November 26, 2012
The Last Credit Card Rewards You’ll Ever Claim?
There are all sorts of useful offers you can take advantage of when cashing in on your credit card rewards points. And then, there’s this list Bankrate compiled of the 10...
November 06, 2012
France: Gov’t vows ‘competitiveness pact’ to boost economy
In response to a government-commissioned report’s findings that the nation’s economy needs a “shock” to boost its strength, the French government has agreed to give €20 billion in tax breaks...
September 24, 2012
Greece: IMF: Lack of competition hurts greek fuel market
Lack of competition in Greece’s oil-refining industry is costing consumers here more than $1 billion a year, according to a draft internal report by the International Monetary Fund, in an...
September 03, 2012
Credit Card Spending Up In Ireland For The First Time...
According to Reuters, for the first time in four years Irish consumer credit card spending is up. Although this is certainly a good sign, consumer spending continues to shrink given...
July 23, 2012
MasterCard Reveals High Consumer Confidence In The Middle East
According to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence, the Middle East is a very upbeat region, especially when compared to Africa and Asia. The survey, conducted among 11,367...
July 16, 2012
Ohio Eliminates Overdraft Fees from Unemployment Benefit Prepaid Cards
The prepaid card used by the Ohio state goverment to deliver unemployment benefits to its citizens will no longer charge overdraft fees, according to Policy Matters Ohio. The Reliacard, issued...
April 11, 2012
What’s the Hold Up with Prepaid? We Ask MasterCard EVP...
Prepaid solutions have been available in the marketplace for a decade — but consumer adoption still doesn’t seem to have sparked. MPD’s Karen Webster asks Ron Hynes, Executive Vice President...
January 08, 2012
Making Consumers Pay More for Cards Will Dampen Payments Innovation
A famous American philosopher by the name of Yogi Berra once said that it’s tough to make predictions—especially about the future. And of course any economist worth their salt knows...
October 06, 2011
NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales Increase of 2.8 Percent to $465.6...
The 2011 holiday season can be summed up in one word: average. On the heels of a holiday season that outperformed most analysts’ expectations, holiday retail sales* for 2011 are...
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.
