Consumer Spending

Bank of America Consumer Payments Up 17% in January to $335B
Bank of America Consumer Payments Up 17% in January to $335B
February 07, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

Bank of America’s 67 million consumer clients made $335 billion in total payments in January, up 17% from January 2021 and the second-highest month of...

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Travel Sector Eyes Expansion as New Brands, Services Take Flight
Travel Sector Eyes Expansion as New Brands, Services Take Flight
February 07, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Will we go, or won’t we? That’s the question travel brands from airlines to hotels keep asking as COVID variants wreak havoc with booking behavior....

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Report: Online Disputes Are Surging — What Merchants Are Doing to Fight Back
Report: Online Disputes Are Surging — What Merchants Are Doing to Fight Back
February 07, 2022  |  eCommerce

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Earnings Season Commentary Signals Pullback in Lower-Income Consumers’ Spending
Earnings Season Commentary Signals Pullback in Lower-Income Consumers’ Spending
February 03, 2022  |  Economy

Consumer spending — in particular, spending by lower income consumers — may be running out of gas. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Payment Declines Double in Value as Consumers Ramp up Big-Ticket Purchases in January
Payment Declines Double in Value as Consumers Ramp up Big-Ticket Purchases in January
February 03, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

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Waning Consumer Sentiment May Give Tailwinds for Debit, BNPL Spending
Waning Consumer Sentiment May Give Tailwinds for Debit, BNPL Spending
February 01, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

Perception, as they say, is everything. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Today in Data: How Relationship Commerce Is Reshaping Retail; All Eyes on Amazon Earnings Report; Retailers Face Double Whammy
Today in Data: How Relationship Commerce Is Reshaping Retail; All Eyes on Amazon Earnings Report;...
January 31, 2022  |  Retail

Today in Data customers are spending less, and prices are going up across the retail supply chain. Plus, relationship commerce is changing the face of...

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Deep Dive: The Rise of Decoupled Debit and the Potential Impact of Interchange Fees
Deep Dive: The Rise of Decoupled Debit and the Potential Impact of Interchange Fees
January 31, 2022  |  Next-Gen Debit

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‘Panic Buying’ Rebrands as ‘Blizzard Commerce’ for the Big, Bad Bombogenesis
‘Panic Buying’ Rebrands as ‘Blizzard Commerce’ for the Big, Bad Bombogenesis
January 29, 2022  |  Retail

Back in the late-Neolithic period — say, around 1995 — as ascending 24-hour cable news stations challenged the status quo of local network TV affiliates...

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