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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

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San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The opportunity is large in the sector, as digital banks represent only about 3 percent of the overall market.

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Want To Reach Millennials? Embrace Digital Creativity

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Is there a secret sauce for merchants to capture the evolving millennial? One formula that offers engaging consumer experiences, and doesn’t insult the intelligence of millennials, is a combination of private-label debit and rewards or loyalty programs. Reaching Millennials. However, millennials care about more than price.

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An Analysis of Apple’s Strategy in Banking: Memojis, Marketing & Next Moves

The Financial Brand

This article An Analysis of Apple’s Strategy in Banking: Memojis, Marketing & Next Moves appeared first on The Financial Brand. It’s just as much part of Apple’s strategy for reeling in Millennials & Gen Z as its Apple Pay marketing. You can tell a lot from a memoji.

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Bank Marketing AI – Our 14 Favorite Applications That Will Change Your Bank

South State Correspondent

If you are looking to see the future of how banks will utilize artificial intelligence (AI), look no further than marketing. Even if you are not a bank marketer, this article is worth a read to understand AI’s capabilities. Bank marketing AI is ground zero to showcase the transformation that is already taking place.

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Toyota Plans To Turn Millennials Into Car Owners

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That bet could complicate, in a positive way, some of the general ideas out there about the preferences of millennial consumers. The integration of such tools is designed with those millennials in mind, part of the company’s effort to gain more revenue from a new generation of drivers. Not So Much About Tech As Marketing.

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Millennials Make Big Push For B2B Personalization

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Thanks to better data analysis — including via machine learning and artificial intelligence, among other emerging technologies — personalization is becoming a bigger part of the overall consumer experience. It said that 70 percent or more of millennials are involved in B2B buying decisions. “As B2B Gets Younger. B2B Business Rules.

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Dormify And The Magic Of Email Marketing To Millennials

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Dormify, a dorm decor startup, seems to have cracked the email marketing code for millennials and Gen Z buyers. The New York-based e-tailer has seen a 92-percent increase in revenue from email marketing and has doubled its web conversion rate. This has allowed it to bring in automation to the process.