Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A new report shows that millennials use Venmo more than they use ATMs as if there was any doubt that to this audience an app like Venmo is a prime method of payment. Rubiix, a social spending app that distributes advertising revenue among its users, released a report Friday showing ATM transactions among millennials have […].

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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

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

DECEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS’ December 2020 Buy Now, Pay Later Report , a collaboration with PayPal , examines the explosion in BNPL’s popularity, starting with a certain consumer group we all know and love. consumers, the new Buy Now, Pay Later Report is an instructive immersion into the levers that control installment commerce today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mao, whose company provides solutions for payments, prepaid cards and gift cards, said the only way for merchants to go is forward, because going back isn’t an option. Digital Gift Cards ’ Growth. For instance, people are simply directing more spend at gift cards this holiday season. Not All ‘Gift’ Cards Are Gifts .

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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 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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

The funds can then be deposited into any type of account, including a bank account, prepaid card or digital wallet. Only 13 percent of consumers and 8 percent of microbusinesses get their money through an instant payment to a debit card, credit card, digital wallet or prepaid card. We surveyed more than 5,000 U.S.

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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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Millennials Retail Mobile Branding 122

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. Customers who use their debit cards or checking accounts can still make BNPL payments, the CapOne spokeswoman said.

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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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl’s , which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are wearing most, the Motley Fool reported Sunday (Aug. Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

In the latest staff report from the New York Federal Reserve , titled “Trends in Household Debt and Credit,” it is noted that one of the features of debt is that it can “provide access to assets.”. Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

In fact, just 13 percent of the latter and 8 percent of the former say they receive their funds through instant payments to debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards or digital wallets. To learn more about how offering instant disbursements can help firms close the payout choice gap, download the Report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

However, after almost 50 years, it began to fade in the 1980s, disrupted by the emergence of store-branded credit cards. Yet, instead of offering the option to pay now and buy later, the credit cards reversed the order of operation and allowed customers to buy now and pay later over time. That’s not all.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

Zero, a company that aims to modernize credit cards for the millennial generation, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, according to a report. The company plans to market its card to credit-wary millennials who want to avoid getting into a deep debt cycle, but who also want the incentives of owning a credit card.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As the report states, “We … find that a significant share of consumers are willing to bank with the institutions — financial or otherwise — that offer them the best spending and money management tools.”. Mobile Cards: Make or Break? The highest interest is among “bridge millennials” whose card spend averages $40,000 annually.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2018

For all the press about how millennials are the future of commerce, there is one big and rather problematic roadblock in that narrative. Millennials are kind of broke – and they might always be. While other generational groups also lost ground during the Great Recession, millennials as a group have largely missed the recovery.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

adults to possess a credit card , so the warp-speed adoption of mobile card apps has been a comparative blur. In surveying mobile card app usage for the December 2019 Bridging the Gap: Mobile Card App Adoption Report , PYMNTS found a vibrant, growing payments ecosystem. It took 70 years for a majority of U.S.

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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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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

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As millennials continue to grow their presence in the small business (SMB) community, the dynamics of SMB finance are also changing. According to some experts , millennial small business owners no longer accept mediocre or sub-par services from their financial providers. million millennials now make up more than a quarter of the U.S.

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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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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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Millennials Mobile Study Payments 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

News came this week, as noted across sites such as CNBC , that millennial homeownership has been creeping along. Bankrate polled 1,500 homeowners, and found that 63 percent of millennials say they have regrets about having bought the home they are in. Buying a house is no small undertaking. percent, compared to 11.9

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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 yes, this looks like card data breach. Now reports indicate that BJ’s owners, CVC Capital Partners and Leonard Green & Partners, are looking to sell the company for just north of $4 billion.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation. Uber reported its earnings last week. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Americans are carrying more debt than ever before and paying some of the highest credit card rates every recorded, according to new data. The national average annual percentage rate (APR) for credit card debt is 15.22 percent, according to CreditCards.com’s weekly Credit Card Rate Report. Credit card balances rose 3.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, clients of BBVA subsidiary Simple Bank are reportedly getting emails telling them that Simple is closing and the intent is to move them to BBVA, while the Treasury Department announced that stimulus Visa debit cards are being mailed to homes. BBVA to Close Simple Bank, Move Customers to BBVA USA.

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Cards Digital Banking Millennials Report 143

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. Plus, London’s FinTech space has been going strong in 2020 despite the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Noting the ways COVID has permanently changed retailing, CNBC recently reported , “As more and more stores go dark at the mall, some major retail executives are looking to grow outside of it — a tactic they hadn’t touted so publicly before. And as compelling as the current eCommerce expansion is, counting out stores is a big miscalculation.

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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. Thirty percent of CU members similarly expressed an interest in POS credit options, despite only 21 percent reporting awareness of them.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 9, 2020

Let’s take stock of the key insights garnered from the Moneymood 2020 report presented by BankBazaar. BankBazaar , India’s leading online marketplace for financial products has launched the second edition of the BankBazaar Moneymood ® 2020 report. have fared in the last year. lakh) and men (Rs. lakh) was low.

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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. Millennials Were Black Friday’s Big Spenders in 2019. Millennials were the big Black Friday spenders , shelling out an average of $509.50 Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

According to Building A Better App: Banks And The Innovation Imperative , a report co-produced by PYMNTS and Ondot , almost a quarter, or 24.3 percent, of consumers reported they would be highly likely to seek banking services with Amazon , Apple or Google — while another 23.5 percent indicated they would be at least somewhat likely.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled instant digital credit issuance in Singapore to shorten the process of accessing a credit card, according to reports. Applicants can activate their cards after they attain immediate approval for their applications. It was also reported that promotions will provide points for specific apps.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

In Brazil, the antitrust watchdog, Cade, is looking into the credit card industry, with an eye on possible anticompetitive practices. The investigation comes, Reuters reports, after a complaint by Nubank, a Goldman Sachs-funded FinTech. The company offers credit cards and checking accounts to 3 million people in Brazil.

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