First Data Global Information

• First Data Reports Consumers Used Cards In May, But More Slowly

  By David Morrison  |  June 11, 2012

  Caution noted: Consumers reducing discretionary spending while increasingly resorting to credit for necessities.

• First Data Reports Spending Slowdown

  By David Morrison  |  May 9, 2012

  First Data says the pace of consumer payments slowed significantly in April over the pace during the first quarter of the year.

• All Spending Channels Except Checks Grew in March, First Data Says

  By David Morrison  |  April 10, 2012

  The percentage of payments made by check keeps slipping.

• First Data Analysis Tempers Holiday Numbers

  By David Morrison  |  January 11, 2012

  First Data's monthly analysis of card transaction data suggests consumers used their cards more in December 2011 than they did in December 2010, but that they spent only the same or less money.

• Prices Drive Card Spending

  By David Morrison  |  October 24, 2011

  Consumers spent more on their credit and debit cards in September 2011 than they did in the same month last year, according to card processor First Data. But the firm credited inflated prices for the increase rather than an increase in purchases.

• First Data Analysis Suggests Card Spending Up, But Also Flat

  By David Morrison  |  October 11, 2011

  First Data Corp. says consumers spent more on their credit and debit cards in September 2011 than they did in the same month last year but the firm credited inflated prices for the increase rather than an increase in purchases.