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Brazil, India, Mexico and UAE Lead Gains in Online Shopping Satisfaction
Retail // February 06, 2023

Turns out, emerging nations may hold some clues for the rest of the world when it comes to doing digital commerce right. This, as new research into shopping ease and customer satisfaction from six key geographies around the world, revealed that developing countries put up...

When, How And Why Consumers Will Change Post-COVID-19
Coronavirus // April 20, 2020

For weeks now, American consumers and businesses – everyone everywhere, really – have been desperate for the answers to three questions: Are we flattening the curve? When can we reopen the economy? What will life look like once we do? Answering the first two questions...

PSCU Study Shows Overall Spending Down Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Credit Unions // April 13, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt personal finances, a study by credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU shows that overall credit card spending is down 29 percent for the week ending April 5, compared to the same period in 2019. Debit card spending is...

PYMNTS Study Tracks COVID-19 Changing Life In America
Coronavirus // March 23, 2020

As PYMNTS reports daily on developments with the new coronavirus that has disrupted life around the world with alarming speed, the latest in our ongoing series, “Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic: How Consumers Are Reorganizing Their Lives in the Wake of the Outbreak,” sheds more light...

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PSCU Study Shows Overall Spending Down Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

April 13, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt personal finances, a study by credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU shows that overall credit card spending is down 29 percent for the week ending April 5, compared to the same period in 2019. Debit card spending is down 12 percent for the same period. PSCU compared year-over-year […]

Study: Nearly 60 Pct Of Uber Passengers Never Leave Tips

October 21, 2019
A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NEBR) shows that the majority of Uber riders don’t tip their drivers. The Verge said that only 1 percent of...

Half Of Americans Now Classified As ‘Middle Class’

September 22, 2019
Data from the Pew Research Center shows that 52 percent of American adults live in “middle class” households, with the median income at $78,442 in 2016. According to Pew, the...

PEW: Most Americans Distrust Tech Leaders

September 22, 2019
Americans don’t trust members of Congress and are more likely to have confidence in journalists, police and the military, a Pew Research Center study reported Thursday (Sept.20). Researchers have discovered...