CardLinx member Rakuten announced today that it would launch a bank and card-issuing business in the USA. Rakuten is headquartered in Japan, where it is the number one e-commerce site and has rapidly become a top Japanese card issuer with its Rakuten Card payment card. In the USA, Rakuten owns the leading online-to-online affiliate network and has grown to become...

Please join me in welcoming Sift to the CardLinx Association! Sift is an intelligent assistant that automatically monitors hidden credit card benefits from extended warranty to extended returns, theft protection, price protection and travel protections and streamlines the claim process to generate automatic refunds for consumers. Sift also provides financial institutions with a new way to acquire users, shift more spend...