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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

And nearly a quarter of SMBs (24 percent) report their financial situation has improved since COVID-19’s dark early days when widespread shutdowns were taking effect. economy hit another round of shutdowns as summer gives way to fall and colder temperatures sweep the country. But the good news comes with a few caveats.

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JUNE 25, 2020

In fact, for some people, the pandemic’s shutdown of the economy and normal life for several months provided time to breathe, with less stress from transportation or having to leave the house for work. That decline was matched by Gen Z respondents. But finances are a particular point of concern for both generations.

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MAY 4, 2020

economy since governors began asking their citizens to #stayathome in mid-March, and even well before that. Over the last two weeks, consumers have added 47 days to how long they think it will take for them to return to normal, and when they think the economy will truly reopen. Most aren’t in much of a rush. Healthy Or Hermits?

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JULY 18, 2020

It’s been 129 days since the NBA officially announced its shutdown and played its last regular-season game of 2020. And for those players, it really will be a small world after all – as players, coaches, team staff and anyone actively participating in the remainder of the 2020 season will be quarantined together.

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MAY 25, 2020

The balance of 2020 will be notable for what Amazon does not do. The stark fact is that retailers that can stay in business through what is basically a 90-day shutdown have access to a line of credit or receive substantial eCommerce business. Nike will end 2020 as a consistent retail force, commanding respect for more than the shoes.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The annual event generally brings 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, and its sudden cancellation will reportedly cost the Spanish economy roughly $500 million. MWC is the latest bite that COVID-19 has taken out of the global economy, but it isn’t the first and, more likely than not, will not be the last. 24 through Feb.

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MAY 6, 2019

Morgan Stanley will send the Russian central bank a notice that it’s going to formally close of all of its banking operations in the country in the first quarter of 2020, according to a report by Reuters. The news came in the company’s annual report, as it had announced last year that it was doing the voluntary shutdown at some point.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Certain banks catering to small businesses will also continue to receive government support in the wake of a massive shutdown earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s economy returned to growth in the second quarter and is now the only leading economy to show significant growth in 2020, with GDP growing 0.7%

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JANUARY 8, 2021

In addition to navigating forced shutdowns and supply chain disruptions, business owners are now tasked with making some difficult decisions about how to keep their business alive, or whether to throw in the towel. With 2020 such a volatile year, small businesses' financials took a hard hit. Helping SMBs Help Themselves.

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APRIL 29, 2020

The housing market is temporarily grappling with the coronavirus-induced shutdown, which pulled down new listings and new contracts,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, in a statement. . The housing market is temporarily grappling with the coronavirus-induced shutdown, which pulled down new listings and new contracts,” Yun said. “As

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

There are less than two weeks until Christmas, and the retail industry, as per usual in 2020, finds itself in uncharted territory. Shipping delays are threatening the digital-first economy. Pent-up demand is one of the most influential factors for the economy in this pandemic. Fragrance is booming. Jewelry is going to be big.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Business roadmaps predating 2020 aren’t much use these days, however, as COVID has altered the terrain. Very recently, the fourth annual How We Will Pay 2020 study, done by PYMNTS in collaboration with Visa (more from that in a minute) gave new context to the shifters. At least in 2020, we know where people are shopping.

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MAY 15, 2020

Net-net, consumers couldn’t get out to shop last month as the pandemic virus fight kept them at home, and the result is an economy that has simply collapsed,” Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank, told CNBC. “We All in, personal consumption was down 7.6 We have never seen economic data like this before in history.”.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

On the whole, Karen Webster noted on New Years Day, 2020, making predictions at this time of year is irresistible, risky business. But no one was predicting a global pandemic that would shutdown the travel industry, events and physical retail. Which may explain why many predictions are wishy-washy or soon proved wrong,” she noted.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The latest in the series, Pandenomics: Main Street’s Six-Month Checkpoint , found that for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), “Another shutdown could bring them to the brink of closure. The very air abounds in examples these days, few better than Shopify. million, a 97 percent increase from 2019.

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MARCH 12, 2020

There seem to be countless sources of collateral damage associated with the unexpected appearance of COVID-19 in early 2020 – the shutdown of production in China, the ripples through the global supply chain, the virtual zeroing out of the travel and events vertical and the carnage on Wall Street.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The shutdowns are on in the European Union as COVID-19 cases rise and local leaders work overtime to bend back the curve because their hospital ICU beds are outstripped by the exploding number of new cases. is far from the only continental player tapping into shutdowns. In the U.K.,

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JULY 29, 2020

In an earnings season defined by diminished expectations amid the worldwide economic shutdown, PayPal not only beat analysts’ expectations Wednesday (July 29) but enjoyed a record quarter. The world has moved to a digital-first economy and I don’t think there is any going back,” Schulman said.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

22) that long-postponed Amazon Prime Day 2020 will be now be held Oct. It has waited long enough to see shipment times improve on non-essential items across most regions, but not so long that it’ll compete with its own early Black Friday 2020 deals. In addition to its desire to dominate the whole U.S. 13 through 14.

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MAY 7, 2020

Disney, for example, reported earlier this week that it has lost roughly $1 billion each day since the start of the shutdown. April 2020 was also a record-breaking month for PayPal in terms of enrollment and use. The first quarter of 2020 also saw payment transactions pickup by 20 percent to 1.2 PayPal added 7.4 billion from $4.13

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The difference is in the way the shutdowns earlier this year spurred demands for trucks that could withstand rougher terrains as Americans turned more to vehicles ready for road trips to get out of the house. Car sales are down 19.8 percent, according to stats from Motor Intelligence.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Take a look (and have a listen) at our 10 favorite podcasts from 2020. Is 2020 Healthcare’s Year To #KillTheCheck? With unemployment soaring and the economy in a free fall, Gerber noted the inevitable reality that companies would be inundated with disputes, cancellations and demands for refunds from consumers.

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APRIL 17, 2020

However, there is one lesson that is already becoming clear from 2020’s black swan event, as businesses safeguard against future disasters — in our interconnected world, one cannot be prepared for the worst without taking into consideration the disruption of both supply and demand. Still, there were some factors preventing total shutdown.

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APRIL 30, 2020

TrendForce blamed the production levels on pandemic-induced disruptions across the supply chain, including plant shutdowns and material shortages. billion units in 2020, an 11.3 It forecasted total yearly production volume of 1.24 percent year-over-year decrease. In Q1, Vivo Communication Technology Co.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Shipments and spending were down in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the U.S. The economy is expected to take a hit, and we’ll see the effects into the second quarter as supply chains continue to catch up.”. Bancorp Freight Payment Indexes. The shipments index increased 3.8

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MAY 7, 2020

The spread of the coronavirus has led to a halt of Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association, and raised questions about whether the 2020 National Football League season will take place this fall. It might be two seats on either side – and then one in front, one behind.” .

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JUNE 17, 2020

home construction collapsed in March, the sector rebounded in May after steep declines caused by COVID-19 shutdowns, according to the U.S. As the nation reopens, housing is well-positioned to lead the economy forward,” said NAHB Chairman Dean Mon, a home builder and developer from Shrewsbury, N.J., For the first time since U.S.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. But that’s accelerating as the pandemic created a whole new set of preferences about how consumers want to pay.

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MAY 4, 2020

Uber said the shutdowns will take place by June 4, affecting “50 full-time roles.” The discontinued and transitioned operations only represent 1 percent of Uber Eats’ “gross bookings” in the first quarter of 2020, along with 4 percent of its “adjusted core earnings losses.”.

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JULY 9, 2020

As the shutdowns mandated that dine-in services end, the smaller establishments were hit harder as they lost the primary way they were used to making money. The discrepancy comes from the inherent differences in the two types of establishments. The coalition is pushing for a $120 billion bailout fund for those restaurants.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. But that’s accelerating as the pandemic created a whole new set of preferences about how consumers want to pay.

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MAY 1, 2020

Normal is not coming back, or at least not in the form we all knew it in January 2020. It is through that process more than anything else that the economy in the U.S. They’ve changed, pushed by the necessity of social distancing to try new things and experiment with new patterns. What SMBs Really Want When They Go Digital? Everything.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

It was supposed to be a compelling option for consumers in the connected economy, but the subscription model for automobiles is hitting some speed bumps as BMW and Audi are pulling back on their programs. The Book by Cadillac website says Cadillac “will be debuting a new program in early 2020.” Down but Not Out. percent to $39,259.

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MARCH 14, 2019

government shutdown was singled out as a key factor behind a corporate banking slowdown at the start of 2019, according to Citigroup Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason, who took up the position only weeks ago. In a separate survey, 71 percent of CFOs and presidents at banks said they aren’t expecting a recession to come until 2020.

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MARCH 30, 2020

For most SMBs , 2019 was a banner year, and 2020 was expected to be nothing less than spectacular. The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. Consumer spending was strong, as were their household balance sheets.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

is relatively stable and, honestly, somewhat relatively better than we might have feared back in the height of the pandemic in the second quarter of 2020,” Marianne Lake, chief executive officer for consumer lending at J.P. Second, it is trying to participate in the digital-first economy, and analysts will be looking for a big jump.

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JULY 7, 2020

Then, just when everyone was really making money again, along comes COVID-19, wiping out the economy yet again, and within recent living memory no less. The June 2020 Next-Gen Debit Tracker® examines the current state of debit in numerous contexts, perhaps none so important as guaranteeing great consumer experience and security.

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