Consumer

Prior was 76.9Current conditions 79.4 vs 79.2 expected (prior was 79.4)Expectations 74.6 vs 75.1 expected (prior was 75.2)One-year inflation 3.0% vs 3.0% priorFive-year inflation 2.9% vs 2.9% priorThese numbers are all close to…

Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has sparked a backlash from consumers after indicating that the regulator would not intervene if banks opted to charge for current accounts.Rathi’s comments at…

4/4 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A person pumps gas at a Sunoco gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/FILE PHOTO 2/4 (Refiles to insert dropped word in paragraph one) WASHINGTON (Reuters)…

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was sued on Thursday over its new rule capping late fees on credit cards at $8, which banking groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce say punishes consumers who…

US comp sales: +4.0%“Our general merchandise prices are lower than they were a year ago.”"In Walmart U.S, we're there in general merchandise but the slope of the decline softened during Q4 meaning the prices are lower than a year ago but…

Mastercard is revolutionizing its renowned Decision Intelligence (DI) with the integration of generative AI techniques. Positioned as a real-time decisioning solution, DI has been a stalwart, handling a colossal 143 billion transactions…

The prospects of interest rate cuts by the Bank of England and of further falls in inflation over the coming year have lifted consumer confidence to its highest point in two years, a closely watched survey shows. The consumer…

Companies Voice, data quality tops list of unresolved consumer woes to telecoms regulator Tuesday January 16 2024 The Communications Authority of Kenya headquarters in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG Three quarters of consumer…

mesh cube/iStock via Getty Images U.S. consumers’ credit health remained relatively strong late last year, according to VantageScore, but there are signs that it’s getting increasingly harder to manage debt obligations, amid inflation…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann//File Photo By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:)'s Google has agreed to…