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What Revolving Credit’s 10.4% Growth Says About Consumer Resilience

What Revolving Credit’s 10.4% Growth Says About Consumer Resilience
What Revolving Credit’s 10.4% Growth Says About Consumer Resilience
June 07, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Call it the trillion-dollar question, focused on the U.S. consumer: How much longer can spending keep outpacing the economic headlines? Get the Full Story Complete...

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72% of Consumers Pay for Instant Income Access
72% of Consumers Pay for Instant Income Access
June 04, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant payments are increasingly being judged less by how fast money moves and more by what faster access allows consumers to do. Get the Full...

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Retail Sales Growth Masks Consumer Pullback Across Key Categories
Retail Sales Growth Masks Consumer Pullback Across Key Categories
May 14, 2026  |  Economy

Retail sales rose again in April, but the latest government data showed consumers continuing to shift spending toward necessities while pulling back in several categories...

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Consumers Are Learning to Trust AI Through Shopping
Consumers Are Learning to Trust AI Through Shopping
May 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Product link discovery has the highest adoption rate of any personal artificial intelligence (AI) task measured in a new PYMNTS Intelligence study, and it’s the...

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Issuers Chase Top of Wallet Through Better Apps
Issuers Chase Top of Wallet Through Better Apps
May 14, 2026  |  Credit Cards

As credit card spending remains resilient across many consumer segments, issuers are confronting a more nuanced contest over where that spending ultimately lands: not simply...

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65% Call Insurance Essential. Why Most Spending Isn’t So Clear-Cut 
65% Call Insurance Essential. Why Most Spending Isn’t So Clear-Cut 
April 22, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Picture two families living four miles apart in the same mid-sized American city. Both earn about $85,000 a year. Both have two kids in elementary...

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Fed Beige Book Finds Tax Refund Relief Running Into Higher Gas Prices
Fed Beige Book Finds Tax Refund Relief Running Into Higher Gas Prices
April 15, 2026  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book, released Wednesday (April 15), describes an economy that keeps growing even as businesses and households navigate mounting uncertainty and...

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Top-of-Wallet Credit Choices Have Moved to Mobile
Top-of-Wallet Credit Choices Have Moved to Mobile
April 15, 2026  |  Credit Cards

“Winning Top of Wallet: How Credit Card Apps Shape Choice,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Elan Credit Card, examines how the credit card mobile app...

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