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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

PYMNTS

While most millennials were brought up in the age of the computer, baby boomers can remember a time when they weren’t surrounded by technology. It’s a peculiar dichotomy to compare millennials to their parents’ generation, the baby boomers. percent, millennials (who are in part to blame for this) aren’t the main contributing factor.

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Focus: New-To-Credit Millennials, Credit-Rating Systems & Borrowing Credit

BankBazaar

Owing much to the changes in banking trends and the emergence of fintech companies, millennials across India have become open to the idea of borrowing credit. As millennials, we grew up in a system that regarded such credit products as ‘financial stressors’ and those opting for them were often looked upon as financially-screwed individuals.

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Millennials in Motion

NCR

More worrisome are the kids who can’t remember a time before social media. Turns out that was just a preview: Another Facebook executive, EMEA operations chief Nicola Mendelsohn, recently predicted that within five years Facebook “will be definitely mobile, [and] it will be probably all video.”. Has it really been that long?

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How Mobile Technology Is Changing Insurance Claims

PYMNTS

All that is starting to change, especially as more consumers turn to social media to seek support from their insurers, or even air their grievances. “So, Payment] innovation is definitely one of those things that, when it is mentioned and brought up, everybody loves the idea,” Schmitt said. Mobile and InsurTech’s future.

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Yay! Two New Additions To Our Awards Kitty

BankBazaar

Given the emergence of Indian millennials as a key target group for every marketer, we recommended a specific focus on this target group in client’s communication. We launched a category-first Millennial Aspiration Index representing the target group’s aspirations. The award is in recognition of BankBazaar Aspiration Index 2018.

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Omnichannel No Longer An Option For Retail

PYMNTS

Particularly among younger consumers, the millennial and Gen Z “digital natives,” who, by the numbers, show a much greater affection for the physical store than their boomer parents and Gen X older siblings do. So why aren’t digital natives shopping digitally?

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Building A Subscription Box For Tools And Construction Supplies

PYMNTS

Millennials are also more likely to go the do-it-yourself (DIY) route than consumers from other age groups. Almost three quarters — or 73 percent — of millennials are doing DIY home improvement. Since its rollout, it has been engaging in social media marketing. Marketing And eCommerce.

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