BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
PLEASANTON, CA

As a pioneer in the branded value industry, Blackhawk has an in-depth understanding of what motivates people and how to relate to them in a crowded marketplace. Whether in physical, digital or mobile form, our full suite of global products offers the convenience and value today’s consumers demand, while helping our partners forge stronger and longer relationships with their customers, sales channels and employees. Consumers love to get and use gift cards in any form—paper, plastic or pixel. With over 700 brands worldwide, including open loop network and closed loop retailer gift cards, Blackhawk makes it easy for you to offer the best products anywhere in the world for gift-giving, self-use, incentives, rewards and loyalty. Gift cards and egifts are the perfect gift and vehicle to expand your brand reach. Mobile phones, tablets and game consoles have forever changed how consumers interact with their music, games, movies and books. Blackhawk Network’s prepaid products have transformed how and where they pay for their entertainment—in-store, online or via a mobile device. To give consumers the choice they love, Blackhawk Network developed a unique category of leisure and lifestyle gift cards that combines the best brands in categories such as dining, spa and movies. Consumers like themed cards for self-use because they are convenient, and as gifts because they are personal and offer flexibility and choice. Started in Europe, continued in the U.S. with Spafinder, and now sold globally across leading retailers, these programs offer an effective omni channel to reach your customers. Reloadable prepaid debit cards offer a smart and convenient way to spend and manage money. We also offer a number of robust, alternative payment tools that capture cash-based consumers, helping them digitize cash and use it to load a debit card or pay a bill. Our technology even allows consumers to pay bills with their phones! Blackhawk Network works with you to identify how branded value can be used to align employees, sales channels and consumers with your business objectives no matter where they are in the world. Our products include patented Restricted Authorization Network (RAN), reloadable and non-reloadable network branded programs and other retailers’ cards that attract new customers and engage existing ones, encourage loyalty and motivate or reward employees. Consumers prefer branded value over other types of rewards. It’s the perfect solution to motivate behavior, reward consumers and attract price-sensitive deal seekers while preserving your profit margins. Blackhawk’s Hawk Incentives can help you develop programs that use your brand value as part of your promotional strategy including consumer rebates, promotion management, rebate processing, rules based validation, reward fulfillment and CRM. No contract phones are more popular than ever. Blackhawk Network offers the leading brands in prepaid wireless to attract consumers who want to avoid long-term contracts or pay as they go. Our product suite includes airtime cards, SIM cards, handsets and online top-up. Blackhawk’s platform creates a seamless mobile and web experience to sell your own egifts and gift cards. Customize the shopping experience for your customers and expand your branded value reach. Blackhawk Network’s solution includes a full suite of services, including bulk purchasing, promotional capabilities, marketing tools and analytics, and built-in fraud prevention. Blackhawk finds ways to give consumers who prefer to use cash access to convenient online payment solutions such as bill pay and shopping. Our cash-based products like reloadable prepaid debit cards offer consumers options and helpful ways to manage their money. Exchange branded value products in-store, online or in an app Blackhawk Network’s exchange services provide consumers with a convenient marketplace to buy and sell gift cards in store, online or via a mobile app. With this technology, you can develop a new source of revenue and brand success by integrating prepaid exchange technology and APIs into your platform. You can offer online, in-store or mobile exchange services and find a new source of branded value to grow your sales. Our Employee Success Platform positively connects employees to the company and to each other across departments and locations. The platform’s intuitive interface is specifically designed to align everyone with business objectives and company values through recognizing shared victories every day. Consumers prefer branded value over other types of rewards. It’s the perfect solution to motivate behavior, reward consumers and attract price-sensitive deal seekers while preserving your profit margins. Blackhawk’s Hawk Incentives can help you develop programs that use your brand value as part of your promotional strategy including consumer rebates, promotion management, rebate processing, rules based validation, reward fulfillment and CRM. Blackhawk Network’s world-class operational capabilities and deep expertise help you create, print, process and fulfill gift and prepaid payment products. Rigorous Blackhawk standards and operational best-practices are embodied in all of our product development to ensure we meet your demands in any channel worldwide. Blackhawk Network offers one of the largest selections of unique and compelling branded value products and content including gift cards, egifts/ecodes, reloadable prepaid debit cards, rebate cards, cash-based payment products and prepaid telecom. Branded value are objects (physical or digital) that are issued by a brand as a vehicle for storing commercial value that can be exchanged and redeemed by the recipient. Our world-class suite of products spans continents for a truly global reach that deepens customer relationships, motivates your sales channels and engages employees. Blackhawk Network combines the best branded value products with cutting edge technology, platforms and services to create commercial and engagement solutions that maximize commerce, productivity and loyalty. Our integrated, worldwide network enables you to connect with employees, sales channels and customers in-store, online, mobile and through social networks.