News Archive

07/31/2008 | Ward Schultz 2008 CFO of the Year

Recognized by Philadelphia Business Journal and Drexel University

05/06/2008 | Success of Paperless Payroll Program

Men's Wearhouse Leverages Ecount Payroll Choices Program™

03/05/2008 | Winner Best Payroll Card Program

Ecount & Stein Mart Win Payroll Choices Program

02/26/2008 | Tangerine Wellness Teams with Ecount

Employees cash in on their weight loss

02/13/2008 | Snelling Staffing Services Announces Success

Leveraging the Ecount Snelling Eliminates Paper Paychecks and Paystubs

10/30/2007 | The New Face of Rebates

Ecount and IMR Announce Collaboration to Eliminate Paper Rebates

09/12/2007 | Ecount Expands Role in NBPCA

CEO Reappointed to Board of Directors, EVP Joins Advisory Board

09/06/2007 | Ed Bates Appointed Vice President of Operations

Bates will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and strategic direction

06/04/2007 | Delve Digs Ecount's Prepaid Loyalty Incentives

Market Research Firm Leverages Ecount Prepaid Solution to Drive Business

05/30/2007 | Gage Engages Ecount in Incentives Alliance

Prepaid Solutions to Link with Proprietary Marketing Technology

04/05/2007 | Ecount introduces Health Care Incentives Suite

Prepaid Incentives Used to Motivate Healthy Behavior and Reduce Costs

03/01/2007 | Citi Acquires Ecount, Inc.

Transaction Strengthens Citi's Cash Management Offering

03/01/2007 | Citi Acquisition in Prepaid Cards

Citigroup has agreed to buy Ecount, a privately held provider of prepaid cards The New York Times

03/01/2007 | Citigroup to Launch Prepaid Business

Citigroup is planning to introduce prepaid debit cards in Europe after buying the largest provider of the cards to companies in the fast-growing US market. The Financial Times

03/01/2007 | Citigroup to buy Ecount

Citigroup Inc. is expected to announce it has acquired the small Conshohocken electronic-payments firm. The Philadelphia Inquirer

01/10/2007 | Ecount Announces Record-Breaking, Award-Winning Year

The Prepaid Experts Bolstered by New Clients, Partners and Market Expansion

12/12/2006 | Ecount CEO Wins Top Honors at 14th Annual Enterprise Awards

Matt Gillin Named Technology CEO of the Year

11/29/2006 | Hadco Lights Up Their Sales Incentives

Leading Outdoor Lighting Company Launches Innovative Program for Contractors

11/09/2006 | XBux Announces Extreme Success with Ecount® Prepaid Cards

Action Sports Athletes Now Receive Performance Payouts Immediately and with Ease

10/26/2006 | Ecount Ranked Number 388 on Deloitte's 2006 Fast 500

Attributes growth to client and partner acquisition and portfolio expansion

10/10/2006 | Ecount Named to the PHILADELPHIA 100®

One of the Region's Fastest Growing Privately-held Companies

10/03/2006 | Ecount and ACB Announce Rewards and Incentives Partnership

Leading Agency Adds Ecount Prepaid Solutions to Innovative spiff, Rebate, Incentive, and Trade Promotion Marketing Programs

09/21/2006 | Ecount - Best Places to Work

Ecount Named to Philadelphia Business Journal's Best Places to Work Program

09/18/2006 | Products of the Year

Fueling Performance - Gas Cards Potentials Magazine

09/01/2006 | Pay Via Plastic

More employers are turning to debit-style cards Human Resouce Executive

08/29/2006 | Fuel™ Card Delivers Commuter Aid

Gas Cards are at the Top of Company's Wish List for Rewards

08/16/2006 | Ecount CEO Named to Board of Directors

Matt Gillin was named to the Board of Directors for the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association

08/01/2006 | The Road to Well

Rising health care costs have more companies seeking to create a healthier workforce Potentials

08/01/2006 | Mazda Runs With Gift Cards

An online, gift card-based incentive program helps Mazda ensure its channel sales force doesn't forget the core models Potentials

07/26/2006 | If your lottery ticket tanks, new game may fill it

If you don't "Strike It Rich" in the D.C. Lottery, you might get gas Washington (DC) Times

07/25/2006 | Win $100 In Free Gas

The D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board offering fuel card promotion WUSA-TV Channel 9

07/19/2006 | Consumer Spending Trends

Ecount Explores How Prepaid Cards are Being Used by Key Demographics

06/13/2006 | Ecount and Parago Announce Incentive Partnership

Real-time interactive incentive platform ties with immediate rewards to deliver unparalleled results

06/12/2006 | Launch: Perks at the Pump

Spinning gas woes into loyalty by offering relief to employees, consumers Incentive Magazine

06/06/2006 | Ecount® and Cavalier Telephone's New Refer-A-Friend Program

Leveraging Ecount's Prepaid Program, Cavalier dials up customer acquisition results

05/04/2006 | Ecount Reports Fuel Spending Trends

Leading Prepaid Provider Cruises to One Millionth Fuel Transaction

04/05/2006 | Ecount Prepaid Index™ of Consumer Spending Launched

Ecount Introduces First Quarterly Index on Prepaid Spending Trends

04/01/2006 | Electronic Payroll : Cashing in on E-Transfers

Retailers deposit wages automatically to employee paycards

03/23/2006 | Baruch Katz Named CIO of Ecount

03/01/2006 | Payroll Debit Cards Score Big with Banked Employees

Ecount Reveals that 54% of Payroll Cards Used by Banked Employees

02/14/2006 | Ecount Executives Featured at Prepaid Card Expo

Stored Value Experts Presenting on Corporate Incentives and Travel and Teen

01/25/2006 | Ecount Announces Record Growth in 2005

New clients, partners and products fuel expansion

01/01/2006 | Stein Mart Delivers Pay 100% Electronically

In years gone by, events beyond Stein Mart's control interfered with its ability to get paychecks into the hands of its 17,000 employees Payroll Manager's Report

12/07/2005 | Lillian Vernon® Celebrates Eliminating Checks

National Organization chooses Ecount's 100%™ Solution

10/05/2005 | Conshohocken's Ecount Makes the Philadelphia 100®

"One of the region's fastest growing privately-held companies"

10/01/2005 | Blown Away

Natural disasters and their implications for payment systems Chain Store Age

09/30/2005 | Only Paper Will Do

Cutting out processing and shipping costs associated with paper-based payroll checks has long been a goal at many companies… Treasury & Risk Managment

09/28/2005 | Ecount Announces Direct Selling and Network Marketing Benchmark

More than 20 leading companies rely on Ecount's Direct Pay™ Solution

09/27/2005 | Companies Give the Gift of "Go"

Consumers and Employees alike welcome relief from pricey pumps

09/26/2005 | Electronic pay methods gain followers

Hurricanes and snowstorms got in Stein Mart's way the past few years… Tampa Bay Business Journal

09/26/2005 | Kids, I'd like you to meet your money…

Parents owe it to their children to teach them a bit about saving, spending, and investing… Christian Science Monitor

09/21/2005 | Ecount Achieves 100 Partner Milestone

Prepaid Programs prove highly effective for Incentive and Promotion campaigns

09/13/2005 | Stein Mart Picks Plastic Over Paper

National retailer selects Ecount to achieve 100% electronic payroll

08/30/2005 | 100% Direct Deposit with 100% Compliance

Introducing the Ecount 100% Payroll Solution

08/23/2005 | Employees Prefer the Ecount® Holiday Rewards Program

Now companies can give employees what they want this holiday season

08/01/2005 | Money management goes back to school

For most parents, late summer is the time to relax a bit as the kids make their way back to school… MarketWatch

07/26/2005 | Blingo Users "Cash In" on Internet Searches with Ecount® Cards

New search engine offers prepaid cards to selected winners

06/29/2005 | Introducing the FIRM™ Program

Ecount® to unveil the first-of-its-kind program designed to help teens learn and master smart financial management skills

05/05/2005 | Ecount Featured in Stored Value Spring '05 Forum

Once again, Ecount will be a featured presenter at the Pelorus Group's Stored Value Conference…

04/28/2005 | Prepaid Executive Roundtable Features Ecount

Ecount's Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Andrew Newcomb, will be a featured panelist…

01/12/2005 | Payment Services Event Features Ecount

Ecount CEO, Matt Gillin and EVP of Corporate Development, Andrew Newcomb presented at the fourth annual Information, Marketing and Payment Service Event…

12/23/2004 | Bloomberg Radio Features Ecount CEO

Bloomberg Radio's Countdown Show with Howard Liberman featured Matt Gillin in a segment focused on Ecount's Virtual Visa® product…

12/08/2004 | Ecount Presents at Visa® Partnership Meeting

Matt Gillin, CEO, was a featured presenter at the annual Visa Partnership Meeting in Chicago…

12/02/2004 | Employers Offer Prepaid Cards for Workers to Tap

A growing number of workers are tapping their benefits with a swipe of a card… Wall Street Journal

10/30/2004 | Digital Lifestyles and Ecount Empower Teens With Prepaid Cards

New hip-e cards allow teens to shop online and offline through the hip-e Hangout and Visa® Merchants

10/21/2004 | Matt Gillin Speaks at Pelorus Stored Value Conference

Ecount CEO Matt Gillin was a featured speaker at the 2004 Stored Value Conference in Atlantic City…

10/11/2004 | Nintendo Powers Up Holiday Sales

Nintendo's inventive 'GameCrazy' promotion fires up nearly 3,800 prepaid cards to reward sales associates for selling targeted Nintendo products this holiday season

10/02/2004 | Tapping Benefits With Prepaid Cards

A growing number of workers are tapping their benefits with a swipe of a card… Dow Jones

09/27/2004 | Employee News: A New Form of Paycheck

Survey shows salespeople prefer receiving their commissions on prepaid cards… Incentive Magazine

09/14/2004 | Ecount Appoints New General Counsel

Ecount today announced the appointment of Kimberly Rhodes to Senior Vice President and General Counsel

09/09/2004 | Ecount Appoints New Senior Vice President of Marketing

Half.com co-founder Mark Harrington to help drive the company to a new level of excellence

08/17/2004 | CompUSA Lifts Product Promos With Incentive Program

PC retailer CompUSA has come up with a way to improve its targeted product promotions… AdWeek

08/16/2004 | CompUSA Boosts Targeted Sales with Prepaid Cards

One of the nation's leading retailers dramatically improves effectiveness of promotional programs by rewarding sales associates with prepaid cards from Ecount when they sell specific products

07/28/2004 | Ecount Study Reveals Sales Pros Prefer Prepaid Cards for Incentives

Survey of sales professionals with checking accounts reveals strong preference for prepaid cards as opposed to direct deposit, paper-based checks, or cash

07/14/2004 | Ecount Appoints New CFO

Ecount today announced the appointment of Ward Schultz to Chief Financial Officer

07/06/2004 | Gas Prices Fuel Incentive Programs

Gasoline prices have started to moderate, but a season of fill-ups at $2 a gallon or more has taken its toll… Incentive Magazine

06/08/2004 | Give Your Customers What They Really Want — Gas

Skyrocketing gas costs make gas-focused, prepaid cards the latest trend in consumer incentives

05/31/2004 | Business Spotlight: Card accounts sub for pay, benefit checks

Many car salesmen looking for their latest commission no longer ask if the check is in the mail, but if the money is on the card… Associated Press

05/17/2004 | Ecount Provides Stored-Value Cards for GM Sales Incentives

Ecount announced today that it will begin providing stored-value cards and management services to GMC, Chevrolet, and Isuzu commercial truck dealers…

05/05/2004 | Suzuki Decommissions the Commission Check

Automaker trades paper for plastic, upgrading to Ecount's stored value cards for cost-effective sales incentives

04/28/2004 | Matt Gillin Named Winner of Top 40 Under 40

Ecount announced today that Matthew Gillin, CEO, has been named one of Philadelphia Business Journal's Top 40 under 40…

04/21/2004 | STARZ! Selects Ecount's Visa® Branded incentive cards

Movie lovers who sign up for STARZ! for two months get a $20 Ecount Visa incentive card to spend anytime, anywhere in Starz's largest direct to consumer promotion ever

02/02/2004 | Stored-value cards extend direct deposit to all employees

A new method of direct deposit that allows employers to pay their workers on a stored-value plastic card… National Post

12/22/2003 | Matt Gillin on CNBC's Squawk Box

Ecount CEO Matt Gillin was featured on CNBC's popular Squawk Box show…

07/08/2002 | Matt Gillin Wins The Entrepreneur of the Year Award

CEO and President Wins in the Emerging Technologies Category

02/14/2002 | Firm keeps cash flowing online

Ecount's different approach to Web payments brings the Conshohocken company some major customers… The Philadelphia Inquirer

07/17/2001 | The Chase i-Card — A Rewarding Experience Both Online and Off

Cardholders Earn a 1% Reward on All Purchases To Be Redeemed With Online Gift Certificates

02/12/2001 | Ecount Announces $11 Million Financing Round

Ecount, the industry-leading provider of electronic payment solutions, stored value cards, and virtual accounts…

11/27/2000 | MyPoints.com Introduces Webcertificates

Virtual gift certificate enables recipients to shop anywhere mastercard is accepted

08/28/2000 | PrivateBuy.com Allows First Anonymous Web Shopping Capabilities

Ecount extends its payment platform to provide online shoppers ultimate discretion, privacy and security

08/14/2000 | Ecount Offers Student Advantage Members Added Flexibility

Now Student Advantage Members get $10 to spend anywhere on the Web

08/01/2000 | Ecount's Webcertificates Now Available at Egreetings.com

Ecount extends its payment platform to provide online shoppers ultimate discretion, privacy and security

06/14/2000 | Ecount Introduces Anonymous Shop-Anywhere Solution PrivateBuy

Offers online shoppers the freedom and anonymity of cash; Gives merchants access to new customers for increased profitability

05/23/2000 | Ecount and NBCi Team to Offer New Ways to Use Money Online

NBCi to Offer Co-branded Webcertificate and Ecount Products

05/04/2000 | Webcertificates Are the Perfect Gift for Any Spring Occasion

Personalized, instant, and flexible gift certificates allow moms, dads and grads to cash in on any gift they want online or off

05/04/2000 | Ecount Takes Webcertificate.com to the Street

Consumers can now shop with webcertificates both online and off

04/20/2000 | First Manhattan Consulting Group President and Former CBS Chief Join Ecount Board of Directors

James McCormick and Peter Lund provide key input as company launches personal Web account

04/18/2000 | Ecount Introduces Industry's First Instantly Spendable Personal Account

Web account enables instant retail and person-to-person transactions online