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Matchmaking Millennials To The Experiences They Desire

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While millennials aspire to seek out meaningful experiences, they don’t necessarily have the spending power that enables them to do so. Many consumer businesses operate with very high fixed costs and oftentimes have excess capacity to fill, he explained. Many of the restaurants in Boston or across the U.S.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers. Customers] recognize the reader [I use],” Kim said.

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As Bill Payments Go Digital, The Rental Industry Still Lags

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Younger consumers are leading the way when it comes to online bill payments, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. That growth came, in part, at the expense of bill-paying sites and services operated by banks. Source: Payments Powering Platforms Tracker , powered by WePay.

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Amid Blockchain And Robotics Hype, Corporate Lenders Still Start With The Cloud

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According to a recent survey from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), profits among the world’s corporate banking institutions is significantly declining – but digitization could halt that trend. Analysts say the tangible benefits of digitization and a happier end user are clear.

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How Platform Payments Are Reimagining Rentals

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Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly paying their bills online. are paid online, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. They’re hoping to eliminate not just paper rent checks, but also paper applications and legacy systems that slow down the rental process.

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In Favor Of Delivery: The Growing Omnichannel Store-To-Door Ecosystem

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These programs — which include apps like GrubHub, Foodler, Favor, Seamless and DoorDash – operate independently of merchants, acting as middlemen between in-home consumers and various eateries. According to Duncan, Favor fields inquiries surrounding both its own operations and mishaps that are the restaurants’ responsibilities.

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Getting Mobile Ready

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A consensus says that the future banking customer relationships—particularly for millennial consumers—will orbit to one degree or another around mobile technology. Consumer studies the Boston firm has conducted indicate increasing mobile-banking adoption and awareness and use of mobile remote-deposit capture applications.

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