June 2023

Enhancements to Issuer Portal Experience

Version 1.9 of the Issuer Portal has been launched, featuring new functionalities that make it easier for our issuer partners to navigate and understand their rewards platform.

  • Better visibility into targeted offers: The “isTargeted” field was added to the “Offers” page in the issuer portal (see screenshot below), allowing users to filter offers based on whether they are targeted or global. 
  • Transaction support submission optimizations: The language on the Issuer Portal regarding transaction support submissions has been updated for increased process clarity.

Enhancements to the Kard Rewards API 

Version 1.29 of the Kard Rewards API has been launched, allowing issuers more flexibility in how they design their cardholders’ rewards experience.

  • Launch of “isTargeted” field: Added ability for issuers to view and filter offers based on whether they are targeted or global, using the offers API endpoints. Please refer to the API docs (see “isTargeted” field) for more details.
  • Merchant category filtering now available using “category” field: New functionality allows issuers to easily filter by merchant category when dealing with merchant API endpoints, offer API endpoints, and location API endpoints. Please refer to the API docs (see “category” field) for more details.

Enhancements to Matching Engine

The Kard matching engine was improved to support merchant category code (MCC) level matching, enabling our merchant partners to run more flexible campaigns on the Kard platform. This allows our merchants to specify redemption criteria on specific purchase categories when curating their campaigns.