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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

PYMNTS

Pride events can draw hundreds of thousands of people, and many merchants turn out to meet them, but providing goods in such populated settings can be complicated for those that do not have the right mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) setups to make purchasing quick and convenient. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride.

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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

PYMNTS

Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. Co-living companies in the U.S.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

PYMNTS

Sure, one could sit back in an armchair and chalk it all up to irascible millennials, but Staples is taking the proactive approach and making sure it can provide the right office supplies, however — and wherever — its consumers want them. “People are everywhere,” Jacobson said. “People are living in all different places.

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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

William Mills

While this year will be remembered for: fintech labs and partnerships with traditional FI’s; the rise of millennials; and a push for real-time payments; I’ve been thinking a lot about how to gauge disruption and how we should view the messengers. Here is a list of events we will attend this year: Finovate Fall 2016. Money 20/20.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

CB Insights

Every few weeks, another story about the dreaded generation surfaces: millennials are killing casual dining; millennials are killing breakfast cereal; millennials are killing home ownership. Millennials aren’t shunning luxury goods; they’re just renting them instead of buying. Millennials are in debt.

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Blue Apron Turns 7 As Meal Kit Industry Grows Up

PYMNTS

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one). The timing seemed perfect.

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Blue Apron Marks Seventh Birthday Amid Meal Kit Industry Changes

PYMNTS

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one). The timing seemed perfect.

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