digital gifting


RGCA Expands Membership, Preps for Next-Gen Gift Cards

The Retail Gift Card Association kicked off its inaugural RGCA Forum in Kansas City, Mo., this week, tackling myriad subjects from gift card fraud to keeping consumers engaged with the No. 1 preferred holiday gift.

Raise Pulls in $60 Million in Funding, PayPal Joins Party

Raise, which bills itself as the world’s largest gift card marketplace, has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel, with participation from PayPal and existing investors New Enterprise Associates and Bessemer Venture Partners.

As Gifting Evolves, First Data, FLEETCOR Combine Gift Card Operations

With gifting loads hitting nearly $300 billion annually in the U.S. according to Mercator Advisory Group, First Data and FLEETCOR Technologies are banding together in a new joint venture that will consolidate each company’s gift card operations into a new, single entity, in a bid to give clients a “broader international reach and a more robust end-to-end offering.”