Car buying just got easier for midwesterners. Digital car shopping and vending company Carvana has announced its plans to expand into its first Illinois location in Chicago. Here are the numbers: 25 | Number of markets Carvana now operates in 13 million | Amount of Chicago-area residents...
Shopping online has become a regular everyday occurrence for most people. As such digital currency has also seen an increase in both popularity and value. The next issue that may arise is whether or not bitcoin exchanges will move into mainstream uses. As PYMNTS reported just...
With Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Apple’s Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant market has seen mass expansion over the past few years. The convenience of being able to speak rather than type out actions has drawn in consumers in a unique way. Given the variety...
With the rise of smartphones and other mobile phones, landlines are slowly becoming an old-school good that not many people have in their homes anymore. According to the just released data from the U.S. Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, landline...
After a long and arduous bidding war, Ant Financial is closing in on its deal to acquire money transfer company MoneyGram. Reuters has reported a number of large name banks are involved in the loan process to make this a done and dusted transaction. Here are...
Bankruptcy is never a fun process and the retail industry has been feeling the full brunt of it over the past year. It doesn’t appear that there will be any signs of bankruptcies slowing down for the 2017 year with S&P Global Market Intelligence‘s latest...
While Tuesday’s earnings for Western Union were a mixed bag, the overall 2017 outlook remains steady. Although there’s been no change in the regulatory environment and the bidding war for MoneyGram is still underway, Western Union performed well across the board. Here are the numbers:...
Since its inception back in 2008, bitcoin has seen its fair share of ups, downs, optimists and skeptics. This week, however, CoinDesk has shown bitcoin’s value has soared above the $1,400 mark. Here are the numbers: $1413 | Bitcoin value on Monday 4.88 percent | Increase of...
It may be safe to say that the home ownership market is turning a significant corner. While sales have been sluggish for quite some time, new data has indicated an uptick in consumers’ confidence in purchasing new homes. The U.S. Census Bureau‘s data reveals that Q1...
