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Year-End Data Shows Consumers Pick Credit Cards for Rewards, Debit for Convenience

Year-End Data Shows Consumers Pick Credit Cards for Rewards, Debit for Convenience
Year-End Data Shows Consumers Pick Credit Cards for Rewards, Debit for Convenience
January 02, 2025  |  Consumer Payments

Are you seeing the full picture of how consumers are choosing to pay? Consumer behavior is complex, but their payment patterns reveal valuable business opportunities....

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New Data Shows Consumers Take Strategic Approach to Credit Usage
New Data Shows Consumers Take Strategic Approach to Credit Usage
December 30, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Credit takes center stage in the spending habits and financial lifestyles of today’s consumers. Increasingly, consumers strategically use multiple credit products to maintain financial flexibility...

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How Two-Thirds of American Consumers Managed Their Paychecks in 2024
How Two-Thirds of American Consumers Managed Their Paychecks in 2024
December 27, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Profound shifts in consumer behavior and priorities characterized 2024. As of November, 67% of consumers live paycheck to paycheck. In fact, this is the highest...

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Gen Z Drives Enthusiasm for Embedded Finance Usage
Gen Z Drives Enthusiasm for Embedded Finance Usage
December 26, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending is already reshaping how consumers and smaller businesses access credit through its convenience and flexibility. Lenders recognize the transformative potential, but they also...

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10 Ways SMBs Accessed and Used Credit in 2024
10 Ways SMBs Accessed and Used Credit in 2024
December 26, 2024  |  SMBs

SMBs can have wildly different experiences accessing credit, PYMNTS Intelligence data reveals. This disparity is especially evident when comparing small businesses of different revenue brackets....

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Update: Middle-Market Execs Predict a Brighter 2025 Despite This Year’s Challenges
Update: Middle-Market Execs Predict a Brighter 2025 Despite This Year’s Challenges
December 23, 2024  |  CFO

Uncertainty reshaped middle-market firms’ operations in 2024, and a consistent theme emerged this year: Firms leveraging analytics and targeted strategies saw improved resilience and profitability....

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Report: Financial Scams Drive 122% Increase in Fraud Losses by US Banks
Report: Financial Scams Drive 122% Increase in Fraud Losses by US Banks
November 22, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Transactions have moved more digital, changing the fraud landscape. Financial institutions (FIs) have made real progress in holding off fraudsters attempting to exploit the digital...

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New Report: How the World Does Digital: A Deep Dive Into Global Digital Engagement
New Report: How the World Does Digital: A Deep Dive Into Global Digital Engagement
June 26, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

How consumers engage in the digital world provides a better understanding of a country’s level of digital transformation. But which countries are leading the pack...

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