For merchants, the most important consumer in 2026 may be the shopper who still says yes, but rarely says yes quickly. That’s based on PYMNTS...
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Branch’s Matt Peterson Sixty-eight percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. For years, financial experts blamed the individual. Too much...
The consumer in the United States is no longer one market. It’s two. And corporate earnings calls are increasingly where the split shows up first....
As inflation, layoffs and uneven wage growth continue to strain household budgets, millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck are relying on side hustles and...
Online retail is becoming a pressure valve for stressed U.S. households, and the evidence is showing up in how they pay at checkout. A new...
The latest round of tariff threats tied to global trade tensions, lobbed this weekend over Greenland, arrives at a moment when millions of U.S. households...
For much of the past decade, “living paycheck to paycheck” has functioned as shorthand for low wages. PYMNTS Intelligence’s research this year suggests something more...
With inflation and changing government policies prompting widespread uncertainty, 6 in 10 American workers are facing pocketbook challenges while lacking the steadiness and predictability of...