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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 Founder and CEO of Nubank David Velez also participated in the funding round. It offers a savings account with a 1.6

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Deep Dive: Keeping Up With Bridge Millennials’ Retail Impact

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Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. Bridge millennials are consumers aged 30 to 40 whose shopping and financial preferences straddle Gen X and millennial demographics.

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Debit Beats Credit With Bridge Millennials

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Not willingly – unless you use a credit card at the POS terminal, that is, in which case you’ll pay the retail price plus 21 percent. Multitudes of Americans woke up and wised up to the true nature of credit after the Great Recession, driving a surge in the use of debit cards. Would you pay interest on a cup of coffee?

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Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers

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They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Millennials and younger generations are digitally minded and want to interact with brands that can answer their personal requests through online and mobile channels.

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Retail Data Shows Online Dominance, Gift Card Momentum For Holiday Spending

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Among those who said they would increase spend, about a third of millennials and Gen Xers said they would increase spending. A third of bridge millennials will increase their usage of mobile devices, more than any other segment. And when consumers do go online, gift cards are winning the season. percent will use a laptop or PC.

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With Home Equity Lacking, Will Millennials Embrace POS Financing?

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Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users. Bankrate has estimated that roughly 33 percent of millennials have cards. In one example, the apparel company Cotton On last year began offering installments via Afterpay.

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The Impact of Mobile Card Apps On FI Customer Retention

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Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. And once a top of wallet is set, the card becomes invisible and changes very infrequently.”.

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