spending

Spending to pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services
American Express Rides Higher Spending To Q3 Revenue Win
American Express Rides Higher Spending To Q3 Revenue Win
October 21, 2019  |  Earnings

Card member spending, higher-net interest income and card fees combined to produce an 11 percent year-over-year revenue gain for the Global Consumer Services Group of...

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Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
October 17, 2019  |  Retail

Teens have been big drivers of commerce for going on a century now, and that’s even more prevalent as marketers find more precise ways to...

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Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels
Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels
October 09, 2019  |  Economy

The average interest rates on credit cards are nearing record levels, in spite of a 50-basis-point decline on a 10-year note yield. Bloomberg is reporting...

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US Payment Card Market Tops $6T
US Payment Card Market Tops $6T
September 05, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. generated $6.13 trillion in spending for goods and services in 2018, The Nilson Report said in a...

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Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
August 28, 2019  |  Economy

Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales.  The latest readings on consumer confidence and on business inventories and...

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Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
July 21, 2019  |  Earnings

Trade wars?  Check. Geopolitical fears?  Check. And yet the consumer continues to spend, and just as importantly, to bank. Wall Street may have been focused...

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Capital One Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Decline In Revenue Expected
Capital One Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Decline In Revenue Expected
July 17, 2019  |  Earnings

Financial experts are predicting Capital One’s second-quarter earnings will fall below expectations, despite their moderate success in the first quarter. The financial institution surpassed expectations...

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Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
July 11, 2019  |  Retail

Mobile devices have enabled monitoring and management to a degree once thought impossible. Consumers can now get alerted to someone ringing their doorbell miles away...

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Amid eCommerce Rise, Logistics Costs Up 11.4 Pct In 2018
Amid eCommerce Rise, Logistics Costs Up 11.4 Pct In 2018
June 19, 2019  |  Delivery

A rising tide lifts all boats, and trains, and trucks….all in service of getting packages where they need to go. To that end, in the...

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