Consumer Spending

Consumers Use Credit to Plug Widening Gap Between Income and Spending
Consumers Use Credit to Plug Widening Gap Between Income and Spending
January 31, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Only a few weeks into the current earnings season, and top-line momentum and commentary from firms, including banks and the payment networks, have all pointed...

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Concerts Still Strike Chord With Consumers Despite High Prices
Concerts Still Strike Chord With Consumers Despite High Prices
January 31, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

This year’s concert season will feature several high-profile acts and increasingly high prices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
January 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results noted significant growth in payments done digitally, and in tokens and credentials issued by the payments network. Get the Full Story...

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Consumers Keep Spending in Q4, But Savings Take a Hit
Consumers Keep Spending in Q4, But Savings Take a Hit
January 30, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

The latest data on fourth quarter gross domestic product indicates a general “headline number” slowdown. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Mastercard Sees Growth in Tokenization and Commercial Payments
Mastercard Sees Growth in Tokenization and Commercial Payments
January 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Mastercard’s fourth-quarter earnings results showed that consumers still rely on their cards for everyday spending — and beyond the resilient consumer, tens of trillions of...

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Concern About Labor Market Conditions Drives Decline in Consumer Confidence
Concern About Labor Market Conditions Drives Decline in Consumer Confidence
January 28, 2025  |  Economy

Consumer confidence declined in January but remained within the narrow range it has been in since 2022, The Conference Board said Tuesday (Jan. 28). Get...

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‘Minimum-Payment Effect’ Covers Growing Number of Credit Card Users
‘Minimum-Payment Effect’ Covers Growing Number of Credit Card Users
January 26, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

For American consumers, making minimum monthly credit card payments is becoming the norm. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Amex: Card Spending by Millennials and Gen Z Up 16%
Amex: Card Spending by Millennials and Gen Z Up 16%
January 24, 2025  |  Earnings

Young consumers are keeping credit card spending buoyant, especially for American Express, which saw millennials and members of Generation Z increase their spending by double...

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Household Spending Keeps Pace; Lower-Income Groups Feel the Heat
Household Spending Keeps Pace; Lower-Income Groups Feel the Heat
January 22, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

Among the messages conveyed so far in the continuing cavalcade of earnings reports — especially from banks — is that consumer spending is buoyant, a...

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