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NPR's: New Jersey Law Causes Companies To Pull Gift Cards by Joel Rose
American Express has taken a landmark step in their fight to oppose the New Jersey law that would allow the state to claim unused gift card balances after two years. A recent National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast discussed Amex’s gift card product pull from shelves, and also noted Blackhawk’s threat to pull their 3
rd party gift and prepaid cards. InComm, the other major 3rd party gift card play is also planning to follow suit.
Listen to NPR's Morning Edition interview.
How One Manufacturer Combats an Aging Workforce & Healthcare Costs
Imagine being the CEO of a company, and walking into work one day to find a 60% jump in benefits cost per employee. How does that happen? And more importantly…how does a company combat or neutralize that? Once such textile manufacturer in Ohio roused to find just such a reality. An aging workforce led to many instances of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and ultimately, decreased productivity. Once implementing a health and wellness program for employees and spouses that revolves around blood tests, and includes incentives; Standard Textile achieved a 27 % improvement in employees with high blood pressure and a 37% improvement in high employees with cholesterol.
Read on about how one manufacturer improved their employee health
GiftCard Partners Launches B2B The Cheesecake Factory Gift Cards
GiftCard Partners offers one of the best dining experiences in the U.S., in bulk!
The History of Prepaid Infographic
Thank you to the Prepaid Expo for bringing us this interesting infographic, which was commissioned by CoreCard®. The History of Prepaid Infographic highlights the progression of Prepaid, starting in the 1970’s and heading into predictions for 2013. The future of prepaid is not just about spending and consumerism; prepaid will thrive in government and healthcare sectors via benefit payment programs.
