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New American Express Prepaid Debit Card To Reward Users With FarmVille Cash
American Express and Zynga have partnered on creating a new prepaid debit card that rewards users with a rewards program. The users would be able to earn virtual currency when spending money in the real world in a way that similar to consumers earning free airline miles for every dollar spent on an airline miles card. The rewards will start with FarmVille and it will eventually be expanded to CityVille and CastleVille.
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Categories American Express, Farmville, Zynga
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WATCH: Aziz Ansari Stalks First Date In American Express Ad
Comedian and “Parks and Recreation” star Aziz Ansari is starring in an American Express TV ad for the Sync program. In the ad, Ansari looks up his date on Facebook to see what she is interested in and buys relevant products to show how much they have in common. Ansari used the “Link, Like, Love” program and Sync on his smartphone to buy a tuba, kayak, modern art, and a parachute. Watch to see what happens next.
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Facebook and American Express Partner for Deals Program
Credit card company American Express is launching a deals platform in partnership with Facebook that puts other deals companies to shame. Sales partners in the deal include Dunkin’ Donuts, H&M, Sports Authority, Sheraton, Travelocity and more. TechCrunch reports that the deals will work so that spending with the partnered companies will yield returns on AmEx cards, such as “spend $30 and get a $10 statement credit” or “visit 3 times, spend $50 each time and get a $10 statement credit.” Users can get these deal offers by linking their AmEx cards with their Facebook accounts.
American Express Buying Out Steve Case’s Revolution Money For $300 Million
Steve Case is the co-founder, former CEO, and former Chairman of AOL. AOL will be spinning out of Time Warner soon and will be going IPO. Steve Case is a shareholder in Time Warner so he will benefit from the IPO. And on top of that another startup company started by Case is being bought out by the American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) for $300 million. Revolution Money is a PayPal competitor that allows merchants to process payments at lower fees than many other traditional credit card companies.
The full press release is after the jump:
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