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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

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San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The company, which was founded in 2017, is run by a former Sequoia Capital partner named Warren Hogarth.

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Banks should know these 5 Traits of Millennial business owners

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Everywhere you look, it seems, there are articles about Millennials: Millennial workers, Millennial customers, Millennial homeowners, Millennial voters. And banks and credit unions looking to grow business loan portfolios , especially, can benefit from insights into Millennial entrepreneurs.

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Ex-Uber Exec To File $250M SPAC IPO Backed By Former Google CEO

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2) for DPCM Capital Inc. , Hims , a direct-to-consumer company selling health products targeted at millennials, is using a SPAC to go public , for example. There’s a real need for quick, confidential capital and price certainty and for sponsorship in the markets,” he said. The trend has grown in recent months.

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Lendified And The SMB/Millennial Connection

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Lendified , which offers loans to small Canadian businesses online, said earlier this month that it has secured a $20 million credit facility through Liquid Capital. So it is with the extension of credit to smaller firms who need the funds to gain top-line traction.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

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We laughed out loud at this one when it came out a year ago and said it was just another example of Silicon Valley groupthink. The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. these days. The potential sale has attracted some big-name buyers.