PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4 The media is now doing all kinds of piling onto Snap, claiming that they’re not worth the paper the IPO was printed on.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

The leader of the latest capital raise is Partech. The funding will be used for growth initiatives, with an eye on millennials, and a launch of nine new localized sites across the U.S., Its revenue on an annualized basis was around $75 million, as measured in 2017, and 150 percent over 2016’s levels.

Millennials 134

Millennials Branding Capital Report 134

PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

The latest estimates from the Small Business Administration (SBA) peg the number of new SMBs at 414,000 each year, spurring job creation and economic growth for the country, with millennial entrepreneurs at the helm. The high failure rate of a new small business has entrepreneurs focused on simply surviving their first few years in operation.

Strategy 279

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Beyond that collaboration, the festival focused on “homegrown” makers and millennial entrepreneurs, a nod toward smaller businesses that are gaining traction on the Taobao platform. Data from CBN also found that millennials launched as many as 700,000 shops on the Taobao platform last year.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 15, 2016

This trend of focusing on commercial lending for portfolio growth seems to be gaining, as reflected in a 2016 poll by Sageworks where 42 percent of respondents said they would be focused on CRE lending for portfolio growth in 2017, while 39 percent said C&I would be the core of their growth strategy. Small businesses in the U.S.

Lending 150

Lending Millennials Study Survey 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Luckily, research from Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Capital One and others often point to one thing: Despite the challenges, small businesses are optimistic. That doesn’t mean non-millennial entrepreneurs are necessarily struggling, though. billion in working capital is on the books for U.K. Eighty-one percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

Zero, a company that aims to modernize credit cards for the millennial generation, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, according to a report. million raise in the fall of 2017, which was led by Eniac, and it also raised $7 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank. Zero announced an $8.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2017

The growing popularity of mobile order-ahead is hardly news in the restaurant industry, where customers — especially millennials — crave the convenience, speed and personalization of a mobile ordering experience both in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), coffee shops and fast-casual dining environments.

Mobile 193

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CB Insights

JULY 25, 2019

Fintech is often associated with digital tools targeted at tech-savvy millennials. Capital One, for example, has partnered with Older Adults Technology Services and the National Council on Aging to create a series of free online courses to educate seniors about digital banking: Ready, Set, Bank. . Source: Capital One.

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Millennials Fintech Tools Fraud 73

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Our data confirms the growing importance of artificial intelligence for eCommerce as today’s online shoppers, and in particular millennials, want to spend less time searching for the products they want to purchase,” said Oliver Tan, cofounder and CEO of ViSenze, according to Business Insider. Last September, ViSenze closed a $10.5

United States 136

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The $4 million in funding was led by Experian Ventures, Dig Ventures and Cherry Tree Investments, along with participation from new and existing investors including Social Leverage, Wavemaker Partners and Mucker Capital, Stackin’ said in a press release. UPROXX Media was acquired by Warner Music Group, the press release said.

Digital Banking 116

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

A growing group of consumers — particularly millennials and other young shoppers — are embracing connected grocery offerings. billion in capital. According to one report , Whole Foods accounted for 5 percent of Instacart revenue, down from about 10 percent in 2017. households. Instacart Threat.

Retail 197

Retail Millennials Capital Operations 197

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The company was sold to Criterion Capital less than two years after, and the Birches purchased it for $1 million in 2013. eGaming was a $493 million industry in 2016, and that had increased to $655 million in 2017 (the last year for which data was available.) Bebo organized the viewers, and the streams appeared on Twitch.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Puerto Rico is still trying to recover from 2017’s Hurricane Maria, and much of that effort involves getting more tourists to visit the island. is down this year compared to 2017, particularly with millennials, and that baby boomers are now the new drivers of the movement.” What’s going on in the U.S.

Puerto Rico 109

Puerto Rico Los Angeles San Francisco Millennials 109

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

According to the PYMNTS/Unifund Financial Invisibles Report , 81 percent of participants said their financial situations have either remained stable or improved since last year, and the number of consumers seriously delinquent on debt dropped 11 percent between Q4 2017 and Q2 2018. Resetting Mortgage Services.

Millennials 145

Millennials Lending System Data 145

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The report, entitled “ Financing Their Future: Veteran Entrepreneurs and Capital Access ,” comes amid other news about the challenges that owners of smaller business have with financing — and payment and financial services firms, along with some banks, stepping up to that business opportunity. Social Capital.

Capital 152

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Amazon’s bedding and bath label Pinzon, for example, has seen its sales decline by 50 percent during 2017 as AmazonBasics has seen its own increase by 50 percent. But unlike the eCommerce superstore, which had a broad audience, the eRetailer decided to gear its Uniquely J toward millennials. For Everyone.

Branding 119

Branding Millennials Retail Strategy 119

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

New investor David Williams, who is Merkle’s chairman and CEO, joined existing major investors who are increasing their support, including Millennial Media Co-Founder and CTO Chris Brandenburg, according to an announcement from the company. merchants last year, marking an increase of 15 percent from $450 billion in 2017 per U.S.

Branding 115

Branding Millennials Online Analysis 115

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

The study reported that for every dollar of capital raised, women-run startups generated 78 cents in revenue, compared to 31 cents for men-run startups. The problem is that female-founded firms still lack in venture capital funding. Female-founded firms also tend to receive less than their male-led counterparts.

Regional 179

Regional Capital Study Leadership 179

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

According to news from Forbes published last month, small business owners are getting ready to hand down their businesses to millennial entrepreneurs. But it doesn’t have to be that way … Instead of just letting businesses close down, we need more millennials who can identify these opportunities and buy into them and grow them.”.

Millennials 116

Millennials Technology Software Taxes 116

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. billion in 2017. That marked an increase from 2017’s $1.4 million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing.

Apple 159

Apple Mobile Fraud Branding 159

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

And now it seems credit cards are coming to the party — Capital One, Synchrony and Discover Financial have all increased their loan-loss provisions and reported increasing delinquencies. Capital One’s first-quarter earnings are a good case in point, as they notched a much higher rate of loss than its management or investors were expecting.

Millennials 103

Millennials Lending Capital Cards 103

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2016

billion, Black Friday rung up $3 billion in online sales alone and the shopping has continued with experts and indicators pointing to a solidly growing 2017. Capital One just release the results of its first Credit Confidence Study of 2,300 people who are new to establishing credit, building or rebuilding their scores.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

With orders averaging out to $150 per person and the average buyer’s age 28, Spring is focused on the millennial age group and expects to see its 2017 gross sales reach $100 million. This young company sells clothes solely through its mobile app and website from 2,000 brands.

Millennials 108

Millennials Retail Branding Groups 108

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Yes, Instant Pot-side chats are the fireside chats of the millennial generation. Somewhat more seriously, the Instant Pot also seems to be the beloved dinner prep tool of the millennial generation. At the conclusion of the deal, both firms will be owned by Cornell Capital, which bought Corelle in 2017.

Branding 108

Branding Millennials Innovation Marketing 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Val, which is considered “a digital money coach” is still in beta form, with plans to fully launch in early 2017. The companies said that, because research says millennials check their phones more than 45 times a day, the banking platform is meeting those customers where they are: on their phones.

Millennials 100

Millennials America Study Mobile 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic. “The millennial target isn’t a new target for us, nor is it a customer that’s foreign to us,” Smith said. “We We want to make them even bigger superfans of the brand.

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social media Millennials San Francisco California 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

And both of those big firms have a stake in China International Capital Corp. billion in capital via 924 funding rounds last year. Go-Jek entered the digital payments market in the spring of 2016 and by January of 2017, it said Go-Pay accounted for more than half of its transactions. Tencent was part of that action.

Mobile 129

Mobile America Fintech Capital 129

PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2017

It is OK for firms that have seed capital, that anticipate growth in sales that need to support staff and machines and servers … ‘til scale comes into play, and red ink turns black. There’s also Atom (focused on mortgages), Tandem (banking with a focus on millennials) and Starling, with relatively broad service portfolios.

ATM 109

ATM Capital Cards Millennials 109

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While much of physical retail struggled in 2017 from rapidly realigning consumer shopping habits, the team at Home Depot had an incredibly solid year, with same-store sales growing each quarter and a stock price that surged 42 percent. Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017. A Stumbling Start to 2018.

Retail 101

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2017

By the end of 2017, nearly $1.8T worth of mortgages will have been originated in the United States this year, according to government-backed mortgage lender Freddie Mac. FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING. Fintech deals and funding are on track to reach record highs in 2017.

Millennials 69

Millennials Lending United States Technology 69

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

Trends 101

Trends Retail social media Online 101

Gonzobanker

JULY 22, 2019

Millennials and Gen X appreciate the technology, seeing ITMs as a bridge between walking through the door or settling for a cash-only machine. Large capital investment. A gap analysis is a critical first step in helping an FI determine how the capital expenditure fits into its long-range technology plan. THE CHALLENGES.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Faster disbursements also mean businesses can no longer rely on holding the same amount of working capital as they do when running payroll once every two weeks, Reany noted. Cash flow and working capital is much harder for small businesses,” said Reany. ADP surveyed 500 U.S.

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Cards Meeting Resources Capital 130

CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2017

While late-stage investing rounds are the typical “tipping point” for entry into the unicorn club, one quarter of newborn unicorns in H1’17 earned their $1B+ valuations with a mid-stage Series C capital raise. Select Round Investors: Breyer Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Wildcat Venture Partners. Valuation: $1.4B.

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US Capital North Carolina Data 28

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Home Depot, on the whole, had an overwhelmingly successful 2017 , with a stock price that surged over 42 percent over the course of the year and big plans to inoculate itself against the Amazon effect with a major eCommerce push on deck for the next several years. percent increase in same-store sales during the same period. tax reform.

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Nashville Tennessee Taxes Course 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

According to the New York Federal Reserve, household debt surged in the final quarter of 2017 to $13.15 percent in 2017, its quickest uptick in two years. Capital One , for example, opened the year with earnings that reflected higher quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year defaults, and a jump of 5 percent in credit loss provisions.

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