This week, the World Cup reminded us all that friendships can emerge in the strangest and most unexpected ways. In a testament to how truly confusing the World Cup rules are, Germany was bounced from competition as the result of the surprise defeat at the hands of...
One of the more remarkable things about soccer – other than the amazingly massive global audience commands – is that it is one of the few examples in professional sports where games can actually end with no winner or loser. Unique among sports, soccer has...
Saturday crowned horseracing’s 13th Triple Crown Winner, with its winner, Justify, now well positioned as a cash machine for its owners. Payments saw several players jockeying for a similar place in the winner’s circle last week too: Adyen with its IPO, Apple Pay with Order...
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It’s Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, and Americans are celebrating by staying cool by the pool or shore. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Summer is here, the heat is on and what’s on the menu for the next three months is more or less a known commodity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Twenty years ago today the last new episode of Seinfeld aired, much to the moaning and groaning of fans everywhere — especially after they saw the last episode itself. The world moved on, of course — new things always rise up to replace old ones...
Since at least the time of ancient Rome, human beings have been saying some variation on the expression “fortune favors the brave.” It has many permutations — “nothing ventured, nothing gained” or (our favorite) “go big, or go home” — but they all get at...
Consumers, on the whole, really like doing business with their credit unions. According to the latest iteration of the Credit Union Tracker, 81 percent of credit union customers report being highly satisfied with their services. And that satisfaction stems from the fact that credit unions have a reputation for being less expensive, less complicated to deal with and delivering...
