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Amex bets on millennials, Gen Z for growth

Payments Dive

As it pursues younger consumers, the company is angling to ensure its high-fee cards offer enough value for millennials and Gen Zers.

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Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover

PYMNTS

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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Who Said Millennials Don’t Save for Retirement?

Bank Innovation

61% of investors in the millennial generation are saving for retirement, buying a home, or for other long-term financial goals, according to a survey conducted by digital investment company Stash. The next most common […].

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Millennials Use Mobile Banking More (But Trust It Less)

Bank Innovation

While millennials remain the top adopters of mobile banking, the generation is also more likely to have problems with their financial apps, a new survey released by online mobile payment and identity verification company Jumio found.

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PayPal Remains Most Popular ‘Innovative’ Banking Product for Millennials

Bank Innovation

It might be a better idea to focus on its parent company. Most millennials—more than 90%—have used or are using PayPal currently, according to the Millennial Money survey released last week by Vested. Still working on that Venmo-killer app? Other “innovative” banking products (i.e.,

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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

PYMNTS

San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The company, which was founded in 2017, is run by a former Sequoia Capital partner named Warren Hogarth.

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Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial

PYMNTS

So much so that Reynolds quickly grew beyond being an aluminum foil company, expanding into an entire universe of home products: cling wrap, parchment paper, plastic containers, etc. The company also used Instagram to launch the “endless table” campaign, centered around all the foods one can cook with Reynolds wrap.