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Millennials May Never Financially Recover From The Great Recession

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For all the press about how millennials are the future of commerce, there is one big and rather problematic roadblock in that narrative. Millennials are kind of broke – and they might always be. While other generational groups also lost ground during the Great Recession, millennials as a group have largely missed the recovery.

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Deep Dive: Why Staffing Agencies Must Consider Payroll Cards

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This month’s Deep Dive digs into the data that guides staffing agencies’ payroll disbursement decisions, including payroll cards ’ pros and cons. Employees’ Payroll Card Opinions. Checks have been common in temporary staffing, but disbursements to reloadable debit cards are drawing new interest. million in 2010 to 5.9

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A Debit-Enabled Fix To In-Store Checkout Abandonment

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Debit cardholders often choose this payment method because it is more secure than carrying cash — which cannot be recovered if lost — and may safeguard them against spending more than they have, which is not the case with credit cards. Rising generations show a keen interest in debit cards, according to a new report.

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How Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?

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Numerous researchers have shown that consumers do not treat medical debt the same as credit or debit card debt, or other forms of outstanding bills. TransUnion found that in 2016 — the most recent data available — almost 75 percent of millennials did not pay their medical bills in full.

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Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune

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By the end of 2020 four in 10 shoppers worldwide will belong to Gen Z, the consumer group born more or less between 1996 and 2010. A bit younger than their millennial siblings and cousins, they’ve grown up totally mobile, and have idiosyncrasies that make them unique.

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Consumer Credit Update for 2Q 2023

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Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and bank card usage are up 24% and 17%, respectively. Consumer Credit – Cards There is a shift of capital occurring to the prime tiers of cardholders. 2Q has been a record quarter for originations based on the number of cards and total volume. Unsecured personal loan usage is up 21%.

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Americans Are Borrowing Like It’s 2008 … Sort Of

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percent in the first quarter of the year, a pick-up from Q4 but well below the 2010 high of 8.7 While mortgage delinquency rates continue to fall, delinquency rates on auto loans and credit cards are trending up. percent default rate in late 2010. Which leads to the bigger overall concern: the millennial borrower.