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

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Whether it’s securing the cash through venture capital investments and family or paying down debts to start on the right step, money seems to be the central conduit that makes entrepreneurship world spin around. All of this could likely be contributing to today’s lack of entrepreneurs in the millennial age group.

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NEW REPORT: Visa On Arming CUs To Win The War For Millennial Talent

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Earlier this month, Senate lawmakers advanced the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which would exempt credit unions and small banks from regulations implemented under the Dodd-Frank Act, to a vote on the chamber floor. Helping CUs Engage and Retain Millennial Talent . The good news?

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NY Regulators Investigate Whether Earnin Is Covertly Offering Payday Loans

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Silicon Valley-based financial services startup Earnin has potentially run afoul of New York State regulators with its payday advance product for consumers. Investors also like the firm — in December the firm announced $125 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global and Spark Capital.

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SME Optimism Waning In Election Season, Says Capital One

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The latest findings from Capital One’s Spark Business Barometer found a significant decline in small business optimism this year compared to their sentiments this time last year, reports said on Monday (May 2). Capital One did uncover good news, however. The economy may be in recovery, but small businesses in the U.S.

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Stock-Trading Platform Robinhood Eyes Banking Services

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Sources say Robinhood Markets is in talks with regulators about offering banking services to its more than 4 million users. The app was specifically targeted at millennials — roughly 80 percent of the Robinhood app’s beta testers were under 30 years old, with an average age of 26. In May, the company received a valuation of $5.6

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Flush With $4.5M Funding, Haus Launches Monthly Wine Subscriptions

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Reacting to pushback from millennials frustrated with the ubiquity of expensive, traditional alcoholic drinks at professional and personal gatherings, Helena Price Hambrecht and husband Woody Hambrecht created Haus, a direct-to-consumer aperitifs startup with a membership-based business model. The married co-founders have so far secured $4.5

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China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival

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Beyond that collaboration, the festival focused on “homegrown” makers and millennial entrepreneurs, a nod toward smaller businesses that are gaining traction on the Taobao platform. Data from CBN also found that millennials launched as many as 700,000 shops on the Taobao platform last year.