wallets

American consumers opened their wallets in a way they had not since before the recession, setting records in sales and traffic, but there were signs the gains might not last.

True and a very sad story, the image above clearly illustrates how DLCs today are nothing more than money hungry publishers trying to milk every penny out of our wallets.

With cellphones ready to act as credit cards, banks, carriers and card issuers are fighting for control.

A tax cut that began last month gave consumers the biggest jump in their incomes in nearly two years.

The amount of time gamblers are spending in Atlantic City casinos is falling, and they're holding on more tightly to their wallets while they're there.

Two years after the onset of the financial crisis, the stock market is recovering and Wall Street’s elite are splurging.

Most people have a love-hate relationship with the bills and coins in their wallets. On the one hand, paying with cash — once ubiquitous — can be cumbersome in today’s fast-paced environment.

No wonder that it’s becoming less and less commonly used as plastic in the form of credit and debit cards takes its place.

Consumers barely opened their wallets last month, even as U.S. incomes rose for a third straight month, albeit modestly, according to a new report.

As evidence slowly starts to mount that the worst of the recession may be behind us, some Americans are also starting to relax their purse strings after years of hunkering down.

Retail sales rose nearly twice as fast as expected in November, data showed, as consumers appeared to open their wallets in the face of a grim job market.