January 05, 2021
Inflation Could Be Poised To Take a Bite From Consumer...
Inflation may be on the horizon, coming more quickly than many observers might assume. And when it’s here — when it’s more expensive to borrow, when prices rise — consumer...
January 05, 2021
COVID-19 Plays Grinch To UK Post-Christmas Retail Sales
U.K. brick-and-mortar retailers already suffering from COVID-19 restrictions in the run-up to Christmas saw foot traffic plummet during the key Boxing Day/post-Christmas period as well. Market watcher Springboard reported foot...
December 31, 2020
The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation
How We Will Pay: Home As The Consumer Command Center This study showed that the home had become the consumer’s commerce command center as they changed their daily routines to...
December 31, 2020
What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In...
In a year filled with unexpected challenges and a COVID-era economic climate that proved fatal for many companies, PYMNTS was lucky to hear directly from the front lines how scores...
December 28, 2020
Air Traffic Down About 77 Percent On Christmas Day 2020
Air travel was down about 77 percent on Christmas Day from last year, with 616,469 people flying on Friday, but expected to swing back up as travelers return from their...
December 28, 2020
Will The New Round Of Stimulus And PPP Loans Save...
After months of waiting and another week of speculation that President Donald Trump might veto the bill, the new $900 billion round of stimulus has been approved by Congress and...
December 22, 2020
PPP Round Two: Main Street SMBs Get New Access To...
When the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill is finally enacted, $325 billion in aid will be earmarked for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The bulk of those SMB funds, $284...
December 22, 2020
Restaurant Owners Say New PPP Package Falls Short
After what has been several months of debate, negotiation, sabre rattling and compromise, the United States Congress has finally passed a second round of stimulus, making it in under the...
December 21, 2020
The Looming Lockdown Threat And SMBs’ Survival Strategies
Logic-defying though it might be, it seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has found a way to get just a little bit worse as 2020 is coming to an end. Reports...