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GasBuddy: Making Friends On Both Sides Of The Gas Pump
Payment Methods // September 05, 2017

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, huge swaths of Texas ran out of fuel. Customers were sitting in milelong lines at a dwindling number of gas stations that still had fuel. Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio authorities directed people to the mobile app GasBuddy,...

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GasBuddy: Making Friends On Both Sides Of The Gas Pump

September 05, 2017
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, huge swaths of Texas ran out of fuel. Customers were sitting in milelong lines at a dwindling number of gas stations that still had fuel. Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio authorities directed people to the mobile app GasBuddy, which tracked and displayed stations that were open and had […]

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Mastercard: Experiential Spending on Restaurants, Travel Keeps Rising

October 07, 2022
Americans have made double-digit increases in their spending on travel, fuel and convenience, electronics and restaurants over the last year, Mastercard reported Friday (Oct. 7) in a press release about the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse. Overall U.S. sales excluding auto gained that much as well, with 11% year-over-year growth in September. In-store sales were up 11.1% […]

GasBuddy: Making Friends On Both Sides Of The Gas Pump

September 05, 2017
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, huge swaths of Texas ran out of fuel. Customers were sitting in milelong lines at a dwindling number of gas stations that still had...