A good offer can lose its value when the shopper never sees it. That problem gets expensive fast when the missed moment happens at checkout. “The Smart Basket Opportunity: How Merchants Can Capture More Consumer Spending” was produced in collaboration with FIS. PYMNTS Intelligence independently designed, fielded and analyzed the research. The report draws on…
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This refers to ‘We withdrew stimulus last year!’ (ET, Mar 4). TT Ram Mohan has rightly suggested that the tax-GDP ratio measures structural improvement. The FM must rethink his medium-term debtto-GDP target. Losing substantial revenues by cutting I-T rates seems odd. If oil breaches $75-80, the FM will have to hike petroproduct prices and borrow…
Wire payments are starting to look less like back-office plumbing and more like a competitive tool for banks. That shift anchors “Rewiring Wires: Modernizing CHIPS and Fedwire for a New Era of Demand,” a May report from PYMNTS Intelligence and Volante Technologies. The report finds that financial institutions are upgrading the systems that move large,…
Personal Finance Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 15:10 [IST] The Kerala State Lottery Department has officially declared the results of the Sthree Sakthi SS-530 weekly lottery draw conducted on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Held under the supervision of the Directorate of Kerala State Lotteries in Thiruvananthapuram, the government-run draw continues to attract lakhs of participants…
National Average Mortgage Rate Trends Rates data is based on a borrower with good credit, a conforming loan amount (at least $200,000 but less than the national conforming loan amount), and a loan-to-value ratio of less than 80% (For purchase loans, this corresponds to a down payment of 20% or more). © Zillow, Inc., 2006-2016….
For the Class of 2026, launching a life in New York City comes with serious sticker shock as local rents hit a seven-year high, promising an uphill financial battle even for graduates entering high-paying industries. This spring, the median asking rent in the Big Apple reached $3,707, up 4.6%, or $164, compared to a year…
BEIJING, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — China’s GDP grew 5.0 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, 4.3 percent in the second quarter, bringing growth for the first half of 2026 to 4.7 percent. The release of China’s mid-year economic report has drawn close attention to the country’s growth performance. Yet some foreign media outlets have…
QatarEnergy is reported to have extended force majeure for its European buyers until the end of September at least, further reaffirming that the energy disruption from the Strait of Hormuz is having a prolonged impact. As a reminder, the company is one of the world’s largest LNG exporters and while Europe is not their biggest…
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