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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Innovation Is Key For CUs Amid The Pandemic And Beyond

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A transformation toward contactless payments is underway at the nation’s credit unions as the public shuns cash and even physical cards to lower infection risks with COVID-19. Offering touchless payments thus has the potential to drive merchants’ performance through consumer preference. The High Stakes Of Offering Contactless.

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation

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This study assessed how restaurants’ customer engagement strategies have evolved since the pandemic's onset, and helped identify the key digital innovations that can help restaurants deliver improved user experiences and boost their average unit volumes (AUVs). These payment types often deprive receivers of immediate access to funds.

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Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover

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Millennials have long been sought-after travel and hospitality customers, partly because they are perfectly placed to seek such experiences. This unique status creates both opportunities and challenges for firms in the space, as millennials search for the experiences they crave. Furthermore, millennials are set to spend $1.4

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Amex Updates Blue Cash Card To Reflect Millennials’ Spending

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In a sign of the times, American Express is increasing the rewards on its Blue Cash Preferred Card, announcing 6 percent cash back on U.S. American Express said the Blue Cash Preferred Card will still offer 6 percent cash back in U.S. “If I had to pick, I’d argue that the best potential fits are older millennials and Gen Xers.

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Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z

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Things move fast – perhaps too quickly at times – in payments and commerce. For starters, Zelle ’s Q3 results showed that its year-over-year payment values increased by 58 percent, while transaction volumes rose by 73 percent. For its part, Venmo now has an option to transfer money to the bank without a debit card for the same fee.

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Wells Fargo Shuts Millennial-Friendly App ‘Greenhouse’ To New Clients

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Avid Modjtabai, Wells Fargo’s head of Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovation, said at the time that “whether you are new to banking, don’t have regular paychecks or typically manage money with cash, we believe the Greenhouse experience can help you manage day-to-day spending while planning for the future.”. For instance, J.P.

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Affirm Looks To Launch Everyday-Use Virtual Cards

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Affirm, the lending startup that provides loans at the POS, is looking into launching everyday-use virtual credit cards, Bank Innovation has learned. The company, launched by a PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, provides point-of-sale loans that allow customers, particularly millennials, to finance purchases with participating merchants.

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