The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that retail sales this year will increase between 3.8 percent and 4.4 percent to reach more than $3.8 trillion,...
Of the scores of innovations and updates to consumer lending seen and written about over the last decade or so, speed is always offered as...
Almost five years ago (on Dec. 19, 2013), Target was breached. Roughly 40 million consumer credit cards were hacked, and the public outcry of shock...
When it comes to the economy here in the U.S., the big picture – call it the “top down” view – looks fairly rosy. But...
Indicating that Americans may have a less favorable view of their own finances, the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers fell to a gauge of...
Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention...
To offer users actionable advice, Intuit’s Mint is updating its personal finance iOS Mint app with added benefits, new design features and data-driven MintSights™. The...
It is easy to get taken in by appearances, which, as the old saying goes, can be deceiving. For example, it can be hard to...
Security is a complicated and thorny topic in payments and commerce, because it means different things to different consumers. The most obvious threat is the...