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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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Canadian Startup KOHO raises C$42m to Expand Banking Services

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KOHO, a Toronto-based digital banking startup, has raised C$42 million (US$31 million) in a Series B round to add new products and services. KOHO, with its millennial friendly aesthetic and messaging, currently offers its users debit cards, personal finance management tools and cashback features.

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Mobile Cards Key To Winning Bank Accounts

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Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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Not Even Millennials Care About Mobile Payments, Studies Show

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Turns out even millennials don’t care that much about mobile payments. According to a report presented by the tech consultancy Accenture at Money20/20, the number of those of us in North America who use our mobile phones to pay at the point of sale hasn’t changed in the slightest since last year, Read More.

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Fiserv: How FIs Can Stay Ahead Of The Credit Card Pack

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Spending on credit cards will continue to grow, but any issuer that decides to take a breath, instead of crafting creative rewards and going after young consumers, runs the risk of being left behind. However, no trend is independent of human action, and issuers will have to work hard to ensure the health of their credit card offerings.

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Why Visa Is Starting A Conversation About Millennial Females and Money

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In 1974, women won the right to apply for and control their own credit card with the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. It has made the millennial generation of women — either entering or settling into their prime spending years — something of a unique class of citizens when it comes to financial services.

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Deserve Raises $50M to Expand Account Receivables

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EXCLUSIVE— Millennial and Gen Z-focused credit card provider Deserve has raised $50 million from the Keystone National Group, funding earmarked for the startup’s expansion of account receivables, the company announced today.