Consumer Spending

Cryptos Provide A Potential Boost To Mastercard
Cryptos Provide A Potential Boost To Mastercard
February 01, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Credit cards and cryptos might be a match well made. In its latest quarterly report, Mastercard showed strength in cross-border volumes, up double digits at...

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U.S. Consumers Spending More, Saving Less
U.S. Consumers Spending More, Saving Less
January 30, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

The wealth effect is in full force, it seems. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Jan. 29) that stock prices, levitating as they are, and...

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California Startup Brings Retailers To The Driveway
California Startup Brings Retailers To The Driveway
January 29, 2018  |  Delivery

After Ali Ahmed founded Dispatch, a service that allowed consumers to have goods delivered from retail stores through a text message, he noticed that customers...

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The Need/Convenience Credit Card Paradox
The Need/Convenience Credit Card Paradox
January 25, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Life happens, as the saying goes. When life happens, though, all sorts of things also happen to financial visibility — including the ability to see...

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Can Curve Make Smart Cards Work Where Others Have Failed?
Can Curve Make Smart Cards Work Where Others Have Failed?
January 19, 2018  |  Payment Methods

There have been a lot of smart card products announced over the last few years — Plastc, Coin, Stratos — that have generated a lot of buzz,...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
January 19, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a...

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Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

Consumer spending during the holidays in the U.S. came in at $108 billion, marking a 14.7 percent increase from a year ago. According to news...

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JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

Amid competition from Alibaba and Amazon, Chinese online retail firm JD.com has led an investment in Vietnamese eCommerce firm Tiki.vn, Business of Fashion reported. JD.com co-led...

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Experts Predict More Retail Closures In 2018 Despite Strong Holiday Season
Experts Predict More Retail Closures In 2018 Despite Strong Holiday Season
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

The holiday season is officially over, and the news was better than expected. Sales were up 4.9 percent — the biggest year-over-year uptick since 2011...

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