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Mastercard SpendingPulse: U.S. retail sales grew 7.6% in holiday season

Mastercard SpendingPulse: U.S. retail sales grew in holiday season

Mastercard SpendingPulse: U.S. retail sales grew 7.6% in holiday season’  According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, U.S. retail sales excluding automotive increased 7.6% year-over-year this holiday season, running from November 1 through December 24. Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment and is not adjusted for inflation.  “This holiday retail season looked […]

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Morgan Stanley at Work - End of Year Technology Enhancements

Morgan Stanley at Work – End of Year Technology Enhancements

Morgan Stanley at Work has announced a fresh bundle of technology enhancements on its stock plan platforms Equity Edge Online® (EEO) and Shareworks, which together serve roughly 40% of the S&P 500 in the US.1 The updates target smoother engagement for Morgan Stanley at Work’s corporate clients and participants, focusing on fractional shares, personalized participant videos, automated translations,

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MSIM Launches 1GT Growth-Oriented Private Equity Platform Focused on Companies Seeking to Mitigate Climate Change 

MSIM Launches 1GT Growth-Oriented Private Equity Platform

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) Launches 1GT Growth-Oriented Private Equity Platform Focused on Companies Seeking to Mitigate Climate Change  Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced that it has launched the 1GT growth-oriented private equity platform (1GT or the Platform) focused on investments in companies that will collectively avoid or remove one gigaton of carbon dioxide-equivalent

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Mastercard SpendingPulse anticipates 15% U.S. retail sales growth on Black Friday 

Mastercard SpendingPulse anticipates 15% on Black Friday

Mastercard SpendingPulse anticipates 15% U.S. retail sales growth on Black Friday  According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, U.S. retail sales excluding automotive is expected to grow +15% on Black Friday compared to last year. Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment and is not adjusted for inflation.  With many big-box retailers, department

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J.P. Morgan and Mastercard launch pay-by-bank solution

J.P. Morgan and Mastercard launch ‘pay-by-bank’ solution

Launched by J.P. Morgan Payments and Mastercard, Pay-by-Bank is an ACH payment that uses open banking, which enables consumers to permission their financial data to be shared seamlessly between trusted parties to let them pay bills directly from their bank account with greater security. No longer will they be faced with the tedium of typing in routing and account numbers each time they need to

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