Citibank customers can now use Facebook to pool their rewards points online.Citibank Tuesday launched a Facebook application “Thanks You Point Sharing” that lets users team up to use their points, whether it’s for charity, a group gift or a personal goal.
Once customers have downloaded the app and connected their account, they can start a rewards pool with others.
Citibank is giving away 2,500 free rewards points to each of the first 4,000 customers to sign up.
Customers can then start a rewards pool by naming a recipient and explaining its purpose. The recipient of the points maintains control of any contributions.
The app can collect personal information from Facebook profiles. But Citi says it does not share any customer account information with Facebook.