Credit Card Usage news and trends

Men With Higher Savings Tend to Splurge More Than Women
Consumer Insights // October 19, 2023

Consumers who indulge in extravagant spending across various product and service categories typically maintain significantly higher savings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

Consumers On Track To Rack Up $55B In Card Debt
News // June 09, 2015

While consumers have been chipping away at their credit card debt — paying down $34.7 billion owed in Q1  — it seems those consumers have only hit the tip of the debt iceberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Credit Card Use Rebounded in Q2
News // December 18, 2014

Credit-card spending, which fell during the first three months of 2014, rebounded in the second quarter, according to a quarterly report by the American Bankers Association released Wednesday (Dec. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Inside MasterCard’s C-SAM Acquisition
Alternative Finances // March 10, 2014

MasterCard today took a strong move to push out mobile-wallet technology faster globally, including its own MasterPass digital service, with the announced planned acquisition of long-time partner C-SAM, whose platform supports not just payments but also customer-specific offers, loyalty incentives, banking, bill-pay options and nonfinancial...

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Millennials Drive Demand for Flexible Card Payments

June 17, 2025
For decades, credit cards have remained remarkably unchanged in their core functionalities: swipe, spend, earn points. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to […]

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Consumers On Track To Rack Up $55B In Card Debt

June 09, 2015
While consumers have been chipping away at their credit card debt — paying down $34.7 billion owed in Q1  — it seems those consumers have only hit the tip of the debt iceberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no […]

Credit Card Use Rebounded in Q2

December 18, 2014
Credit-card spending, which fell during the first three months of 2014, rebounded in the second quarter, according to a quarterly report by the American Bankers Association released Wednesday (Dec. 17)....