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NY Fed: Credit Applications, Acceptances Plunge During Pandemic

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A new survey has revealed the steep plummet the consumer credit market took as the pandemic began, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported. 21) from its latest Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) Credit Access Survey , which showed most credit applications and acceptance rates falling sharply after February this year.

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PSCU: Consumers Choose Debit As Preferred Payment Amid Coronavirus

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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, PSCU compared transactions of its owner credit union members on a same-store basis between March 2019 and March 2020. The year-over-year increase in debit card drug store transactions came out ahead of credit cards by two times. The consumer goods space notched an overall increase of 9.2

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PSCU Expects To Issue More Than 3M Contactless Cards In 2020

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Payments credit union PSCU is prepared to handle what they predict will be a rush in 2020 to adopt contactless cards, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. In 2020, PSCU anticipates distribution of more than three million new contactless cards to 100-plus credit unions.

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Anticipating The Consumer Spending Rebound

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The coronavirus pandemic winds on, and while it seems like it’s been forever, when — and not if — we emerge from all this, consumer spending will be altered. Overall credit card spend was down 29.9 percent year over year as measured by PSCU for the 13th week of the year (week of March 23, 2020, compared to week of March 25, 2019).

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PSCU: Owner CUs Saw Rising Debit, Credit Sales Volumes Over The Holidays

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Payments credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU reported 11.4 percent year-over-year debit and credit overall same-store sales volume growth among its owner credit unions over the 2020 holiday season, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS.

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PSCU Taps New Leaders To Advance Products, Innovation

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As the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization [CUSO] and a leader in the credit union industry, PSCU is continuously looking for ways to meet and exceed the expectations of the credit unions we serve,” said Gandre. Young will report to Stevens. “We

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PSCU: Debit Card Spend Growth Above Historic Levels

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Credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU compared the 19 th week of 2020, which concluded on May 10, to the same timeframe in 2019 to discover the impact of the pandemic on consumer spending and shopping trends. percent of overall credit transactions and credit CNP purchases comprising 59.8