Consumer Weakness Starting to Hit Travel, MoneyGram CEO Warns
The CEO of the international money transfer firm MoneyGram says the consumer is starting to feel stressed, especially when it comes to travel spending. Bloomberg's Sonali Basak caught up with Anthony Soohoo, the CEO of the company at the Goldman Sachs Leveraged Finance Conference in California. They talked about the impact of tariffs and when MoneyGram might go public again. (Source: Bloomberg)
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