Remove Download Remove Millennials Remove social media Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Mobile Ordering, The New Window To Winning Over Millennial Consumers

PYMNTS

It seems that most every industry these days is vying for millennial dollars and devotion. For an industry where millennials are projected to spend nearly $800 billion in 2017 (that’s 7 percent more on monthly food budgets than average Americans), restaurants are hankering to pull out all the stops to get millennials to order — in or out.

article thumbnail

Mobile Cards Key To Winning Bank Accounts

PYMNTS

Banks and legacy financial institutions (FIs) might be wise to study what disruptive technologies recently did to the print publishing industry, taxi cabs, network TV, and a host of other businesses that were disintermediated with little to no warning in recent years. What is changing are the card habits of demographic groups.

Mobile 153
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Fighting Financial Awkwardness With Faster Payments?

PYMNTS

Consumers want what they want, when they want it, and digital technology in recent years has more than facilitated it. Be it an Uber ride, a music or video download or access to banking services, consumers expect instant gratification. The social side of Venmo makes it less awkward,” said Vaughan.

article thumbnail

What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade

PYMNTS

Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. In the payments ecosystem, we need look no further than the bridge millennial for how the connected purchasing experience will evolve over the next decade. consumers shop and pay — today and in the future.

article thumbnail

Digital Spaces As Virtual Makeup Studios, Augmented Reality Style

PYMNTS

AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology. And new technology is in the works to help welcome them to the AR world: In October, it was reported that a Facebook executive said the company is developing augmented reality glasses.

article thumbnail

An Appetite For Unattended Restaurant Solutions?

PYMNTS

Americans, especially millennials, are hungry for restaurant innovation. According to a report on restaurant technology usage from Technomic, 79 percent of restaurant customers surveyed agree that technology improves their experience at an eatery.

article thumbnail

Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

But, while closing physical bank branches might appear to be a wise cost-saving measure, the move comes with risks that could hurt banks’ relations with new millennial customers. With mobile banking technology on the rise, it has seemingly become more important than ever for banks to stay on top of the latest digital innovations.