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Top Transaction Data Providers in 2025

This guide breaks down the top transaction data providers of 2025 using a consistent framework—one that helps FP&A teams, investors, and product builders choose based on what actually matters: speed, granularity, coverage, and consumer data compliance.

The QSR value wars are buying traffics, not loyalty

Two years after McDonald's launched its $5 Meal Deal, the data shows a surprising outcome: while promotions boosted traffic, they often failed to build loyalty. Facteus analyzed 18 major QSR chains and found that 83% experienced lower customer retention than before the value wars began. The results reveal which brands turned discounts into repeat visits -- and which simply bought temporary traffic.

The New Food Fight

Explore the convergence between Convenience Stores and Restaurants using real spend data, and discover how to leverage those patterns to develop actionable strategies to capture a larger share of the food dollar in 2026 and beyond.

The Fastest Growing Merchants of 2025: What Real Consumer Spend Data Reveals

Discover the fastest-growing U.S. merchants of 2025 using real consumer transaction data. See who’s gaining share across retail, restaurants, and convenience.

Cyber Five, Called in Advance: How Our Predictions Stacked Up Against Real Spend

Real transaction data from the Cyber Five weekend validates or disproves predictions. See how consumers are actually behaving this holiday season.

The Cyber Five Is Coming. Here’s What We Think Will Happen – Based on the Facts

Holiday shopping predictions backed by real transaction data. See what to expect this Cyber Five and how consumers are spending.

The Exclusivity Paradox: Why Starbucks’ Bearista Cup Worked and Their ‘Exclusive’ Target Collaboration Probably Won’t

Starbucks' Bearista cup drove $64M in sales. Data analysis reveals why it worked and why the Target collaboration probably won't - based on real-world transaction data.

Market Research Meets Reality: How Verified Spend Data is Transforming Restaurant Decision-Making

By leveraging spend data, restaurant teams are validating research and making smarter decisions. See results from one QSR and how to follow suit.

Maiden Century puts Facteus data to the test – and generates 76% Alpha

Press Release: In an independent test run by Maiden Century, Facteus consumer transaction data has achieved an unmatched 76% market-neutral alpha on 1 day lag.

Allant Integrates Facteus Real-Time Purchase Data into AMP+

This first-of-its-kind collaboration integrates Facteus’ real-time financial behavioral signals with Allant’s AMP+ platform to create a powerful new standard for discovering and activating high-performing audiences across channels.

Amazon Prime Day Fall 2025: Wrap Up

Amazon's event-driven retail strategy continues to prove unstoppable – take a look at how sales stacked up against those at Target and Walmart during the same week.

7 Essentials for Transaction Data Consolidation

Watch our '7 Strategies for Resilient Data Sourcing' webinar to discover how to reduce concentration risk and future-proof your transaction data.

Top Alternatives to YipitData for Transaction Data in 2025

YipitData built its reputation as a dashboard-driven analytics firm for investors, blending email receipts, web scraping, and financial aggregator signals.

Alternative Data: Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Discover why alternative data powers modern decision-making—helping finance leaders and hedge funds spot demand shifts and forecast with precision.

Top Alternatives to Similarweb for Transaction Data in 2025

Similarweb is widely known for its digital intelligence platform, offering insights into web traffic, search behavior, and funnel performance.

Top Alternatives to Earnest for Transaction Data in 2025

Earnest was one of the first firms to bring consumer transaction data to institutional investors, and is now part of Consumer Edge.

AI Infrastructure & Modeling Case Study

See how this leading AI logistics company uses transaction data for smarter personalization, accurate forecasting, and data-driven industry movement insights.

Top Alternatives to Affinity for Transaction Data in 2025

Affinity provides loyalty-based transaction data, commonly used in marketing, rewards programs, and high-income consumer analytics.

8 Ways CFOs Use Competitors’ Sales Data

Learn how Retail and Restaurant CFOs use transaction data to benchmark performance, forecast accurately, and integrate real-time insights into financial strategies.

Top Global Agency Network Case Study

See how Facteus helped a global marketing agency boost ROI by 50% and accelerate planning with data-driven insights from real-world consumer spending.

Top Alternatives to NielsenIQ for Transaction Data in 2025

NielsenIQ is a household name in retail and CPG analytics—particularly for its syndicated point-of-sale (POS) data.

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