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Step Aside, Millennials — Why Fintechs Are Targeting Baby Boomers & Retirees

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Fintech is often associated with digital tools targeted at tech-savvy millennials. They make up close to 25% of the total US population and are by far the wealthiest generation — and will continue to be so until at least 2030, according to a 2015 Deloitte study. . get the REPORT on next generation investors. Source: Deloitte.

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Navigating The Overstuffed Weight Loss Market

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is largely credited for the global epidemic – even if we are no longer technically the “fattest” country on Earth (congratulations, Nauru ) – the problem has definitively spread inside our national borders. Plus, while the U.S. percent of global GDP. Noom is an app-based method for tracking calories and activity.

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Uber Of X: Silvernest, Airbnb For Baby Boomers

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Silvernest’s Ceo and cofounder Wendi Burkhardt spoke to PYMNTS about this growing sector, its role in the sharing economy and why the focus doesn’t always need to be on millennials for the future of the housing market. And then it’s our hope that we’ll be fully expanded and have awareness at a national level by 2018.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina. Niche Payments Acquisition Award – Goes to City National Bank for its acquisition of FilmTrak. Sorry Millennials, you are now so yesterday like GenX and the OK Boomers. Might be time to. New-Group-for-Stereotypes-and-Buzzwords.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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Fashion Forward: How Tech Is Targeting Waste & Pollution In The $2.4T Fashion Industry

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation claims that “a circular economy development path could halve [Europe’s] carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, relative to today’s levels,” and reduce consumption of primary materials such as fuel, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and agricultural water by 53% in 2050.