credit card payments

Income Lags Behind Inflation as Cash-Strapped Consumers Chase Deals
Income Lags Behind Inflation as Cash-Strapped Consumers Chase Deals
October 12, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

The U.S. economy is facing growing concerns as wages fail to keep up with high inflation, with consumers finding it increasingly challenging to maintain their...

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Square Promises ‘Full Review’ After Widespread Outage
Square Promises ‘Full Review’ After Widespread Outage
September 08, 2023  |  Payments As A Service

Square has said it will investigate and publish a full review of an outage that impacted merchants for about 19 hours late Thursday (Sept. 7)...

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Card Issuers See Upswing in Borrowing
Card Issuers See Upswing in Borrowing
September 18, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Consumers unleashed from COVID-19 restrictions and confronting inflation-boosted prices are back to using their credit cards near pre-pandemic levels, Seeking Alpha reported Sunday (Sept. 18)....

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Visa Expands Ecosystem For Crypto-Linked Cards As Spending Tops $1B
Visa Expands Ecosystem For Crypto-Linked Cards As Spending Tops $1B
July 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa said it had struck partnerships with more than 50 cryptocurrency platforms and exchanges to allow end-users to spend digital currencies at 70 million merchants...

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Card Companies Cut Credit Lines As Customers Skip Payments
Card Companies Cut Credit Lines As Customers Skip Payments
April 23, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Hard times are hitting many people where it hurts – right in the credit cards they carry in their wallets or eWallets. Customer spending limits...

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Tech Glitch Halts Card Processing For Some Mexico Merchants
Tech Glitch Halts Card Processing For Some Mexico Merchants
August 11, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Shops in Mexico started asking customers to pay with cash after several of the country’s biggest banks started having issues handling debit and credit card...

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Today In Data: Jumping On A Fast-Moving Digital Payments Train
Today In Data: Jumping On A Fast-Moving Digital Payments Train
October 26, 2018  |  Today In Data

While cash is unlikely to ever disappear, the digitization of money is proceeding rapidly – and even arguably picking up speed. That’s visible in Visa’s strong...

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In China, Credit Cards And Mobile (And Beyond), Payments Yin And Yang
In China, Credit Cards And Mobile (And Beyond), Payments Yin And Yang
August 24, 2018  |  Payment Methods

The yin and yang concept, born in China, can be applied to so many things. The theme that opposites may be complementary is nothing new,...

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Today In Data: Following The Spend To New Opportunities
Today In Data: Following The Spend To New Opportunities
August 10, 2018  |  Today In Data

When in doubt about what consumers or businesses want and need, follow the money. But look sharp, as banks and FIs everywhere are focused on moving...

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