Welcome to the weekly global payments news roundup where it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas sales predictions. At least according to the National Retail Federation, which ...
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National Retail Federation
The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts sales this holiday season should be up 3.8%-4.2% over last year. Despite concerns about a hangover from China-US tariff disputes, the NRF ...
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Another week, another $6.2 billion+ in record Amazon Prime Day sales. That’s our lead story and we’re sticking to it, even though some are saying it might have ...
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There’s good news and there’s not-so-good news with US back-to-school spending predictions this year. The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights and Analytics research show the good ...
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Our weekly global payments news roundup has an international flavor this week, starting with a look at Walmart’s unexpected bonus of payments provider PhonePe in its acquisition of ...
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Here’s your global payments news roundup for this week. National Retail Federation predicts $16 billion in spending on Father’s Day gifts. 67% of consumers will shop at a ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates Father’s Day gift spending in the US should reach a record $16 billion this year. That falls short of the $25 billion ...
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While the tariffs tiff continues, we’ve got other global payments news to keep you ahead of the curve. We start with a business and payments industry look at ...
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In this week’s payments news, we’ve got an NRF prediction for 2019 retail sales growth of 4.4%. The Anti-Phishing Working Group says 38% of phishing attacks targeted payments ...
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Our global payments news roundup is truly worldwide this week. Visa and MasterCard reported solid year-end financials, although both cards remain locked out of China during the trade ...
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