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Millennial Entrepreneurs’ Optimism Is Booming — Here’s Their Top Concern

PYMNTS

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.

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Macro Trends and Millennials: AFT Spring Summit Meeting

William Mills

The Association for Financial Technology (AFT) held its 2016 Spring Summit Meeting in Orlando, Florida this year, and both Kelly Williams and I made the trip to learn more about what’s happening right now in the banking industry as well as what trends to expect in the future. Millennials make up 80 million people in the U.S.

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Who Will Use Self-Driving Cars?

PYMNTS

Consumers are more receptive to automated vehicle technology in limited applications. Beep piloted a public, IoT-enabled self-driving shuttle earlier this year in a Florida suburb. The pilot involved residents of a planned community, which on the surface seems to be the opposite of Gen Z.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

A survey by the Forum found that about 45 percent of overall respondents – but just 28 percent of millennials – agree with the statement that banks are fair and honest. A study from the Florida Atlantic University College of Business found that loans declined more at large banks than smaller ones.

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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

ICBA has planned an educational lineup of more than 60 workshops and networking sessions for next month’s Community Banking LIVE conference in New Orleans. Community banks can beat tech-based, nontraditional competitors at their own game. billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., On New Competitors. Digital Jujitsu.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Dining out.

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Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television

PYMNTS

That might not be a crazy assumption: Reports from Nielsen reveal that television viewership by that demographic has declined more than 40 percent since 2010 and is off 11 percent year over year for the older half of millennials aged 25 to 34. Payments today are complemented by credit cards, mobile wallets and even Amazon Pay.