PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

There is no longer much tolerance, or enthusiasm, on the part of consumers for digging into one’s pocket to find money or a payment card, or doing the mental math (well, OK, a smartphone has a calculator) to figure out how much to tip a driver. Nowadays, one’s card is on file with the ride-hailing service. The Partnership Model.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others to further develop its loyalty program integrated into credit or debit cards. Founded in 2018, Joko’s loyalty program already works with dozens of major retailers including McDonald’s, Uber, Starbucks, Zara and more.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

It’s no wonder why retailers love gift cards – they are known to drive foot traffic, increase revenue, boost their customer base and complement retention efforts. But as consumers continue to move toward a digital option for their gift card needs, could a retailer’s dream turn into an actual nightmare?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The reason private label works so well in stores, Bread CEO and Co-founder Josh Abramowitz told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, is because they are so well-integrated with the physical retail environments for which they were created. This isn’t the case for retailers born in the online world, Abramowitz contends.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. And hackers have managed to hit about 1,200 InterContinental Hotel locations in the U.S. — and yes, this looks like card data breach. Ready to jump in? BJ’s on the Block (and Amazon Is Scoping the Territory).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Although the installment concept is hardly new, Afterpay’s platform and growing catalog of retailers has brought fame and fortune to the company and its founders. A big part of Afterpay’s growth stems from the fact that its super-simple service is appealing to both customers and retailers alike. Preference For Debit. million U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2017

Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

We have a deep dive into Colorado’s digital driver’s license effort and news on Alphabet’s new CEO, as well as data on millennial Black Friday spending. He will be the executive responsible and accountable for leading Google, and managing Alphabet’s investment in our portfolio of Other Bets.” . Top News . operations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

“We went public when we had about 100 retailers signed on and 30,000 customers, so really early in the process. It helped tremendously, Molnar told Webster, that he came from a retail background and actually didn’t know all that much about the IPO process, although his co-founder, Anthony Eisen, did. 18 months ago, in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

They may spend hours browsing retailers’ online or mobile websites, only to abandon the items placed in their carts — the digital equivalent to window shopping. Cost is a major concern for consumers, especially for millennials and members of Gen Z, who tend to view spending differently than older generations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Mastercard has moved into point-of-sale financing with the acquisition of Vyze, a FinTech firm the payment card network calls an “an end-to-end platform that facilitates financing options for merchants’ customers at checkout.”. As well, Bankrate has estimated that roughly 33 percent of millennials have cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. Rewards can help lure customers to a brand and keep them there.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

A lot of fuss is made over millennials and their proclivities toward things being easy. So, when it comes to something like digital banking , it’s not so much about finding what’s easy as it is about finding what service best meets millennials’ needs. Millennials to big banks: No thanks ….

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

So started Affirm’s Co-Founder and CEO Max Levchin ’s remarks at his firm’s first-ever AFFIRMation conference for its retail partners in San Francisco yesterday. Sixty percent of Americans fear credit cards,” Levchin noted. For people who live on the coasts, a credit card is an API access to money. “Finance is pretty broken.”.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 16, 2019

KOHO, with its millennial friendly aesthetic and messaging, currently offers its users debit cards, personal finance management tools and cashback features. 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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Retailers often need additional coverage during peak holiday shopping periods, hospitals may need substitutes for nurses on paternity leave and construction companies might need to increase staff for sizable projects. Employees’ Payroll Card Opinions. The number of activated payroll cards in the U.S. rose from 3.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And now, thanks to a global pandemic that has pushed more business online, tightened wallets and compressed delivery times, the retail landscape has undergone huge changes in a relatively short amount of time. “So Go online, order it and we’ll just send it to you the same day’” — whether the consumer has a Target card or not.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2016

This year shoppers are expected to spend a hair under $2 billion on cards and clothes for Dad, and around $1.7 Moms still do the lion’s share of domestic work (cooking, cleaning, child rearing, shopping, and general household management) are more likely to be managed by a mother. billion consumer electronics.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits. Those are the 47 million U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

And based on early indications, it seems the follow-up act to the millennial generation is much more positively inclined toward using credit products of all stripes. Far more millennials and Gen Xers make use of credit cards than Gen Zers – at 38.29 Credit cards, however, show the greatest strength. card accounts.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

As more and more people use their smartphones to manage money, we saw an opportunity to address another customer pain point,” said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile , according to a press release. percent of Bridge Millennials, ages 30 to 40, said mobile apps were important in accessing bank accounts, compared to 53.8 In fact, 72.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For many consumers, perks are a key driver of their credit card choice, whether it’s airline miles, cash-back or points that can be redeemed for a variety of items. These perks have been an advantage for credit cards, but could that erode as, say, Alipay offers integrated loyalty programs? The Millennials Cometh.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

In the 1930s, in the era of the Great Depression, when consumers had little extra cash, retailers nationwide came up with an innovation to make it easier for people to shop without having to pony up cash right away. but after almost 50 years, it began to fade out in the 80s, disrupted by the emergence of store-branded credit cards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. corporate borrowers has increased to 3.9 percent, compared with 3.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

And based on early indications, it seems the follow-up act to the millennial generation is much more positively inclined toward using credit products of all stripes. Far more millennials and Gen Xers make use of credit cards than Gen Zers – at 38.29 Credit cards, however, show the greatest strength. card accounts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . Behind Sysco’s Spend Management Switch To Cards. Retailers aiming to sell throughout the nation have to pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. Consumers want their orders faster than ever before. The move could also bolster the company’s bottom line.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Merchants, card issuers and banks are no strangers to facing off against evolving fraud threats. The pandemic has driven consumers to make the bulk of their purchases online, leading many businesses and retailers to struggle with securing their digital infrastructures and payments processes while managing floods of orders.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Younger consumers’ attitudes toward personal finance, payments and debt offer insights into the retail sector’s post-pandemic future. It found that millennials and Generation Z consumers are seeking installment payment options and that the latter are especially wary of debt. as consumers cut back on their expenses during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In conversation with Cardtronics’ Brian Bailey, managing director for Global Financial Institutions, and Tom Pierce, chief marketing officer of the firm, Webster noted that even with the rallying cry of a war on cash in the digital economies — and in emerging markets — cash is alive, doing well and actually growing in terms of usage. “The

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Of the 41 percent of consumers who we reported still concentrate their grocery spend predominantly online, more than a third of those physical shoppers (37 percent of the 41 percent) visit multiple stores in search of “deals” and products not found at their main “go-to” store — and two-thirds of millennials do. Prime for a Payments Switch.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Millennials Drive More to Faster Payments . Data Analytics Changes the Working Capital Management Paradigm.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 16, 2023

Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and bank card usage are up 24% and 17%, respectively. These are cash flow management tools that send a signal of future problems. Banks are currently reducing indirect auto financing growth and are managed by greater holdback and fewer exceptions. Unsecured personal loan usage is up 21%.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with cash — and consumers are even starting to ditch plastic cards. Of course, large retailers, too, are continuing to invest in accelerating their investments in their digital experiences. For members of the millennial or Generation Z cohorts who are comfortable in the app world, payment preferences boil down to choice and control.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The combination of manageable credit delinquencies and a growing position points to FIs having a healthier year than might have seemed apparent just a few months ago — even as consumers navigate getting vaccines and returning to everyday life. That's what the millennial and younger consumer prefer to use.”.

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