December 27, 2017
Mastercard’s SpendingPulse: Retail’s Holly Jolly Christmas
Now that the dust has settled, the wrapping paper has been removed and the gifts have (mostly) been given to friends and family, the only thing left to do is...
December 18, 2017
Mastercard Says eCommerce Sales Up Double Digits Since November
Late last week, Mastercard SpendingPulse announced its U.S. Retail Holiday Shopping Mid-Season Update, which showed strong growth of 3.6 percent compared to the same time last year. In a press...
December 14, 2017
Holiday Spending Continues Upward For Americans
Thanks to early boosts from Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, the holiday season is poised to be a merrier one for retailers, as Americans are upping their online and...
December 12, 2017
Why The Amazon Effect Complicates The Fed’s Interest Rate Decisions
The ability and tendency of the average American consumer to hit the web to purchase goods or at least research them and their price has created something for a difficulty...
December 12, 2017
2017: The Year Retail Got Its Experiential Act Together
Some things about holiday shopping trends will never change, Mastercard’s Sarah Quinlan told Karen Webster in their annual discussion of the trends to watch for the holiday season. Women in 2017 will do...
December 08, 2017
US Jobs Report Shows Continued Gains, Beats Expectations
The latest jobs report from the Labor Department shows that 228,000 jobs were added in the United States in November, beating the roughly 195,000 positions expected by economists. The unemployment...
November 30, 2017
Stock Market Takes To Banks, Retreats From Tech
Merely a rotation – or something more? The tech-heavy NASDAQ slipped in its biggest single-day drop in more than three months on Wednesday (Nov. 29), as investors made the leap...
November 29, 2017
Alexa’s Thankful For Strong Holiday Echo Sales
Amazon.com said on Tuesday (Nov. 28) that the holiday shopping weekend kick-off was the best ever for its devices, with millions sold from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. In a press...
November 28, 2017
Today In Data: Ridesharing, Employee Theft And American Spending
It seems individuals will always find a way to get the most out of things, be it expecting innovative technology that will solve their problems or understanding the long-term value...
With 96% of corporates that offer earned wage access saying it helps attract new talent, and 75% of millennials saying that it would influence their acceptance of a job offer, it’s obvious why almost two-thirds of employers see earned wage access as a low-cost tool for employee recruitment and retention. PYMNTS examines the trend in the latest issue of the “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Money.
