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Flexible Payment Plans Promise Merchant Growth In 2021

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The December edition of the Buy Now, Pay Later Tracker® explores how consumers’ shifts toward using BNPL solutions in stores and online accelerated during the holiday shopping season, as well as how this trend is poised to grow in the year ahead. A Look At BNPL Solutions’ Growth During The Holiday Season And What It Means For 2021.

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8 Connected-Economy Firms Expected To Light Up The IPO Market In 2021

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Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Reuters quoted unnamed sources as saying the offering would occur in early 2021, valuing the company at about $30 billion. Connected-economy companies led 2020’s surprisingly successful roster of U.S.

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BNPL Is Poised To Light Up The COVID Holidays With Affordability

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Buy now, pay later financing services can play an important role in motivating consumers to make purchases, particularly the key demographic of millennials,” the report states. Bridge Millennials Crossing Over To BNPL. How they use credit and how they feel about it, however, is what sets millennials apart from other demos.

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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Innovation Is Key For CUs Amid The Pandemic And Beyond

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PYMNTS’ research indicates that millennials (ages 23 to 39) and bridge millennials (ages 30 to 40) have the greatest interest in P2P payment use, for example. CUs that can push the digital envelope by meeting member demands for more variety in payment technologies are sure to see advantages in 2021 — and beyond.

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Building A Bridge To The Next Generation Of Commerce

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Millennial is now a generational definition that encompasses both those just leaving their parents’ home and entering college, and those paying a mortgage on their house and worrying about paying for their kids’ college. 30-40 : The age range of the bridge millennial consumer group. They are the present. They are the present.

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Exclusive Data: Twenty-Five Percent of Consumers Say Retail, Online Grocery Digital Shift Will Stick

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Instead of flocking back to brick-and-mortar shops, consumers are continuing to shop from the safety of their homes, and are actually buying more online — not less — than they were before the reopening began. consumers are now buying retail goods online as of May 23, compared to 29.2 PYMNTS’ latest survey shows that 35.7

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Physical And Digital Retail Unite For The New In-Store Experience

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As COVID-19 continues to modify ideas around how we shop and pay, consumers and B2B buyers are also making choices about where to shop: online or in-store? The payment options merchants accept impact consumers’ willingness to shop in store for 69 percent of bridge millennials, 70 percent of millennials and 71 percent of Gen Z consumers.”.

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