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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

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The push toward digital banking seems an inexorable one, with the technology and demographics acting as tailwinds, and where governments have increasingly gotten into the act of promoting digital banks (the pure-play kind) and making forays into bits and bytes, where once paper and face-to-face transactions reigned. Kill the check.

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Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: When Does The ‘Cashless Society’ Begin?

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More than one out of four millennials carry less than $5 cash with them. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months. With a fifth of millennials already rarely using cash, it is clear that this is happening relatively rapidly,” said Kalle Marsal, CMO of Mitek.

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Physical Retail Isn’t Dead – The Physical Store Model Is

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It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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Malls, Retailers, Hotels Benefit From Workforce Changes

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What about retail stores, restaurants and hotels? Technology is making it easier for the workforce to put in the daily eight (or 10, or 12) hours from their own homes, but another change is taking place: Using commercial space left behind by retailers, or in eateries or hotels, as communal areas of work. WeWork Efforts.

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Robinhood Faces Another Service Interruption Due To Technical Issue

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The financial technology company is regarded for helping to make trading in vogue with millennials, Reuters reported. “We Robinhood was at the heart of a recent increase in day trading, with retail investors stuck in their residences because of pandemic restrictions.

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Pokemon The Surprise Retail Sizzle Of The Summer?

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When Amazon, the largest retailer by market cap, says that it had its best day ever , it’s hard not to call that a sizzle – and then some. Remember, Lending Club’s claim to fame, as all of the online lenders, was their technology prowess at building systems that could take data and mash it up and make better decisions, faster.

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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

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“It’s hard to imagine that there’s so much technology and innovation happening up and down the mobility spectrum except for in this market — and it’s a $1.4 It’s 2020, we have technology everywhere all the time, and most people are doing all their research on their phones anyway. trillion market in the U.S.

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