American Express entered 2026 with a pattern that has become familiar across recent quarters: steady gains in card spending, broad engagement across categories, and a...
Consumers are continuing to rely on cards as both a spending tool and a way to manage liquidity, and Synchrony’s latest quarter, as announced on...
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...
Consumers are still spending, and for Capital One, that remains the foundation of its cards business while the financial service giant continues to eye longer...
Retail spending surprised analysts with an upswing in March, but the headline strength came with a familiar caveat: higher prices at the pump did much...
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...
Bank of America’s first-quarter results, released Wednesday (April 15), show U.S. consumer spending holding steady against macro volatility, with more than $1 trillion in consumer...
At the checkout counter, the biggest shift may not be how much consumers buy, but where they choose to buy it and which payment tools...
Household spending is still advancing, but income isn’t keeping up anymore. The latest economic data and PYMNTS Intelligence reporting show households continuing to transact and...