Usio Launches Merchant-Controlled Gift Card Platform with Antone’s Nightclub
Usio launched a private-label gift card platform that enables businesses to issue branded cards across multiple POS systems and payment processors, including mobile wallets, with programmable merchant-specific usage controls. The platform debuted at the Austin Blues Festival with Antone’s Nightclub, solving its fragmented ticketing, food, beverage and retail payment systems.
1. Launch Details
Usio introduced its private-label gift card platform enabling businesses to issue branded cards across point-of-sale systems, payment processors and mobile wallets. The solution leverages major payment networks and a proprietary merchant control engine for programmable usage restrictions.
2. Antone’s Nightclub Partnership
The platform debuted at the Austin Blues Festival in partnership with Antone’s Nightclub, which operates multiple POS platforms for ticketing, food, beverage and retail. Usio’s technology unified these fragmented channels into a single gift card offering, enhancing customer convenience and brand consistency.
3. Platform Capabilities and Applications
Usio designed the omnichannel system to serve industries including hospitality, fitness, education, retail, travel and digital economies. Cards can be restricted by merchant or terminal, process transactions through any major card brand, and integrate with online storefronts and mobile wallets.