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How Pilot Is Innovating Corporate Taxes For Millennial-Run Businesses

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Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. They carry their payment innovation expectations into the business world. “If

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INV Unfiltered: 111 Million Reasons to Ignore Millennials

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Talk about financial innovation has centered around millennials for years now — so much so that Ron Shevlin, the industry consultant, recently called Baby Boomers the “emerging” sector in fintech. That sector of people older than 50 now numbers 111 million — and is rapidly growing — in America.

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Millennials Are Saving, But Not For Retirement

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The millennial generation is saving money—just not to leave the work force. The majority of millennials, at 63%, are saving towards their “desired lifestyle” rather than towards retirement goals, according to the Spring 2017 Merrill Edge Report by Bank of America, released on Friday.

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Millennial Small Business Owners Are Most Optimistic About 2018 Growth, BofA Survey Says

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The most optimistic owners are millennials, according to data from the Bank of America Fall 2017 Small Business Owner Report. The survey of about 1,000 small businesses, released last week, found that the majority of millennial entrepreneurs (81%, the survey […].

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AI/BOTS: AI Bank Tech And Millennials

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As more millennials become adults and baby boomers pass on, these young adults will have larger purchasing power. Census, shared that the number of millennials (75.4 Given these figures, and varying degrees of purchasing power, and interest in trying out new technologies in everyday settings, millennials seem to have the upper hand.

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Not Even Millennials Care About Mobile Payments, Studies Show

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Turns out even millennials don’t care that much about mobile payments. According to a report presented by the tech consultancy Accenture at Money20/20, the number of those of us in North America who use our mobile phones to pay at the point of sale hasn’t changed in the slightest since last year, Read More.

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Baby Boomers vs. Millennials: Which Generation Has More Entrepreneurs?

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One of the biggest hurdles to starting a new business, in addition to developing an innovative out-of-the-box idea, can be where and how to obtain funding. All of this could likely be contributing to today’s lack of entrepreneurs in the millennial age group. percent of Generation X and 8.3 percent for Baby Boomers.