economy

US economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different methods.

Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom To Test June IPO
Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom...
May 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people to the digital economy by 2025, and Vroom is looking at filing an initial...

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Rubber Meets Road In Transportation’s (Digital) ‘New Normal’
Rubber Meets Road In Transportation’s (Digital) ‘New Normal’
May 11, 2020  |  Retail

The future of travel … may look a lot like the past. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Mnuchin Predicts Economic Pickup, Urges Caution On Greater Stimulus
Mnuchin Predicts Economic Pickup, Urges Caution On Greater Stimulus
May 11, 2020  |  Economy

In an interview, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted that the economy would be improving “as we go into the summer and we reopen the...

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Confusion Reigns As PPP Loan ‘Guidance’ Grows, Deadlines Loom
Confusion Reigns As PPP Loan ‘Guidance’ Grows, Deadlines Loom
May 11, 2020  |  Loans

The Trump administration has piled vague and confusing guidance onto the unclear regulations of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), increasing tensions across the business world...

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The Big Jump: Pandemics And The Connected Economy’s Bigger, Faster Future
The Big Jump: Pandemics And The Connected Economy’s Bigger, Faster Future
May 11, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

To understand when and how consumer demand will return and the impact it will have on federal and state efforts to reopen the economy, we...

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Mnuchin: Not Reopening Risks Irreversible Economic Damage
Mnuchin: Not Reopening Risks Irreversible Economic Damage
May 10, 2020  |  Economy

The U.S. still hasn’t seen its highest level of unemployment due to the global coronavirus pandemic, but the economy will turn around, Treasury Secretary Steven...

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For SMBs, What Comes Next After The (Terrible) Unemployment Report?
For SMBs, What Comes Next After The (Terrible) Unemployment Report?
May 08, 2020  |  Economy

The number we’ll remember — 14.7 percent, the headline number for April U.S. unemployment — is the one we hope is a peak. But there are...

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Optimism Remains Despite Record Jobless Numbers
Optimism Remains Despite Record Jobless Numbers
May 08, 2020  |  Economy

Despite Friday’s (May 8) grim unemployment report, which revealed that the number of Americans who have lost their jobs has quadrupled since February, there is...

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What Earnings Portend For Payments, Lending, Fitness And The Gig Economy
What Earnings Portend For Payments, Lending, Fitness And The Gig Economy
May 08, 2020  |  Earnings

For the last several weeks speculation has run rampant on what the real effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdown would end up being...

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