Confidence among consumers globally is increasing to a point not seen since before the Great Recession, according to a recent Nielsen report. What makes consumers around the world so happy? Find out more.
Chase and Marriott Rewards launched the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Signature® Business Credit Card designed for small business owners who travel frequently for business or pleasure. “We are delighted with this opportunity to better serve the travel needs of small business owners,” said Misha Lapcevic, Vice President, Marriott Rewards Partnerships. “With a...
Australian-based MYOB wants it deliver what its acronym stands for….for businesses of all sizes to “mind your own business” while they mind the back office, including payments. Its biggest beef was that business payments have been slow to move online, and cash flow has suffered...
MasterCard announced today its first-quarter earnings for 2014. According to a company blog post, net revenue growth was 14 percent due to a “double-digit increase in both gross volume and processed transactions.” Net income also increased by 14 percent, and earnings per share rose 18...
Do you know… how many tens of millions of dollars Americans will spend on Mother’s Day this year? How many consumers will exchange personal information for a good deal? How many trillions of dollars the credit card industry will process this year? If not, keep...
FIS is starting 2014 with a strong quarter and is making plans to serve under-banked mobile customers.
Hmm. While overall smartphone shipments jumped 33 percent for first three months of the year, competition from second-tier smartphone providers cut into industry leader Samsung’s market share for the first time since 2009. Check out how Apple and other handset manufacturers fared.
Fuel card provider FleetCor announced two international deals while reporting strong first quarter earnings at market close yesterday. One of the deals, involving Shell in Germany, gives the company a needed presence in continental Europe as it looks.
Who didn’t feel the brunt of the brutal winter? Well Green Dot did, but not enough to jar Q1 results. An unexpected one-time revenue event, plus a bump on active cards and purchase volume gave investors something to smile about.
