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Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit

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It has been suggested that millennials are averse to having and using credit cards. Millennials are in fact as likely as other generations to have credit cards, with nearly nine out of 10 having at least one card, according to PYMNTS’ latest research. PYMNTS research shows 11.5

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NEW DATA: Better Customer Service Could Sway 3 in 10 Consumers To Switch Credit Cards

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There is a growing list of things millennials have seemingly been blamed for rendering obsolete, such as cocktail napkins, casual dining and expensive engagement rings. Our data suggests that card customer service departments must be equipped to address these fundamental concerns. cardholders across a range of age and income groups.

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Mobile Cards Key To Winning Bank Accounts

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Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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Mobile Card Apps: The Future Isn’t Plastic

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adults to possess a credit card , so the warp-speed adoption of mobile card apps has been a comparative blur. In surveying mobile card app usage for the December 2019 Bridging the Gap: Mobile Card App Adoption Report , PYMNTS found a vibrant, growing payments ecosystem. Mobile card app adopters are an enthusiastic bunch.

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New Data: Receivers Value Instant Payouts Enough To Pay To Get Them

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In fact, just 13 percent of the latter and 8 percent of the former say they receive their funds through instant payments to debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards or digital wallets. To learn more about how offering instant disbursements can help firms close the payout choice gap, download the Report.

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Heads Up, Millennials: Chick-Fil-A Wants To Buy You Breakfast

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The Atlanta-based fast-food chain is giving away a free breakfast item to all of its app users as a way to thank them for making the mobile app one of the top free downloaded apps in the Apple App Store since the launch in June. The app launched on June 1, was downloaded more than two million times in the first three days.

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Holiday Rebound: Apparel Retailers Drive Sales With Flexible Payment Options

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Recent research by PYMNTS and Afterpay found that millennials are especially enthusiastic about these flexible payment options, and prefer them more than any other generation. percent of millennials report being financially stable, compared to 79 percent of non-millennial consumers. To get the full story, download the Tracker.

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