Payment tool: new reward-based system tested


Ibotta has developed a new reward-based payment tool that allows mobile users to earn cash back from shopping. This feature offers additional savings. Its specialty is that your earnings do not apply to individual products at checkout. Instead, rewards for the entire transaction is distributed among 30 participant retailers and restaurants.

Some of the firms participating in this program are Applebee’s, Chipotle, Banana Republic, Gap, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Old Navy and Sephora. The company will add more retailers and restaurants over the next months. Merchants will be able to save on credit card processing fees because the settlement is conducted directly through the app. The additional rewards and payment features give shoppers more incentives to download the app. According to the announcement, the application has been downloaded 30 million times since its launch in 2012 and it has delivered more than $525 million in cash rewards to users. The application had partnered with brands like Bud Light and Jarlsberg Cheese for previous digital coupon campaigns.

The success of the Ibotta app is largely due to the rapidly growing market for mobile payments and couponing. It is predicted that this market will increase from $897.7 billion in 2018 to $3.7 trillion by 2024 since more businesses will let shoppers pay via their smartphone.



Ibotta offers an innovative payment and rewards system

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