PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Schools and universities will be allowed to continue to operate, but all bars and restaurants must close except for takeout and delivery. Moreover, the data show consumers are varying how they make those commerce connections from home — and trending more toward leveraging voice technology than they ever have before. The current U.K.

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JULY 22, 2019

Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 The bank targets millennials with its slogan “It’s all about you, you, you,” and with digital friendly options like mobile-first savings accounts, as well as loans for small businesses and mortgages.

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JULY 22, 2019

Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 The bank targets millennials with its slogan “It’s all about you, you, you,” and with digital friendly options like mobile-first savings accounts, as well as loans for small businesses and mortgages.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This is not to say financial institutions don’t develop talent for lending and information technology. Can bankers make lending something that has panache and appeal to Millennials? Maybe 2018 is the year to ratchet up our long-term “build” strategies. And who will replace them? Risky, yes.

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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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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Imagine one big party of more than 1,000 larger bank acquirers, smaller bank potential sellers, salivating investment bankers, and pen-in-hand attorneys full of big grins and big plans for 2018. 2018 Strategies for Bank Execs. The post Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models appeared first on Gonzobanker.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The startup uses 3D printing technology to build its hotels in Mexico, where Ripley says 100 rooms per month can be built. “We It has already started two subsidiaries for real estate and manufacturing operations. His investment fund is called the 10100 and was founded in March of 2018. We assemble them like Lego,” he said. .

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Knock operates in such U.S That does not mean they are all millennial consumers. However, since the company operates in the South, the homebuyers there tend to start their families earlier than in most other places of the U.S. Home Marketplaces. No matter how much tech you have, people want a hand to hold,” Black said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle , the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market supremacy — a fight that pits PayPal , the owner of Venmo, against the banks that operate Zelle. 31, 2018, with a year-end goal of 300 million.) P2P Numbers. million U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

One of the biggest questions that promises to play out in the larger world of restaurants — whether quick-service operations or others — is who will ultimately own their customers, and whether those businesses can get them back once they are lost to third-party delivery services and aggregators. Deeper Trends.

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JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

At the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this week, the eCommerce operator and digital payments provider reportedly said it is “developing apps for connected cars that will let drivers find restaurants, queue up and make reservations at restaurants, order food and eventually complete a plethora of other tasks using voice, motion or touch control.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. billion in 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2018

No matter what, though, the present and future of real Christmas trees — even if bought in a weekend frenzy — owes much to digital technology, eCommerce and the consumer preferences of younger buyers. That is helpful especially for “millennial and Generation Xers,” he said. An longstanding adage — cliché? Christmas Tree Farmers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

That wasn’t perhaps the most surprising news, given how Amazon keeps taking control of more logistical and delivery operations — an effort that many observers expect will eventually include the eCommerce operator competing head-to-head with UPS and FedEx. That’s one take on the news Thursday (Dec. Instacart Growth. billion in capital.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

And that’s unlikely to change in 2019 or beyond, given the growing purchasing power of bridge millennials. In fact, it is getting some new life from eCommerce operators. So-called online-only retailers — including Amazon — operate some 630 physical retail locations in the U.S., That trend is certainly nothing new.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Earlier this month, payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) partnered to bring real-time payments technologies to the community banks. percent CAGR between 2018 and 2025. workforce in Q4 2018, a number that’s expected to tip over to a majority share by 2027. businesses operate on two-week pay periods.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Consumers have been using internet technology for everything from nonessential health services to ordering from restaurants in the last few years, especially shopping more frequently online for retail products and groceries. Introduction.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

The greatest health crisis in a generation is poised to accelerate innovation at the intersection of healthcare , technology and payments as never before. And the retailer ponied up a reported $200 million for pieces of Seattle-based startup CareZone ’s technology, which personalizes prescription drug management for individuals.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Most estimates for 2018 are around $900 million. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines. The promotion was a success – and the latest pair-up with HSEL operates on similar logic.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Financefeeds reported that the HKMA, in its latest update to implementation of the Open Application Programming Interface (API) Framework for the banking sector, which dates back to July 2018, is readying for the second phase, known as Customer acquisition. Corporate Banking, Done Digitally. ” In India, Too.

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MAY 24, 2019

Shake Shack stands as a broader example of a QSR operator that is trying to advance the digital frontier, in large part because it serves a customer base that is probably more digitally-focused than other QSRs: urban-based, largely millennial and demonstrably mobile order-ahead friendly. For instance, commuters in 2018 spent some $62.3

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018. According to Glover, that means banks in the U.S.

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JUNE 11, 2019

And while Tesla has been a connected vehicle leader, other players in the industry such as Ford, Daimler and Volvo are launching offerings equipped with technology. From automakers to retailers and online platforms, companies around the world are tapping into connected commerce technology in automobiles and mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, Early Warning Services, the network operator behind Zelle, announced that $49 billion was sent through the Zelle network on 196 million transactions during Q3 2019. It may thus be no surprise that a Q4 2018 survey found that more than half of first-time P2P service users were at least 45 years old.

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MAY 17, 2018

Many of the hurdles and potholes challenging small business owners today can be attributed to an encompassing problem: SMBs need sophisticated technologies to compete on a global stage, yet the tools to get the job done are designed (and priced) for major conglomerates. Blankenship added that another barrier is “generational.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

About 31 percent of consumers now own voice-activated devices, up from 27 percent in 2018 and 14 percent in 2017. By comparison, ownership of smart TVs has increased just 5 percent, and ownership of connected cars has increased 3 percent since 2018. That’s not all — voice is becoming more emotionally attuned to consumers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2018

When Toys R Us first announced its bankruptcy a little under six months ago, it was with an almost upbeat tone: The move would allow the firm to refashion both its capital and operating structures and hit a reset on the business. Boomers vs. Millennials vs. Scammers . It even managed to garner a $3.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2017

The giants suddenly seem vulnerable, too, where technology is concerned, slow as they have been to adopt and adapt to the changing ways we transact, eschewing the bank branch in favor of the mobile phone screen. Exhibit A is Monzo, which got a double whammy of sorts this past week, in terms of financial news and operational snafus.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. Millennials and Gen Z are driving the growth of the secondhand market and eCommerce, generally. Both are generations that have grown up with technology and feel comfortable using it to purchase products at all price ranges,” he said.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. On another note, Albertsons reported strong numbers for its Q4 and full year of fiscal 2018. percent and 1.0 percent, respectively.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World. Get the free 64-page download to learn how industries are using tech to reimagine nearly every facet of their operations. Total wealth management deals were up 31% from 2018, according to PwC. First name. Company Name. Phone number. Source: Bloomberg.

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APRIL 3, 2018

For the PYMNTS 2018 Voice Challenge , Fiserv ’s own video submission showcased voice-enabled banking that moves beyond the confines of mere spoken commands. The Fiserv entry to the Alexa competition this time around, said Abele, operates in a visual capacity, with audio and video capacity. I want to go to the next step up.’”.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2018

Customers expect to be able to use their mobile devices to do all their day-to-day activities, and strong digital capabilities can attract and retain not just millennials, but all new customers. Throwing money at new technology without a change to strategy or operations is a fool’s errand based on wishful thinking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

The lucrative “ bridge millennial ” consumer segment — relatively high-earning and highly educated, and approaching their peak earning years — are particularly fond of this technology, with 31 percent reporting ownership of a voice-activated device and 55 percent of those owners using them to make a purchase. Google Goes Big.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Robinhood offers an easy-to-use app to trade stocks commission-free, making the company popular with millennials. In addition to operating some 1,500 U.S. It’s the first health-insurance-focused InsurTech to move toward an IPO as newcomers try to disrupt the massive medical coverage industry by using technology. on March 13.

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JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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