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

APRIL 17, 2017

In the case of Square — the payments innovator that launched hundreds of mPOS imitators — the small problem was $2,000 worth of handblown glass that artisan Jim McKelvey couldn’t close the deal and sell. Launched in 2014 as the firm’s lending arm, Square Capital has extended over $1 billion in working capital to over 100,000 small merchants.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

I was reminded of this phenomenon recently after scanning a bunch of stories that described a variety of “disruptive” innovations in payments. It’s also true that the tools available to innovators today make platforms easier than ever to create. Venmo was established in 2009 and acquired by Braintree in 2012 for roughly $26 million.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. It is an innovator with tech (e.g., The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” Bankrate found 83% of millennials don’t think they’ll ever retire: they simply “don’t think they’ll have the money” to do so.). Much of Mint’s early success can be tied to a very simple product innovation.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Hats off to Greg for taking a $600 million credit union to a $5 billion innovator over his 25 years at the helm. Greg also leaves the organization knee-deep in technical innovation as PSECU has deployed Corelation core, Kony digital, Temenos origination and Sitecore CMS among other new solutions. Bank Sale of the Year.

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