, 2021
By now most marketers understand the importance and value of having an affiliate program. Over the years, affiliate marketing has proven to be both a significant sales driver for advertisers, as well ...
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Messaging Contextual Shortcuts: The Hundred-Billion Dollar Facebook Killer?
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October 05, 2021
If the most important mobile interface of the future is messaging, and it is, then Facebook paying $16 beeelion dollars for WhatsApp seems like a bargain today, and it is.
Wildfire Appoints Michael Marcus to Board of Directors
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September 28, 2021
E-commerce veterans Kerri Pollard and Adam Weiss also join the company’s board of advisors
Apple, Your New Mobile Safari Extensions are Great. Can Opting-In Be Made Easier?
By Ian Miller
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September 21, 2021
At WWDC this year, Apple announced something that got a LOT of people excited: with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, mobile Safari extensions would be available. For many years, extensions for desktop browsers ...
Wildfire Systems Launches the First White-Label Loyalty and Cashback Platform for Mobile Safari Browser Extensions on Apple’s iOS 15
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September 15, 2021
The saving and investing app, Acorns becomes the first to leverage Wildfire’s platform for the mobile Safari browser
Wildfire Systems Raises $15 Million Series A Round Led by TTV Capital and QED Investors
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September 13, 2021
Venture capital investment will fuel acceleration of white-label monetization platform for leading technology and financial services partners Solana Beach, Calif. – August 4, 2021 – Wildfire Systems ...
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