PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A Tale of Two Cities , as it turns out, is a pretty good way to sum up the year 2018 from the view of the alternative financial services segment. However, as 2018 wore on, headwinds started to blow back on the segment, most especially in the form of rising interest rates.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

And after the long and seemingly endless winter that most of the nation just suffered through, declaring summer’s start as early as possible feels like the right move to make in 2018. Bankrate’s data, on the other hand, showed mostly flat growth year-on-year between 2017 and 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

In fact, interest in such games “has soared in the past year, with some companies aggressively targeting collectors from more established markets,” according to the report. No doubt millennials will be blamed for some of this, as they have been scapegoated for the decline of diamonds and certain fast-casual restaurant chains.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

It includes a $500 activation fee, credit check and also covers vehicle tax, registration, insurance and maintenance. Porsche is working with Atlanta-based Clutch Technologies, which developed the app and already markets a vehicle subscription service in parts of the country. are forecasted to decline more in 2018, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. That mild miss, Walmart noted, came as the firm pulled forward some investments for tax purposes. Walmart reported earnings of $1.33 percent to 2 percent. Beyond the Numbers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this market? But connecting the dots of the food delivery landscape, the recent fates of money-losing “disruptor” firms in the public markets may give a hint of what’s at stake, and what’s to come, should an IPO indeed come to pass. The notion that the company would be tapping the markets for capital begs the question: Why?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. It was an insight that pushed Brandless CEO and Co-founder Tina Sharkey to rethink an online commerce offering in a very fundamental way, by eliminating what she calls the “ brand tax.” Not so much.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As we enter 2018, we are working diligently to improve execution with a focus on conversion, gross margin and inventory management,” CEO Robert Niblock said in a statement. Given the rapidly evolving competitive landscape, we are also accelerating our strategic investments, leveraging the benefits of tax reform.”. tax reform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

” When one steps back, he noted, and looks at the total picture for 2018, it is notably different from 2008 in many regards. Debt, Kapfidze noted, is up over a trillion dollars in the last decade, as the market has recovered and shot past its previous highs. A Different Economy. Student loan debt recently surpassed $1.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The secret sauce, according to then-CEO Tina Sharky when PYMNTS spoke to her in 2017, was its elimination of what she called “the brand tax,” which typically pushes up prices on brand-name beauty products and household goods by as much as 30 percent.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Forty-four percent of 200 millennials surveyed last year stated they were wholly responsible for making purchasing decisions at the B2B companies at which they worked, and an additional 33 percent played some role in this process. One study found a 46 percent increase in reports of such attacks between 2017 and 2018.

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Customer Experience Fraud Millennials Online 152

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Gig workers have gone from a sliver of the economy to a bonafide force, powered by platforms like Uber , Lyft and Fiverr , not to mention a generation of millennials who had the misfortune of entering the workforce during the Great Recession and resultant unemployment wave. personal income in 2018. trillion of total U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Consumers and other businesses can access their tax refunds, benefits, freelance income, insurance claims, dividend payments and other disbursements within 30 minutes of being paid — sometimes even within seconds. We also identified existing market gaps across specific disbursement categories. . We surveyed more than 5,000 U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The stock market — despite a fairly steepWh correction a week ago — is still well ahead of where it was a year ago and is trending up. Unemployment is at historic lows, wages are rising given the tight labor market and consumer spending has been keeping pace. percent in 2018 — up from the 4.32 Credit Card Troubles. What’s Next.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These companies differentiate themselves from traditional human advisors with lower fees, 24-hour automated support, portfolio rebalancing, and tax optimization, which can translate to higher returns for investors in the long run. Total wealth management deals were up 31% from 2018, according to PwC. Source: Bloomberg. What’s next?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

Coachella has kicked off the 2018 U.S. million just in taxes from ticket sales, comprising 5 percent of the city’s general fund, while its overall economy enjoys a $106 million boost thanks to the festivals. Thanks to bed taxes on short-term rentals, cities get to reap the benefits of this arrangement too. According to The L.A.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Instead of having to compete for that direct local payments market against incumbents like WeChat and Alipay, PayPal is starting where the needs are still felt — and if they can capture even a tiny sliver of the domestic market of a billion-plus consumers so much the better. market and it makes sense in the most basic terms.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In May 2019, Barclays released a note estimating the value of Tencent’s fintech business at $123B, or close to a third of the company’s total market cap. of the market, respectively. Diversifying options for savings and investing to expand the market. The second, conceivably, is Tencent’s fintech business.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Incumbents are not standing still and are acting to protect their market share. Table of contents: Market map: the startups disrupting retail & commercial banking. Market Map: The Startups Disrupting Retail & Commercial Banking. While these customers may be easier to acquire, they are tougher to monetize. Key takeaways.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

That’s the only way the business can ultimately continue to create value for its customers, create jobs for people, serve the ecosystem in which it operates and provide tax revenues. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And before the dot com crash, Goldman Sachs’ IPOs did tend to jump an average of 293% from their starting price through their first Friday on the market — compared to 26% for the bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and 78% for Merrill Lynch. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2019

Yesterday, one of my favorite recent YC grads (Summer 2018) Goodly , announced its $1.6 There is some chance that student loan repayment could get tax perks along the lines of 401(k)s or IRAs, which will incent the market even more. And it’s not the first time financial institution capital has backed startups in this area.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

As of March 2018, Kroger’s Our Brands accounted for 29.5% Market Cap ($B). Kroger’s 300 CPG clients are able to access the platform and participate in the company’s marketing campaigns. German grocer Lidl stocks 90% of its shelf space with its own products, which helped propel the chain to enter the US market in 2017.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 25, 2016

Apple made the breakthrough of establishing biometrics in the mass market as a convenience technology rather than security technology, that’s been tremendously successful, and it’s going to continue. So I expect we will see a jump in mass market consumer biometrics. The millennials are happy with Venmo and so on.

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