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Federal Data Shows Consumers Under Pressure As Spending Outruns Income

Federal Data Shows Consumers Under Pressure As Spending Outruns Income
Federal Data Shows Consumers Under Pressure As Spending Outruns Income
July 31, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

The latest data on spending shows it continues to outrun income growth as higher prices absorb more of the household budget. June offered another example:...

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60 Million Workers Rethink What’s Worth Buying
60 Million Workers Rethink What’s Worth Buying
July 31, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

A dollar can only stretch so far. For 60 million Labor Economy workers, each trip to the checkout can involve hard choices about what to...

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49% of Credit Unions See AI as an Acquisition Tool
49% of Credit Unions See AI as an Acquisition Tool
July 31, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions have a gift heading into the artificial intelligence era: Their business customers are telling them exactly what to build first. Get the Full...

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How the Top 17% of Card Issuers Build High Customer Lifetime Value
How the Top 17% of Card Issuers Build High Customer Lifetime Value
July 30, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Seventeen percent of card issuers have reached the high customer lifetime value (CLTV) tier. What sets them apart isn’t the number of capabilities they’ve deployed,...

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Real-Time Payments Move Into More Markets and More Workflows
Real-Time Payments Move Into More Markets and More Workflows
July 30, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments are no longer waiting for a killer app. From Pix becoming an everyday payment method in Brazil to RTP and FedNow moving deeper...

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When the Tech Stack Becomes the Tech Problem
When the Tech Stack Becomes the Tech Problem
July 29, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Digital transformation is usually presented as a ladder. Companies begin with a few foundational capabilities, add more sophisticated tools over time and become incrementally more...

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Age and Income Miss the Real Divide in Financial Health
Age and Income Miss the Real Divide in Financial Health
July 29, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Two consumers can share a generation, an income bracket and many of the same expenses while occupying markedly different financial positions. Get the Full Story...

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33% of US Consumers Use Credit Card Installments
33% of US Consumers Use Credit Card Installments
July 29, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Buy now, pay later was supposed to take business away from credit cards. Instead, credit cards appear to be taking a page from BNPL. Get...

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