Commerce has out-innovated payments. Ansa is the payments platform to help merchants catch up: increase revenue, retention, and take back control of unit economics. Ansa enables any brand to launch closed-loop wallets for a fraction of the effort and cost. We power payment experiences akin to the Starbucks balance, the Clipper card, Steam Wallet, and Uber Cash. With Ansa, our merchant partners have increased revenue over 25% and seen over 50% higher customer retention. We’re the last piece of the puzzle to drive delightful experiences by combining payments, incentives, and customer insights.
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Are you meeting your customer's expectations around payment methods? With the continued growth of digital wallet adoption, there is no better time to launch your own branded stored value wallet. There's a reason why Starbucks invested millions of dollars + engineering resources over several years to build just this, now it's available to all brands via Ansa.
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This week I represented Ansa at the Conexxus.org Annual Conference. What an incredible group of people gathered to deep dive on the technology that drives the innovation of convenience and fuel! There are many interesting things happening, but because of my history with restaurant tech I was thrilled to see foodservice growth and the associated tech propelling convenience to new heights. I can't wait to participate more. Shea Burns Gray Taylor myra kressner I joined a group of strangers, and departed a group of friends.
We're still feeling the post conference energy - for more insights on our time at the ICR Conference, check out our thoughts here: https://lnkd.in/gba8MpeA
A few reflections from the ICR conference in Orlando last week: (1) 2025 is a year for GROWTH 📈 Brands from Dutch Bros Coffee, Portillo's, Potbelly Sandwich Works, and Dave's Hot Chicken all highlighted that they're opening new locations, many of them in new geographies. (2) Guest frequency is 🔑 brands are speaking more about driving customer behavior more broadly than just revenue numbers. Brands like Shake Shack spoke about how incentives will be the key to unlock to drive these repeat visits. Others shared that they're expanding menu options to capture different ordering behavior throughout the day. (3) Data is about to have its moment ✨ Merchants have been collecting more customer data, building the internal systems to scale analysis, and 2025 feels primed to be when the majority of brands are able to take it to the next level: segmentation, business insights, more customized loyalty incentives, and improving customer experiences. It was exciting to speak to dozens of brands and validate how well stored value wallets are primed to help with all three of these initiatives. Launching a wallet helps reduce fees and drive frequency, from CEOs to CFOs both are clearly top of mind. Thank you to everyone who attended my session with Liz where I highlighted the Ansa product with a live demo. Didn't make it? Reach out and I'll walk you through how your brand can launch a wallet in an afternoon with our mobile SDK!
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"Loyalty" is a loaded term that typically brings alt currencies like stars, points, and punch cards to mind. At Ansa we sometimes refer to ourselves as "loyalty with a little L" to differentiate what we do from the work of loyalty platform (who are awesome partners! We just aren't one by most definitions.) Stored value wallets drive similar outcomes: increasing customer frequency and LTV, alongside financial benefits like payment cost savings and cash flow. Customer behavior is at the center of what drives this value for brands. We've invested in building novel tools that help our merchants launch their wallet programs well and drive adoption among their customers. Today we give those tools a name: the Ansa Incentive Engine. We've got even more under the hood (forgive the car puns), expect more soon! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gwDPijBp
Glad to share our 2025 forecast and the growth and incentivization of stored value with Modern Restaurant Management alongside other industry leaders from brands such as Fogo de Chão, Cracker Barrel, and Ziosk.
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Schemes, interchanges, and money exchanging hands. Fintech can feel like a mystery novel of intrigue. How well do you understand what moving YOUR money costs? (hint: it probably costs more than you realize)
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🚨 Ansa is hiring a Head of Sales! I'm excited to grow the team as we scale our sales org. We're looking for someone with enterprise payments experience who is passionate about early stage startups, is customer-centric, product minded, and has the chops to help us execute on a massive vision. Sound like your or someone you know? Send them my way or apply below! 🤝 https://lnkd.in/g2D_EJ-r
Happy Halloween! Here at Ansa this is the sort of spooky story we gather round the campfire to hear, and build solutions to prevent! https://lnkd.in/gi2Jmixq
We're looking for new teammates!
Talented people have many options when choosing their next job. It's important to pick the right set of problems to work on, with the right team, at a company with a culture that resonates. To help you quickly find top options, we're launching our "Great Job" series where partner Saanya Ojha speaks with a founder at a leading startup. First up, Ansa cofounder and CTO 👨🏻💻 JT Cho shares insights on Ansa's culture of being ambitious in one's craft but humble in execution. They're hiring generalist full-stack engineers. Apply by visiting www.ansa.dev or email team@ansa.dev.
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Excited to share one of our newest product features, expiring balances! Expiring promotional balances offer merchants a powerful way to drive urgency for their customers - meaning more engagement at a better cost to the brand. Since launching this feature, we’ve already seen great success in letting our merchants drive urgency for customer spend – increasing the ROI of promo campaigns up to 40% and empowering merchants to recoup unspent promotional funds for future use. This was one of our most requested features - proud of the team for getting it over the line! 💪 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grsA-87w