factoids 4 11-2014

…of online entrepreneurs

surveyed had used PayPal within the last

12 months to take payments online.

80%

Source: Selz, 2014

Source: eMarketer, 2014

$4.5Trillion

…the total value retail sales in 2013

Source: Daily Finance, 2014

$333…the amount you should start saving per month right now if you want to be able to spend the average American $3,000 at Christmas without changing your spending habits in December

…the amount of money spent trying to recover Malaysian Airlines Flight 370

Source: Time, 2014

$44M

Source: Vantiv, 2014

72%

…of 18-34 year olds think paying by mobile phone will be common within 5 years

$2,381

Source: Boston Herald, 2014

…the amount of the average

income tax refund so far, though that

number goes down through out

tax season

…of consumers use prepaid cards to pay bills online 22%

Source: Vantiv, 2014

Source: Humane Society

…of employees report being too busy to take all their time off.

33%

…credit, debit, and prepaid cards were in circulation globally in

2013.

8.33B

Source: Moscow Times, 2014

Source:SLEEP Study, 2014

… the annual “April Bump” in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the years hottest month for the last 50 years.

2% +