PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

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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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

So much so that Reynolds quickly grew beyond being an aluminum foil company, expanding into an entire universe of home products: cling wrap, parchment paper, plastic containers, etc. The company also used Instagram to launch the “endless table” campaign, centered around all the foods one can cook with Reynolds wrap.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Millennials have long borne the blame for a variety of problems in commerce, including the decline in popularity of diamonds and certain fast casual restaurants. Millennials could be helping to bring new life to call center commerce. Millennials are increasingly seeking access to luxury goods — including relatively affordable items.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Global payments technology company Mastercard is opening a new platform aimed at the financial management needs of the millennial generation, the company announced today.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Such payments take days to arrive and are sparking frustration among consumers, leading many companies to consider implementing digital methods that can zip these funds more directly into consumers’ hands. How Digital Disbursements Are Becoming Critical In The Millennial Investing Industry. About The Tracker.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

This can be difficult, even for companies used to dealing with the whims of travelers, as they must support multiple payment types and channels to ensure they are appealing to the largest possible base of potential guests. Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers. Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What makes millennials tick? Census, millennials are 25 to 34 years old. The reason for that is because data shows a significant difference in payments and commerce between this segment and the Census view of millennials.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2018

Automated investing platform Wealthfront has just closed a $75 million round of funding, which will be used to build out its millennial-focused platform, the company announced yesterday.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

trillion global investment giant founded in the 1940s and named after Benjamin Franklin is teaming up with upstart Razer Fintech to create a digital wealth management platform targeted at millennials and young investors. 14) to work together to develop the new platform.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Digital mortgage company Better Mortgage has displayed rapid growth over the last year, originating $157 million in mortgages during 2017: a 1500% increase from the $10 million it originated in 2016.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

AI FinTech company Douugh’s CEO Andy Taylor shared his thoughts with PYMNTS on how this technology in particular is going to affect the industry that touches all others – banking. “AI As more millennials become adults and baby boomers pass on, these young adults will have larger purchasing power. million).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Millennials have been unloading Tesla shares a week before the company revealed disappointing Q1 delivery numbers. The company’s Q1 report sent shares falling by more than 8 percent on Thursday (April 4), according to Markets Insider. Tesla is down nearly 20 percent so far this year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The enrollment period for the Greenhouse mobile banking program has ended, and we’re no longer accepting new applications,” the company wrote on the Greenhouse program’s website. Millennial-Banking Apps Are Struggling. If there isn’t, look for more banks to discontinue their millennial-focused apps. For instance, J.P.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The millennial path of destruction allegedly continues, with those young consumers now taking blame for the decline in the popularity of canned tuna — a product that joins a casualty list that already includes diamonds and restaurants such as Applebee’s. Before we get to that, let’s review the newest charges leveled against millennials.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

This month’s Faster Payments Tracker explores the latest developments, as FIs and other companies seek to provide or tap into accelerated payment services. In some cases, clients who send utilities payments may have their services temporarily cut off if the money is slow to reach the companies. Around the Faster Payments World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Paris-based startup Leavy.co , which offers a travel app to help millennials finance their travel plans, has raised $14 million. Founded in 2017 by CEO Aziza Chaouachi, the app has been described as a “travel community and marketplace” that wants to help millennials travel for less. ” The Leavy.co by the end of this year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Millennials value experiences over things, as the familiar digital age adage goes, but sometimes millennials do, in fact, need actual things , such as sofas, beds and tables to furnish their apartments and houses. The Wall Street Journal also noted that “transparency rates highly for a typical millennial site.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Retailers looking to engage tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z consumers are quickly doubling down on their efforts to offer more visual content and enhance the discoverability of their products and services. A survey conducted last year found that 62 percent of millennials prefer visual search over other search methods.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

To get more millennials on board, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is rolling out offerings designed to attract younger, well-to-do consumes in urban areas. Jet.com is broadening its selection and rolling out same-day delivery in the Big Apple for kinds of items that millennials purportedly crave, like craft beer and local foods.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Millennials are making up an increasingly large portion of corporate buying teams, and it’s shaping the way buyers interact with their suppliers, finds the latest research from SnapApp and Heinz Marketing. The companies recently released a survey based on 503 B2B buying companies, conducted in June.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

India’s pay-later app Slice is introducing a no-fee Visa card that offers its Gen Z and millennial customers cash back and no-cost EMIs during festive sales. “We Payments startup Slice was founded in 2016 to cater to the financial needs of the Gen Z and millennial generations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Millennials and younger generations are digitally minded and want to interact with brands that can answer their personal requests through online and mobile channels.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2019

Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. The Simpsons,” Dolls, Shoes – The Eclectic World of Millennials’ Collections. It wasn’t the only big sale for a KAWS piece that day – a millennial Chinese buyer dropped $2.6

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

Millennials get a bad rap for everything from being unable to commit to a job to jeopardizing the cereal market. But, here’s a bit of good news coming out of travel and expense management company Concur: Businesses that have millennials in their workforces may actually save money — at least when it comes to business travel.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

is a rally cry that would perk the ears of many millennials, but how about “ Mastercard , assemble?”. Assemble for millennials is a toolkit that issuers, corporations and IBCUs can use to enable digital financial solutions, in this case targeting millennials, using a single-access digital prepaid product. What Millennials Want.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

Millennials. million millennials, as reported by Pew Research Center , obtaining, maintaining and retaining consumers from this particular consumer segment is the golden ticket for retailers. As such, a key demographic of the millennial population on which retailers may want to zero in: the Hispanic group. With approximately 79.8

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users. Bankrate has estimated that roughly 33 percent of millennials have cards. In one example, the apparel company Cotton On last year began offering installments via Afterpay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool. In another attempt to reach millennials, Kohl’s partnered with Popsugar to launch a clothing line last September. Kohl’s is following a retail movement to offer curated collections so shoppers can explore new trends.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

The millennial generation is often viewed as the entitled group of youngsters that believe everyone should get a participation trophy, while baby boomers are typically seen as more of a “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” kind of generation. What makes this even worse is that millennial unemployment is an astounding 11.5

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AUGUST 23, 2019

An AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experience For Millennials, Gen Z. Tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z consumers want a shopping experience that offers visual search to enhance product discoverability, harkening to social media apps such as Instagram and Pinterest. To learn more, visit the Playbook’s feature story.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation company, has partnered with Caviar, Grubhub and Uber Eats to provide delivery from restaurants all over the country, according to reports. The company has also revamped its mobile interface. It plans to eventually provide delivery times and costs inside the app.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

Bleacher Report, a millennial-focused sports website, has been steadily expanding into the sports betting space, attracting a new generation of gamblers who don’t consider sports gambling a bad thing, according to a report by CNBC. Bleacher Report said its sports betting category has shown massive growth for the company.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

When it comes to stock market picks, Wall Street investors are placing their bets on the buying power of the millennial generation. Horton, which he believes should get a boost as more millennials become first-time homebuyers. I like to call this chart ‘millennials can’t cook,’” Ran said. homebuilder D.R. In fact, D.R.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Just as marketers started to get the hang of this newfangled “millennial” crowd, the next generation comes along to shake things up with different values, preferences and spending patterns. Some call them Generation Z, some call them post-millennials. But the real surprise here comes from post-millennial media viewing numbers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

In an effort to attract millennials to its platform, Square is offering a pilot program that gives its Square Cash Card customers a dollar off their coffee purchases. The effort could change millennials’ payment behaviors, MarketWatch reported. People who only opened the app were not counted in the metric.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

It said that 70 percent or more of millennials are involved in B2B buying decisions. “As Indeed, it added, some most B2B buyers these days “expect B2B companies to personalize communications in a way that suits their needs. The company provides an API that employers can use to receive a services quote, at near-instant speeds.

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