Christmas spending hits 178 transactions a secondSTUFF Christmas spending has already broken records, according to Paymark. Last minute Christmas shopping has begun and shoppers spent $282.4 million, according to Paymark on Thursday. There were almost 6 million transactions on Thursday, hitting nearly 600,000 between 12pm and 1pm. RACHEL CLAYTON/STUFF The last minute Christmas shopping rush has begun in the capital. The largest volume of transactions per second ever recorded by Paymark hit 178 per second just after midday.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 03:22 UTC