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Wholesale Prices Rose 0.2% in June, Exceeding Economists’ Expectations
Economy // July 12, 2024

The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures wholesale prices, rose in June after seeing no change in May. Final demand prices rose 0.2% in June after remaining unchanged in May and increasing 0.5% in April, in seasonally adjusted figures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

Partnerships and SoFi’s Galileo BNPL Expansion Lead FinTech IPO Index 1.3% Higher
Fintech Investments // October 13, 2023

Bank earnings start Friday. That means we’ll get management commentary on everything, from interest rates to loan performance to consumer spending. The read across will be there for the members of the FinTech IPO Index, who are depending on some of those macro trends to...

Lawmakers Debut House Version of Credit Card Competition Act
Credit Cards // September 19, 2022

A pair of U.S. congressmen have introduced the House companion to the Senate’s Credit Card Competition Act of 2022, designed to bring more choice to the credit card market. “Credit card companies and mega banks keep finding new ways to squeeze our small retailers in...

Today in Crypto: Chileans Stablecoin Use up 50% as Economy Dips; Portugal’s Banks Close Crypto...
Cryptocurrency // August 03, 2022

Hackers have returned $9 million to cross-chain bridge Nomad after it was exploited for $190.4 million Tuesday (Aug. 2), Coindesk wrote. The amount returned was around 4.75% of what was lost. Nomad said it’s “actively working with a leading chain analysis firm and law enforcement...

Interviews & Exclusives
What We’ve Learned Tracking the 100 Connected Economy Leaders Since 2022

July 15, 2024
The Connected Economy (CE) 100 Stock Index was launched in February 2022. It was introduced as an equity index of 100 publicly traded companies across 11 categories, aiming to track the digital transformation and the growth of the connected economy. At the time, though we were emerging from the pandemic, and that the CE had some […]

Partnerships and SoFi’s Galileo BNPL Expansion Lead FinTech IPO Index 1.3% Higher

October 13, 2023
Bank earnings start Friday. That means we’ll get management commentary on everything, from interest rates to loan performance to consumer spending. The read across will be there for the members...

Why A Smart China Plan Isn’t About Moving Fast Or Breaking Anything 

July 26, 2019
The Chinese market presents a formidable, but also somewhat irresistible challenge to any payments and commerce player standing on the outside looking in. Formidable because from both a regulatory and...

Quick Reads
Wholesale Prices Rose 0.2% in June, Exceeding Economists’ Expectations

July 12, 2024
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures wholesale prices, rose in June after seeing no change in May. Final demand prices rose 0.2% in June after remaining unchanged in May and increasing 0.5% in April, in seasonally adjusted figures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said in a Friday (July 12) press release. “The June rise […]

Lawmakers Debut House Version of Credit Card Competition Act

September 19, 2022
A pair of U.S. congressmen have introduced the House companion to the Senate’s Credit Card Competition Act of 2022, designed to bring more choice to the credit card market. “Credit...

Today in Crypto: Chileans Stablecoin Use up 50% as Economy Dips; Portugal’s Banks Close Crypto...

August 03, 2022
Hackers have returned $9 million to cross-chain bridge Nomad after it was exploited for $190.4 million Tuesday (Aug. 2), Coindesk wrote. The amount returned was around 4.75% of what was...

Market Forces Driving Down Fees as eCommerce Becomes Increasingly International

July 22, 2022
As PYMNTS discusses in the Cross-border Retail Payments Tracker, eCommerce merchants increasingly recognize the importance of catering to international customers. Read the report: The Cross-border Retail Payments Tracker For example,...