PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Digital has certainly advanced further and faster than anyone predicted at this time last year, and the ground that’s been taken is unlikely to ever be surrendered back, Helena Mao , vice president of global product strategy for payment solutions at Blackhawk Network , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. “I Digital Gift Cards ’ Growth.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s just a week into the earlier-than-usual 2020 holiday selling season and already three facts are clarifying the retail picture: consumers are going to spend less overall, they are going to spend more time online and they don’t want to touch anything in the process. percent of millennial consumers say the same.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s pay-later app Slice is introducing a no-fee Visa Card, while Stripe is purchasing payment processor Paystack. Slice Integrates No-Fee Visa For Millennial Shoppers In India. Stripe To Acquire African Payments Processor Paystack.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Razer Fintech and Visa have unveiled a new prepaid card, dubbed the Razer Card, now in its test phase. Right from the start, we have been very excited about our collaboration with Visa to transform the digital payments experience globally,” said LiMeng Lee , Razer Fintech CEO, in a press release.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

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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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Millennials are famously credit-averse, but this means they risk losing out on building a credit history, which is necessary for, among many other things, getting a mortgage when they want to buy a home.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Accelerating The Real-Time Payments Demand Curve: What Banks Need To Know About What Consumers Want And Need. This study showed that consumers display significant interest in real-time payments once they fully understand them. percent of millennials believe it is “very” important to receive payments in real time.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

Turns out millennials are not the different-kind-of-banking-breed some had thought. In a survey held from the end of June into early July and conducted by SurveyMonkey , the web-based survey firm queried more than 1,000 adults above the age of 18, 290 of which were defined as 18- to 34-year-olds: millennials.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

There is a growing list of things millennials have seemingly been blamed for rendering obsolete, such as cocktail napkins, casual dining and expensive engagement rings. Billing issues and payments is the most common reason, cited by 29 percent of cardholders, followed by fraud and data security, cited by 23.8

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

While millennials are borrowing more than pre-millennials and post-millennials, they are still conscious about how much debt they are taking up…. Did you know that India’s millennials fall in the biggest borrowers’ category within the country? This is higher than the average score of non-millennials, which is 734.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space. Bridge Millennials Crossing Over To BNPL. percent of bridge millennials.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

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. Competition is thus a multilevel event for hospitality services that need to juggle payment innovations, user perks and security.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Consumers are shopping more online , are increasingly interested in contactless payment methods and are showing up in stores to buy, not to browse. They’re also looking for curbside pick-up when they order online, omnichannel interactions and more choice when it comes to how they pay and when. And there's a huge opportunity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

End-to-end gift card platform Qwikcilver has launched its Woohoo virtual gift card store on the Google Pay Spot Platform to enable users in India to buy and send virtual gift cards in real time, the United News of India reported on Monday (Dec. The more upscale the restaurant, the greater the decline.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2016

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

It was a year in which consumers learned about new payment options and adopted them at a dramatic rate. As the year closes, PYMNTS calls out six payment methods that gained traction and attention, including a take from key executives in each category. percent of bridge millennials have used BNPL, close to double the average.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The stated goal, according to new CEO Jim Brett – is for the brand to build back its audience particularly among millennial shoppers. And as Karen Webster noted in a commentary on the rise of the Bridge Millennials – and what it will mean – merchants are not wrong to be a little obsessed with this group of consumers. “We

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Bank Innovation

MAY 8, 2017

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The stated goal, according to new CEO Jim Brett, is for the brand to build back its audience, particularly among millennial shoppers. And, as Karen Webster noted in a commentary on the rise of the bridge millennials – and what it will mean – merchants are not wrong to be a little obsessed with this group of consumers. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

To get a better sense of what’s coming (and to have some holiday fun), PYMNTS recently caught up with Akash Garg, CTO of Afterpay — a company that offers flexible payment terms, and essentially serves a digital layaway provider. After its launch in the 1930s, layaway had a long run in the U.S. Top Sellers. That’s not all.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

From barter, to cash, to eCommerce, and now, to contactless payments – even those enabled by voice command. The steady drumbeat of tech has brought purchasing from bills and coins to cards and contactless payments – done across all manner of devices and through pushes, taps, swipes and waves, at any time. percent, versus 25.9

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Convenience store operators would be wise to pay close attention to the purchasing habits of a certain subset of consumer: the Bridge Millennial — the first generation of connected consumers with spending power. Building A Better Bridge Millennial Gas App. percent), credit cards (11.1 So what do BMs want from a gas app?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Mobile device users ages 21–29 and 30–39 are leading the charge in the country’s mobile payments adoption. Millennials in China make the vast majority of the mobile payments taking place, eMarketer reported on Thursday (June 16). But when it comes to P2P transfers, users tend to opt for WeChat over using Alipay.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2018

Could that growth signal the end of the paper check as a payment method for worker earnings? workforce by 2020, the demand for more efficient payment solutions is poised to grow. That includes Mastercard, which just rolled out a new payment solution for freelancers. Can a cash back program help millennials avoid the debt trap?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. The move will enable Razer Pay e-wallet users to make payments wherever Visa is accepted.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

BNPL solutions are the fastest-growing online payment methods in the United States as well as Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and more, and their market share is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next five years. BNPL solutions have especially caught on in Australia , where 5.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Consumers are more willing to shop in stores than they were in June, in fact, on one condition: Retailers must allow them to pay using the digital to order online for curbside pickup.”. Ten percent more Gen X consumers would shop in stores now than in June, and 5 percent more millennials would do the same than in June.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Only 26 percent of all consumer payments are made in the U.S. with cash — and consumers are even starting to ditch plastic cards. He noted that ordering grocery items online and having them delivered is a practice quickly gaining traction. As he told PYMNTS, “Payments behavior is generational.”. The Demographics .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Loyalty has come a long way in the payments realm, from the days when strict terms of rewards programs were more frustrating than enticing for consumers. 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.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 20, 2017

Banks are taking the battle for millennial customers where it belongs: mobile. Citibank and JPMorgan Chase users will now be able to link cards to PayPal via mobile, allowing customers of both banks to add cards before paying online and in-store via the PayPal mobile wallet, both banks announced today.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

From counterfeiting to identity theft to phishing attacks, digital fraud takes many forms — and online shopping continues to make consumers and merchants vulnerable to such attacks. According to the PYMNTS Securing B2B Payments Report , criminals last year successfully made off with $4.2 International Issues.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2016

No matter what industry you’re in, the chance of success depends on the knowledge and insight you have regarding your customer base, which for both traditional banking institutions and fintech startups means focusing on millennials.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Millennials are a force to be reckoned with, as they are made up of approximately 90 million individuals with significant spending power: By 2030, their aggregate annual income is projected to be more than $4 trillion. Attracting Millennials. Approximately 75 percent of Gravy’s users are millennials. Payments And Cash Back.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with spending power – will be having their mid-life crises at the age of 50. Consumers won’t be walking up to a cashier after standing in a checkout line to swipe a card when they visit a store.

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