PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Making the most of those relationships served as the foundation of a new PYMNTS interview with Matthew Carpenter, senior vice president, market director for Elan. Broadly speaking, it seems the follow-up act to the millennial generation – that is, Gen Z – is much more positively inclined toward using credit products of all stripes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This is also the case for the drinking habits of millennials vs. baby boomers. According to PYMNTS research, millennials of drinking age drank 42 percent of the wine that was drunk in 2015, with the average millennial downing just over three glasses in a sitting. Either way, millennials want their beverages to speak to them.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

It has made the millennial generation of women — either entering or settling into their prime spending years — something of a unique class of citizens when it comes to financial services. Millennial women are evolving into very [a] different relationship with money,” said Reilly. I think we are at a tipping point.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2016

In a payments landscape that is ever-changing and rapidly growing, having a focus on innovation that takes that same approach is significant. As Peter Read , President of Peoples Card Services , recently pointed out to PYMNTS, needs are never static, and neither should the payments innovation aimed at addressing them.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But for entrepreneurs and innovators, a $2 trillion problem can also double as an opportunity – and the business of helping consumers lose weight is looking incredibly fit these days. There are the classics, of course – Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem and the segment’s reigning champion, Weight Watchers , which brings in roughly $1.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2017

It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms. Now that seems to be true even in fashion.

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JUNE 25, 2019

P2P and Millennials. For instance, according to one report from LendEDU , a student loan refinancing company, about 33 percent of millennials had paid for drugs via Venmo — and that was in late 2017. Surveys and other types of reports are taking note of this apparent trend. About a fifth, by comparison, had used Venmo for gambling.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. The trigger for the look back has of course has been the Sept. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Detractors can slow progress, of course, but stopping or reversing the trend seems unlikely. Which means the team at Eaze is ready to innovate for the next phase of the market: when cannabis becomes just like any other consumer good. We’re investing the money now in what’s clearly going to be a very big market.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Forget millennials – well, at least for a moment. So-called Generation Z is also driving much of the innovation when it comes to retail. The items are sold in small quantities to catch the interest of Generation Z and millennial consumers who aren’t interested in buying in bulk. Take Target, for instance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. Distribution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to innovate faster and further when it comes to the technology they use on their online platforms, as to stay one step ahead of bad actors with access to the same technology. The Tracker also examines how these technologies are beginning to be used in new markets like South Africa and India. Around the Digital Banking World.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. This one is particularly amusing. percent, the next biggest player is Kroger at 7.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The panelists agreed that there is no lack of liquidity in the market. But that’s against a backdrop where interest rates are low, and thanks to the Federal Reserve, will be near zero over the course of several years. The Big Picture . And as Hudson Executive Capital’s Bergeron said, valuations are high.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Millennials have shown remarkable interest in these solutions, which allow consumers to finance purchases with specific terms when they check out online. Millennials lead in the early adoption of BNPL, especially older “ bridge millennials ,” or those aged 32 to 41 who tend to have more purchasing power than their younger counterparts.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

or largely focused on the domestic banking market. If you have an interesting podcast to share, please send it to marketing@abrigo.com. Weekly episodes highlight innovators and industry players driving innovation in the financial services industry. Check them all out in our Knowledge Center.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Forget millennials, that consumer segment that is blamed for the downfall of most everything while also being the target of many innovative efforts. There are signs of an emerging mini-genre online that gives advice on what single people should buy at that warehouse store – which, of course, sells items in bulk. Shifting Tide.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The highest interest is among “bridge millennials” whose card spend averages $40,000 annually. They are the world’s most sought-after banking customers, aside from the wealthy of course. Mobile cards and their convenience will turn heads and make up minds in the battle for bank account market share that’s now shaping up.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

College-educated shoppers also outpace those with only high-school degrees or less, while bridge millennials, millennials and Generation Zers expressed greater interest than Gen-X and Baby Boomers did. Of course, plenty of digitally native firms have focused on D2C from day one rather than pivoting to that after COVID-19 hit.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

One might argue that the shifts have been better or for worse (when was the last time one could separate a millennial from their iPhone for a decent conversation?), Apple gets its shine from the fact that, per BV, it “makes innovation accessible, and uses its brand to viscerally connect with its consumers and establish a new normal.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Millennials love to share. They are proportionally comfortable using gig economy services that provide these things, with about a third of millennials working some sort of gig position themselves. and Canada, with 250 trusted partners (independent contractors and mom-and-pop stores) providing gear in those markets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

But, of course, no one likes having to go and replace a tire. Unless, of course, they never want to go to the store at all. It was this observation, said Fred Thomas, vice president and general manager of retail for Goodyear, that led the firm to believe it had reached a crossroads where innovation is necessary.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

That popularity made the market appealing to STEM-inspired children’s toy and media brand GoldieBlox , and to JOANN (formerly JOANN Fabrics) — but also daunting. Clearly there is a hunger in the market for these kinds of products, Rob Will, SVP eCommerce, GMM Craft at JOANN noted in an interview. If, of course, they can get orders.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

We finally have a definitive answer to the mysterious, canary-yellow marketing campaign Snapchat launched earlier this year. Spectacles will be sold by Snapbots: vending machines with a digital display that Snapchat will use as the product’s only means of distribution (that is, of course, until the resellers get involved).

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

If one were trying to come up with the most millennial-sounding product imaginable, it would be hard to do much better than an artisanal marshmallow. And, for the brand’s increasingly avid fans attest, the artisanal marshmallow is not a joke: It is an innovation the world was waiting for but did expect. A New Innovative Dream.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June 5) a “more engaging visual approach to marketing” of tickets. MMGY , a travel marketing firm, has found that 33 percent of millennials are willing to use travel agencies.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

A big part of the trend is driven by younger consumers — that is, the interest on the part of millennials in using recycled clothing, and caution on the part of the luxury brands in terms of what they can do online. According to the company’s own estimates , the resale market will grow to $41 billion by 2022. Resale Factors.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

The firm in March won gold at Innovation Project 2017 for “Best Comeback Story.”. Broadly speaking, said the CEO, “there has been a tremendous amount of technology innovation in restaurants and certainly that has been the case with things like online ordering, online reservations.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

But that’s not stopping efforts at innovation and disruption in this space. Aspiration Bank is one of those innovators hoping to gain socially-conscious consumers via a pay-what-you-like fee structure — while also managing to please investors at the same time. “We That’s not all, of course. “No Aspiration Results.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift toward younger consumers, particularly millennials. The tech required to build that as a general market product, he noted, isn’t quite there yet. By Cherry, of course.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Not only are millennials turning to self-storage at a higher rate than their parents, he told PYMNTS, but the excess demand means many self-storage operators feel free to skimp on customer service, security and anything resembling even basic insurance. No doubt — that’s why other young companies are striving for a piece of this market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A lifestyle brand for millennial buyers with an eye for design – but perhaps not the pocketbook for designer prices – the watch and accessories startup MVMT started on its path in 2013. Being millennials, shopping online, seeing the growth of eCommerce before it really blew up … we saw that coming.” “We are online shoppers.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Of course, some of this investment came from banks. The drive towards open banking gives them a direct line into a potentially lucrative market. And, crucially, it’s a market where they’re well placed to deliver the flexible, personalized experiences consumers demand. That’s no surprise.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The day after Halloween marks the 60-day sprint to the end of the year – a year in which the pace of innovation has accelerated materially. The shifts associated with that innovation are beginning to take root, and those impacts are beginning to be felt. In fact, according to our recent study, they come in dead last.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic. Is it though?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Payments and other forms of innovation and disruption are taking place as the gig lifestyle spreads across the world and seeps ever further into the daily lives of consumers while becoming more critical to business. The reliance on cash in many of the markets served by UReed, Alhassan said. Among the main challenges?

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