Incentives

The complexities of the prepaid card business became apparent last month when JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest bank in the United States by assets, announced plans to sell or exit its prepaid cards business. Their decision reflects the challenges many large financial ...

When selecting what type of gift card to offer as a reward for an incentive program, there are several key factors to consider. Currently there are prepaid gift cards as well as retail gift cards available in the marketplace. There are some substantial benefits of choosing ...

Each week our client services managers and call centre staff field questions from clients and cardholders. Our prepaid card programs are often customized to meet clients' unique requirements ( eg: consumer rebate programs are very different from employee reward programs) but ...

When Jordan, a twenty-something business grad, began combing Toronto's financial district for a new job opportunity, he had a good sense of what he was looking for a company that was reputable, did great work and offered a decent salary. Though he found what he was looking ...

The upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will commence in London, England, on July 27th, 2012. For 17 days, top athletes from around the world will compete in the spirit of the Olympic creed introduced by Baron Pierre de Coubertin at ...

You would never limit your annual earning potential. So why would you do so for your incentive program?When considering the launch of a reward program, be it for the purposes of how to increase sales, motivate employees to meet company targets or for channel marketing, many ...

Product recalls are not just an operational headache. They can also have damaging effects on your brand`s reputation. According to recent figures released by London law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, product recalls in the UK are at an all-time high. There has been a 12% ...

Berkeley Payment Solutions CEO David Eason will be presenting "Key Criteria for Creating an Engaging Incentive Program in a Changing Corporate Landscape" at the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) 2012 Annual Conference & Trade Show in Toronto, Ontario on February...

Older workers are more likely to get a welcome from employers in Canada this year than anywhere else, according to a new survey. Sixty per cent of Canadian CEOs said they plan to increase their recruitment and efforts to retain older workers. That's much higher than ...

Management teams have long viewed employee motivation as important, but in practice, have often treated it as secondary to their business' bottom line. Yet a new study, released today, has found that increasing employee motivation will become a higher focus for Canadian ...