“Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Blackhawk Network, a leader in global branded payments, has partnered with IKEA U.S. to bring the furniture and home brand’s gift cards to third-party retailers for the first time. IKEA gift cards are now available at GiftCards.com, GiftCardMall.com and other select stores and retailers across the country. The new distribution expands on the existing partnership with IKEA and Blackhawk Network, which powers the purchase of gift cards on IKEA-USA.com.”

“Gift cards have been the most requested holiday gift for 16 years and now shoppers can add the latest versatile gift card to their shopping carts: the One4all® gift card. The One4all gift card makes finding the perfect gift easy because it offers increased flexibility for shoppers by offering over 100 retailers and restaurants where the card is accepted. Gifters and self-use buyers will appreciate the simplicity that comes with One4all because it offers a variety of brand choices and zero fees or expiration*. One4all can be swapped for egifts at over 100 brands—or split among multiple brands. Participating merchants on the One4all gift card include GameStop, Ulta Beauty®, Bath & Body Works®, Lowe’s, Outback Steakhouse®, Taco Bell® and more.”

As shoppers navigate rising costs this year, a new holiday forecast from Blackhawk Network, a leader in global branded payments, found consumers plan to spend nearly half (46%) of their holiday budget on gift cards—an economically resilient and top gifting option for 2022. The report also found that despite tightening budgets, consumers plan to spend more overall this holiday season, but will look to stretch the value of their holiday dollars by increasingly seeking out deals and promotions.

“As parents and caregivers seek reading resources for children as they head back to school, global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network and Vooks, the world’s first ad-free SVOD streaming platform bringing children’s storybooks to life through animation and read-along narration, have teamed up to expand the streaming platform’s digital gift card program, making it easy to give the gift of reading. The partnership leverages Blackhawk’s expansive network to make Vooks’ digital gift cards available on Giftcards.com, Giftcardmall.com and in select online gift card malls at leading retailers nationwide.”

“As digital payments maintains its foothold as a key trend in retail commerce, Blackhawk Network is entering a relationship with unified payments platform leader, Aurus. Aurus offers global solutions that address the payments ecosystem, and Blackhawk’s leading gift card and payment processing capabilities will help drive continued growth in retail payments…The Aurus omni-commerce payment platform accepts myriad payment types, including leading credit card brands, private-label credit cards, and gift cards. As part of its collaboration with Blackhawk, Aurus has payment services like digital wallets, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payments, and crypto payments, all in one consolidated settlement and a single integration. The Aurus platform also supports industry-specific payment options such as Fleet, FSA, and EBT for food stamps and/or cash benefits.”

“As digital payments continue to make a major impact on how consumers shop and pay, payments innovator Blackhawk Network and leading sale systems innovator, Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS), announced a joint effort to deliver innovative mobile payment technologies to retail point-of-sale (POS) systems. With GLDS’s focus on midsize businesses, this new collaboration delivers immense opportunity for those businesses to harness the power and consumer growth potential of digital payments.”