PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

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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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. We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business.

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Retail Cards Millennials Fraud 141

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

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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Millennials Cards Lending Industry 111

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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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Millennials Fraud ATM Cards 131

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

In an interview with Karen Webster, Will Byrne, CEO of omnichannel solutions provider Worldnet , pointed to what he termed the “Uberization of the payment experience.” Nowadays, one’s card is on file with the ride-hailing service. Along that blurring of lines between in-store and online commerce, a shift is occurring, added Byrne. “I

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Retail Payments Online Course 148

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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Cards United States Strategy Retail 291

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Maybe millennials really are a self-centered bunch? New data suggests that they are buying more gift cards than ever before but then turning around and spending those cards on themselves. adults in June of this year to examine the shift in gift card consumers to prepaid and rechargeable cards issued directly from retailers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Peer-to-peer ( P2P ) payments are exploding. P2P payment network Zelle’s Q3 results show its year-over-year payment values rose by 58 percent, while transaction volume increased by 73 percent. Last month, Bank of America revealed that it saw a 76 percent year-over-year increase in Zelle payments in Q3.

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Millennials Payments Cards Survey 107

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Payments company Afterpay , which works in the buy now, pay later ( BNPL ) space, is rolling out a new feature called Pulse to help reward those who make payments on time, a press release says. Pulse purports to give new benefits to the younger customers like millennials and Gen-Z, who the release calls “the most valuable.”

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Payments Millennials Cards Retail 181

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Capital One Financial Corp (CapOne) is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “risky,” Reuters reported on Monday (Dec. BNPL transactions allow users to pay for merchandise across several installments interest-free, while also paying the retailer in full at the time of the sale.

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Capital Cards Millennials Regional 184

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The retail ecosystem has been turned upside down over the past six months as changes big and small rippled through the segment worldwide in response to the pandemic. Consumers are shopping more online , are increasingly interested in contactless payment methods and are showing up in stores to buy, not to browse.

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Millennials Retail Online Branding 251

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

percent made voice-assisted purchases while shopping for groceries or retail goods in the last 24 hours. 35 percent of retail businesses have experienced an increase in demand. Accelerating The Real-Time Payments Demand Curve: What Banks Need To Know About What Consumers Want And Need. 31 percent bank via app.

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Data Innovation Payments Millennials 277

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

In June, Costco launched a revamped digital membership app that allows members to use its mobile device rather than flashing a physical card upon entry and during checkout. However, it can’t be used for in-app payments. Offering an app doesn’t a guarantee retailers popularity or loyalty, though. Convenient? A majority (53.0

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Retail Millennials Mobile Payments 181

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. Teaming up with another retailer is not wholly new ground – some J.Crew and Madewell items are already on sale, and a partnership with Hudson Bay has already been announced.

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Millennials Retail Branding Mobile 128

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

All that’s left now, more or less, is the rush of returns that will all but overwhelm some retailers. 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.

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Millennials Branding Trends Retail 139

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

For retailers, nothing really ever comes easy — and things aren’t getting any easier, at least when it involves gaining and retaining customers. The webinar featured Karen Webster from PYMNTS and Amy Parsons, senior vice president of global acceptance at Discover Financial Services and its payments brand, Discover Global Network.

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Retail Millennials New York City social media 137

PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The past several months have been largely defined in the retail world by merchants and brands making quick digital pivots to stay afloat in an environment that’s gone from “digital sometimes” to “digital mostly.”. When selling online became the only game in town, retailers across the board got very seriously digital overnight.

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Retail Meeting Millennials Branding 142

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

s robust marketing strategy for its retail bank has paid off, as the bank today reported that half of its new retail customers were millennials. Of Ally Financial’s 230,000 new retail deposit customers via its retail side, Ally Bank, 126,500 were millennials, according to bank’s earnings report released today.

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Retail Millennials Marketing Strategies Strategy 170

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Afterpay has announced its in-store buy now, pay later (BNPL) service is being offered by major retailers at locations across the country. Shoppers can use Afterpay to buy items in select retail stores using their Afterpay card, a virtual, contactless card stored in their digital wallet,” the firm said in a Tuesday (Oct.

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Retail United States Millennials Branding 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Shoppers in the United States have long turned to credit cards to let them get the products now while delaying payments until they have a chance to save up. These plans fund retail purchases that consumers can then pay off over time in typically four installments.

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Payments Tools Retail Cards 185

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. Like their love of BNPL.

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Millennials Report United States Study 256

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Apparel subscriptions are adapting to the work-from-home trend, as physical retail stores are feeling the effects of light traffic and reluctant shoppers. In digital retail, the social commerce category is completing the year with a flourish as consumers discover new ways to shop from shared videos and social posts.

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Millennials Video Retail Data 163

PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

In an effort to attract millennials to its platform, Square is offering a pilot program that gives its Square Cash Card customers a dollar off their coffee purchases. The effort could change millennials’ payment behaviors, MarketWatch reported.

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Millennials Cards Payments Company 110

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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Millennials Payments Study Groups 140

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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Payments Millennials Survey Trends 260

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

credit cards, but averages can be a bit misleading. For example, that figure includes a full 30 percent of Americans who don’t carry or use a credit card at all. The average credit card-wielding American carries about four different cards (3.7 Among millennials, that number drops below 30 percent. to be exact).

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Millennials Cards Lending Payments 104

PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

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. FinTechs have been stepping in to feed demand for installment loans.

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Millennials New York Fintech Cards 115

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Tim Moran, senior vice president of product and marketing at Worldnet , told PYMNTS that the age of automated retail is dawning — but there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Moran said the overall trend toward automation is being driven by the consumer, and in particular, by millennial consumers.

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Retail Analytics Millennials Online 181

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. Of course, large retailers, too, are continuing to invest in accelerating their investments in their digital experiences. As he told PYMNTS, “Payments behavior is generational.”.

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Payments Security Millennials Retail 262

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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Google Cards Millennials Survey 148

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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Millennials Trends Cards ATM 102

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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Millennials Mobile Payments Survey 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Shortly after rolling out this summer in Canada, Drop, the mobile app that gives users rewards and access to loyalty programs, has more than 70,000 millennials as customers. Using a credit card earns the customers double points. “We think millennials — some call them lazy — but they want seamless experiences.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

and has attracted more than 3,000 retailers to its partnerships. Sykes believes the attraction of online companies and uber-retailers it simple at one level. Klarna has melded New York Fashion Week glitz with experiential retailing this year. The changes in fashion retail are being driven by three dynamics.

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Retail New York Branding Millennials 142

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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Retail Cards Fraud Data 100

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Move over millennials , there’s a new kid in town that is about to become nearer and dearer to retailers’ hearts: Gen Z. Gen Zers are also cautious of shopping at retailers who have had past security breaches, according to the study, with 59 percent saying they would purposely avoid shopping at such retailers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

To help merchants and promote Afterpay in-store payment services to individuals before the busy holiday shopping season, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay and Simon have announced a national collaboration. Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are focusing on sustainable and ethical fashion and retail more than before.

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