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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. Similar sentiments were expressed in a study from the NAMIC (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies). Beep piloted a public, IoT-enabled self-driving shuttle earlier this year in a Florida suburb.

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Hit The Ground Running: 15 Early-Stage Fitness Tech Startups To Watch

CB Insights

Fitness tech is on track to see record funding in 2017 , as a diverse range of companies in the space apply new technologies to serve the needs of fitness-focused consumers, boutique studios, and gym chains. Zenrez has indicated future interest in expanding its pricing technology to other fitness and wellness services beyond classes.

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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

But industry consultant Joseph Cady says community banks can stand up and win against the new breed of technology-tethered competitors, including online-only lenders. Joining him in presenting the workshop will be Chris Nichols, chief strategy officer at CenterState Bank of Florida, a $3.9 with extensive digital service channels.

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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. And who tend to operate in national, and often regional, footprints.