Chris Benabu is the co-founder and COO of Swipe4Free. Having started at a very young age, his entrepreneurial drive was evident in building a chain of 24 mobile phone stores in the metro New York area alongside his partners. The sale of those stores and the experience garnered in building and running them led to the next phase in his career with Swipe4Free, the first US compliant Merchant Services Provider offering a cash discount and surcharging platform.
Inflation continued to surge in July, but appeared to settle close to the fastest pace in almost 13 years as the economy continues to emerge from the pandemic, the feds said Wednesday.
We are observing an increase of around 6 percent per average payment, meaning that New Yorkers are paying that much more for their slice of pizza, their lunch, their groceries, or other everyday household items, according to our data.