About Us
Blackhawk Network
Blackhawk Network is a prepaid and payments network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party prepaid cards. Blackhawk Network develops unique products in easy-to-use formats and delivers them to consumers through an exclusive retail network of leading grocery, mass, drug, convenience, and specialty retailers in the United States, Canada, France, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. This proprietary network includes over 80,000 store and reaches more than 165 million consumers each week. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Blackhawk Network has offices in New Jersey, Chicago, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Paris, and Sydney.
Corporate Profile
Blackhawk Network is an innovative prepaid and payments network, a market leader in the fast growing card-based financial solutions category and the largest provider of third-party prepaid cards.
Prepaid and Payments Network
Established by Safeway Inc. in 2001, Blackhawk Network’s corporate mission is to develop unique products in easy to use formats and to deliver them to consumers through an exclusive prepaid and payments network including grocery, convenience, drug and mass market formats. Serving as the backbone of Blackhawk Network’s business innovation, this proprietary prepaid and payments network numbers over 80,000 stores and will reach over 165 million shoppers per week with its programs. Partners in this growing prepaid and payments network include Ahold, Chevron, Food Lion, Giant Eagle, Safeway, Stater Bros., Ukrop's and Wawa. Blackhawk Network has expanded into Canada and the United Kingdom and will soon be growing into other countries throughout the world.
Products
To date, Blackhawk Network has concentrated product development activities in the lucrative financial solutions category, delivering a suite of consumer-friendly card-based products that transact easily for a simple and fast financial solution. Current products include the gift card mall with premium-branded retail gift cards, general-purpose gift cards, ticket and sports cards, telecommunications cards and phones, and prepayment reloadable debit cards. Blackhawk Network’s growing list of card-based financial solution products includes American Express®, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Chili’s Grill and Bar®, iTunes Music Card, Major League Baseball, MasterCard®, National Basketball Association, Nordstrom, Sears, Starbucks Coffee, The Home Depot, Visa® and over 200 others.
Delivering Value
Blackhawk Network’s prepaid and payments network delivers unique value to customers by combining their need for choice, flexibility, and convenience with simple and easy access to card-based financial solutions. Partners benefit by leveraging the scale, frequency, and relevance of the retail footprint, enhancing the value of top brands, generating incremental revenue to the bottom line, and bringing consumers back into their stores.