The strong increases in online payment transactions noticed by merchant acquirers and others in November continued through the entire holiday shopping season, according to recently released data. Leading e-commerce acquirer First Data reported on Thursday (1/5/2012) that its Cyber Holiday Pulse Index recorded nearly 360 million transactions valued at approximately $14.5 billion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, up 38% and 26% respectively from the year-earlier period.
Holiday Online Purchases
by Lisa Poyner | Jan 6, 2012 | Insights