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How Verishop Is Using BNPL To Enable More Convenient Shopping

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Millennials have matured financially, but many remain wary of using traditional credit to buy even routine or small-ticket items. Younger demographics are searching for retailers that grant numerous product options and payment methods as they continue to eschew credit cards and loans. How Millennials Are Driving BNPL Growth.

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Community Banks, Where Moving Beyond Interest IncomeĀ Is In The (Credit) Cards

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One area of (overlooked) potential lies with credit cards. But the financial world is changing, Moorer told PYMNTS, due to generational shifts and consumersā€™ needs transitioning from baby boomers to the millennial. Issuing cards and creating a payments strategy, he said, can help community banks innovate in effective and exciting ways.

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Last Roar Of The Paper Tiger?

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Statistical swarms of millennials and Gen Zers report never having used a paper check. Stepping into this hot mess have been innovative card products, digital checks and cloud tools that enable more companies to bring indie contractors into the fold. No unified definition of ā€œgig economy workerā€ has emerged from the government.

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Why Pushing Pause Will Help Subscription Commerce Surge

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That fact is increasingly underlined in a variety of data streams: recent PYMNTS consumer surveys, the earnings reports of the card networks, early information on how stimulus funds are being spent ā€“ they all tell the same story of consumers tightening their belts and shifting away from discretionary spending and toward necessities.

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Building A Subscription Box For Tools And Construction Supplies

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Millennials are also more likely to go the do-it-yourself (DIY) route than consumers from other age groups. Almost three quarters ā€” or 73 percent ā€” of millennials are doing DIY home improvement. For payments, the company accepts credit cards or debit cards through its website, and it uses Stripe for processing.

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Snapchat App Snapbots To Sell Smart Spectacles

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We finally have a definitive answer to the mysterious, canary-yellow marketing campaign Snapchat launched earlier this year. The army of Snapbots are debit card- and credit card-compatible, ready for a new type of Snapchat customer to fork over their payment. The Snapbots are coming!

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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