Cash is favored by consumers with lower educational and income levels, but transaction size is the biggest determinant of consumers' payment choices....
Even as Americans have become increasingly unwilling to carry credit card debt, both the number of cards issued and volumes processed in the US have been rising....
Alaskans carried $6,789 in credit card debt in Q1 2013, on average, way ahead of Colorado residents who owed $5,525; Iowans had the lowest average -- $3,810....
The huge increase in payment card usage in China boosted consumption by 4.89% for the 2008-2012 period, adding $375B to GDP and increasing growth by 1.7%....