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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

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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Consumer Credit Update for 2Q 2023

South State Correspondent

Capital rotation is to HELOCs and away from autos. Within autos, the capital rotation is for new cars over used cars. Consumer Credit – Cards There is a shift of capital occurring to the prime tiers of cardholders. Gen Z and Millennials are now using credit on their cards which was not seen before 2020.

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Don't Bank. SoFi

Jeff For Banks

After its most recent capital raise in September, SoFi, a marketplace lender that focuses on millennials, has raised nearly $1.5 billion in equity capital since its founding in 2011. billion in equity capital, with a market capitalization close to book value. By comparison, over 100 year old and $7.7

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Amazon Pop-Ups, John Lennon And The iPhone 7

PYMNTS

The rise is the first increase in median income since 2007, the year before the Great Recession started, according to CNNMoney. Millennials don’t seem to be feeling Banana Republic any longer, according to a study by RBC Capital Markets. percent increase from the previous year, according to data released by the U.S.

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HowGood Rates Product Sustainability, Sees $4.2M Series A

PYMNTS

The deal is one that seeks to bring mobile banking to underbanked consumers and also, in terms of demographics, to millennials. million Series A round of venture funding led by FirstMark Capital with participation from Contour Ventures, Humanity United and Serious Change LP, among others. HowGood Rates Product Sustainability, Sees $4.2M

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Mortgage Tech 101: What It Is & Why It’s Taking Off Now

CB Insights

Banks have receded from mortgage lending for a host of reasons, principally because the cost of complying with strict regulation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on loan qualification and capital requirements has made the business more expensive. Driver 3: Individuals’ debt burden forces them to find alternative lenders.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

Student debt was at $545 billion at the end of 2007, just ahead of the financial crisis, and now stands at more than $1.5 A survey by the Forum found that about 45 percent of overall respondents – but just 28 percent of millennials – agree with the statement that banks are fair and honest. Behind the Numbers .

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