21/4/2016/MasterCard By Ajay Bhalla If you live in the U.S., you’re hearing more about chips and chip cards. Chip technology has been at the core of consumer peace of mind in more than 150 countries around the world for years. It has reduced both counterfeit and lost/stolen fraud, eliminating the […]
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More in store for African retail & consumer businesses – prospects remain positive: PwC report
March 15, 2016/PwC PwC’s inaugural publication entitled ‘So much in store’ is an in-depth study into the make-up of Sub-Saharan Africa’s retail and consumer goods industries Africa’s economy has seen modest growth in the wake of falling commodity prices, slowing revenues and volatile currencies. The moderation in growth impacts a […]
U.S. Banks Ease Loan Standards in Fed Survey as Demand Rises
Banks in the U.S. saw increased demand from businesses and consumers for lending and in turn made those loans more readily available, according to a Federal Reserve report. “Domestic banks, on balance, reported having eased their lending standards on many types of business and consumer loans and having experienced increases […]
