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The Digital Commerce Alliance (DCA) is the premier multi-industry trade association advancing the future of commerce through collaboration, education and standards in card-linking, mobile wallets and financial data.

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DCA Fall Summit

Innovating to Elevate Consumer Engagement in 2024

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 | New York, New York

DCA Summit sessions are designed to be honest exchanges between members about the things that are having the biggest impact on their businesses.

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2022 DCA Industry Study Shows Strong Annual Growth

The Digital Commerce Alliance (DCA) released its latest research revealing data and insights driving our industry. This must-read report—the 7th annual—is anticipated each year by card-linking, mobile wallet, and financial data leaders worldwide.

Among the global trade association’s findings in 2022?

  • Respondents increasingly count on card-linking programs to drive customer engagement.
  • As the pandemic recedes, restaurants regained their number two position as the merchant category most likely to use card-linking.
  • The idea that data should be owned by consumers is gaining ground.
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Timely industry insights and analysis from newsmakers around the world—brought to you each week in easy-to-access 15-minute episodes.

Episode 162: How Do Consumer Offers and Rewards Really Work?

This week on Commerce Code we speak with James Trocme, Chief Operating Officer at Points4Purpose. Points4Purpose is a pioneer in cause-related marketing, transforming consumer rewards into charitable gifts and giving consumers control over their rewards through CLO technology. James is a deep subject matter expert in the digital commerce space, so today we unpack the history, mechanics, and particulars of coupons, offers, points, and how all that evolved into an ecosystem that can support something as complex and sensitive as what P4P offers today.

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Who We Are

The Digital Commerce Alliance (DCA) is the premier, multi-industry trade association advancing the future of commerce through collaboration, education and standards in card-linking, mobile wallets and financial data.

The Digital Commerce Alliance, formerly The Cardlinx Association, is the premier multi-industry trade association advancing the future of commerce through collaboration, education and standards in card-linking, mobile wallets and financial data.

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Trade for Good

The Digital Commerce Alliance’s motto is Trade for Good. These three simple words sum up the mission of our non-profit trade association: DCA drives the future of trade and commerce, by making it a more socially positive, more friction-free experience for all parties, including consumers.

We believe that trade can be one of the most powerful forces for good. Our aim is to help merchants, card issuers, payment companies, fin-tech organizations, and consumers benefit in multiple ways from innovation enabled by digital commerce technology.

Members are empowered by DCA—and its 3 divisions, the CardLinx Forum, the Mobile Wallet Forum and the Financial Data Forum—to do all they can to make every aspect of trade good for both buyers and sellers, as well as their companies and the communities they serve.

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Commerce Feed: Issue No. 8 – September 2021

2021 Digital Commerce Annual Industry Study Released The Digital Commerce Alliance today released its annual…

Featured Insights

August 4, 2023 in Commerce Conversation, Economy

2024 is Gonna Be Weird . . .

. . . and DCA members are meeting in Manhattan on November 8th to talk about it. EXACTLY THREE MONTHS FROM TOMORROW, on Nov. 8th at Mastercard’s offices in Manhattan,…
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July 14, 2023 in Data, Financial Services

VantageScore Gains Traction in Fintech: A Digital Music Parallel

I follow developments in digital commerce, of course, many of which involve Digital Commerce Alliance members. I saw some data recently about innovation diffusion – which made me think about…
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June 22, 2023 in Commerce Conversation, Friction

Two (Clean) “F” Words

On the buying journey, there's a fine line between Friction and Fun This week I’ve had conversations with several DCA members as we work together to identify and reduce or…
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