This week on Commerce Code we speak with Pietro Grandinetti, Chief Technology Officer at Pentadata, about how fin-tech data companies have sprung up, offering enhanced control and privacy for the most important type of personal data: financial data. Pentadata is a Silicon Valley-based start-up that can access all of a consumer's financial data, but then lets that same consumer control which apps they share their data with.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Carl Preller, CEO of points4purpose, about how commerce loyalty is being reinvented around a new theme of commerce with a conscience. Points4purpose is a fin-tech company that allows consumers to earn cash back when making purchases and then donate that cash to charities of the consumers choosing.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Arash Asady, Chief Executive Officer of Bits of Stock, about the stock market, fin-techs and wealth inequality. Bits of Stock is a fin-tech company that enables average consumers to share in the upside of stock ownership of the retailers they buy from.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Dev Subrata, CEO and Founder of Fidel, about the consumer's role in financial data, the evolving regulatory landscape and why data is the hottest commodity in tech right now. Fidel is a UK based company that is in the business of accessing payment network financial data and providing it to mobile apps and loyalty programs.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Terry McMullen, CEO of OpenSparkz, a leading card-linked technology company based in Sydney that works with leading banks, merchants, shopping malls, and loyalty programs to increase consumer spending. Terry discusses whether revenge spending is real and the tools that merchants are using to lure shoppers back to their stores.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Erin Warren, General Manager of the Rakuten Card Linked Offer Network, about super apps and the central role that offers play in this rapidly expanding sector of digital commerce.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Omar Rafii, Chief Executive Officer of Krowd, and discuss whether their ad algorithms still work in this new age of commerce and how algorithms are leveling the playing field for big companies and small merchants.

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Victoria Dravneek, SVP of Personalization and Loyalty Strategy at Bank of America, about how Bank of America is using its industry leading card linked offer program called Bank Amerideals, along with other technologies, to help small businesses survive and thrive through the pandemic.

This week Silvio Tavares, President and CEO of the Digital Commerce Alliance, and Becca Donahue, Senior Producer of Commerce Code, discuss how ‘Commerce with a Conscience’ is becoming ingrained in the way companies do business. Specifically, DCA member companies including Mastercard, Microsoft, Bank of America, Hilton and TransUnion are showcased.

In this week's episode we speak with Keith Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Payouts Network, based in Boseman, Montana. Keith discusses how alternative currencies, including paying with points, are the next big wave in digital commerce.