CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

That principle seems to hold true with millennials , as they lose some of the consumer spotlight to their successors in Gen Z. Brands, retailers and payment providers are already preparing for the arrival of Gen Z as adult consumers. The retail chain recently launched three house brands geared toward its teen and young adult customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The consumer electronics side excludes some key brands, such as Apple, Samsung, Dell, Google and Sony. To expand gently used gear to more members across the country, REI launched its online reCommerce business in 2018, supplementing its members-only Garage Sale events in its stores. The effort is loaded up with product guarantees.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It’s time to shift gears when it comes to a commonly held perception about millennials and vehicle ownership. After years of believing millennials were disavowing the practice, recent studies indicate the millennial generation is kicking the tires on the concept of owning or leasing their own set of wheels after all.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

And, at least so far, even linking that cool technology to retailer-specific loyalty programs hasn’t made much of a dent either. That’s the problem that Samsung set out to crack with the Samsung Rewards program launched a week ago. Cue The Samsung Rewards Multiplier. Source: Samsung. Make It Simple, Samsung.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

While there are still some retailers today that have either a cash-only policy or still take cash, most consumers do not typically carry it on them. The data also shared that 56 percent of millennials do not feel comfortable carrying cash in their wallet, which could be due to concerns of either spending it all too quickly or losing it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2016

While that may sound like a line from a self-help book, it’s actually a business strategy that more and more retailers are adopting. A concept that may not seem so novel is actually driving some impressive growth for retail chains across the country and around the globe. Stores within stores. As PYMNTS reported, on Jan.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

The online retail giant is set to release the Echo Show to the world on June 28 of this year. The Echo Show retails for $229.99 percent increase in usage from 2016 — driven primarily by millennial consumer adoption. percent of all millennials will use a virtual assistant in 2017. In 2017, eMarketer projects 35.6

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Smartphones and connected technologies are becoming increasingly symbiotic in many consumers’ retail experiences. However, as connected technologies offer new linking opportunities for consumers and retailers, online merchants are facing new adversaries in the fight against fraud.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

South Korea has 11 mobile payment services such as KakaoPay, Naver Pay and Samsung Pay, and around 28 million cards were loaded onto users’ smartphones in the second quarter. Carrier billing allows uses to make online payments. billion won from the previous quarter. Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 31, 2017

Are mobile wallets a threat to PayPal’s online payment dominance? This strategic shift — what I’ll call the PayPal Pivot — is the result of PayPal seeing the threat of mobile wallets to its online payment dominance. What’s ironic is that not long ago, PayPal was listed as the most popular mobile wallet among Millennials.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Not only do gift cards stand as the most popular holiday present, according to the National Retail Federation and other sources, but a Blackhawk Network survey found that “44 percent of consumers surveyed are interested in receiving a gift card to play the lottery, while 43 percent would be interested in giving a lottery gift card.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

It’s a big market today (which will be an exponentially bigger market tomorrow), one that innovators from all over technology, retail, payments and financial services are rushing to get in on at the ground floor, even though that ground floor itself is being built underneath them. So, where to look to understand what’s next?

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 20, 2016

Millennials, in particular, are embracing mobile payments with open arms: 44% of Millennials would rather use their mobile phones than cash to pay for smaller ticket items. 50% of Millennials want mobile payments because they want faster transactions. 85% say they are open trying new banking and payment technologies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

So, Cyber Monday broke all kinds of records, with total online sales up 12 percent from last year and topping $3.4 The big-box retailer might be onto something. And the company said it was gunning hard on its online presence, with better tracking and fulfillment goals. And millennials are signing up for membership, too.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Education: Technology and online content make the classroom optional. Online courses & content. Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Online grocery.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the last four years, we’ve had the adoption of bitcoin, Samsung and Apple Pay and the explosion of FinTech,” said Jenkins. Of course, it’s not just the FinTech industry and tech-savvy millennials who are fueling digital change. Telcos and retailers weren’t far down the list. This leaves banks and payments schemes vulnerable.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2016

December: Introduces bank account deposits using POLi online payment service. mBank & i3D : demoed their interactive, digital retail-branch concept. January: Goes Wearable with Motorola Moto 360 and Samsung Gear. Hedgeable : demoed its private banking platform for millennials. September: Launches in Mandarin.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the middle market (deals worth between $10M to $1B in value), private, online networks and SaaS tools are giving smaller company executives and brokers the ability to conduct M&A transactions on their own more quickly and far more affordably. Michael Bumkeun Cho, portfolio manager at Samsung Asset Management.

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