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Millennial credit card delinquencies rise: New York Fed

Payments Dive

Nearly 3% of millennials are newly delinquent as of the third quarter this year, slightly up from 2.5% in Q3 2019, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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

PYMNTS

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. percent of bridge millennials have used BNPL, close to double the average.

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Millennials Will Lead The Voice Commerce Revolution

PYMNTS

For example, 76 percent of consumers reported making purchases during at least one of their daily routine activities, whether eating breakfast, commuting to work or sitting at their desks in the office. That’s especially true for bridge millennials, those 32- to 42-year-olds, entering the prime time of their spending years.

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Report: How Faster Disbursements Can Woo Millennial Investors

PYMNTS

It also analyzes why younger investors like millennials have remained reticent to invest and how the health crisis could affect this generation’s spending and saving habits, especially as legacy disbursement methods such as paper checks continue to fall out of favor. Millennials have been hit especially hard, with one study finding that 5.6

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FTC: Millennials Report Losing $71M To eCommerce Fraud In Two Years

PYMNTS

A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. Online shopping fraud reports include complaints about items that are never delivered or are not as they were advertised.

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Popular Millennial Site Bleacher Report Dives Deep Into Sports Betting

PYMNTS

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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Millennials SME Owners Prefer Online Alternative Lenders to Tradtional Ones

Bank Innovation

small businesses, specifically and unsurprisingly with those run by millennials, according to a new report by Mercator Advisory Group. According to Mercator’s report, Business Banking Services: Keeping Up with Millennial Owners, 27% of total U.S. Online alternative lenders are gaining momentum with U.S.