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Millennials SME Owners Prefer Online Alternative Lenders to Tradtional Ones

Bank Innovation

small businesses, specifically and unsurprisingly with those run by millennials, according to a new report by Mercator Advisory Group. According to Mercator’s report, Business Banking Services: Keeping Up with Millennial Owners, 27% of total U.S. Online alternative lenders are gaining momentum with U.S.

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What Hath Bridge Millennials Wrought To Commerce And Payments?

PYMNTS

The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What makes millennials tick? Census, millennials are 25 to 34 years old. The reason for that is because data shows a significant difference in payments and commerce between this segment and the Census view of millennials.

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Retail Feels The Wide Impact Of Bridge Millennials

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Among the forces working to influence and change retail — and do so into the 2019 holiday shopping season, as well as the 2020s — is the rise of bridge millennials. Having had the time to establish their careers, they enjoy higher spending power than younger millennials, who are just now dipping their toes into the professional world.

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What 2019 Will Mean for Millennial Commerce and Payments

PYMNTS

The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What Makes Millennials Tick? Among the most influential drivers of retail change is a subset of consumers PYMNTS identifies as “ Bridge Millennials.” Take those bridge millennials. Retail Response. And retailers are taking note.

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Deep Dive: How Bridge Millennials Are Reinventing The Gas Run

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Driving this change is a group of more-connected consumers with higher expectations of what they want from their shopping experiences. Among the most influential drivers of retail change is a subset of consumers PYMNTS identifies as “ Bridge Millennials.” Technology is an essential element of Bridge Millennials’ shopping processes.

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Amex Updates Blue Cash Card To Reflect Millennials’ Spending

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consumer lending and acquisition at American Express. The payment company said research shows millennials are spending the most on groceries, streaming and commuting. “If I had to pick, I’d argue that the best potential fits are older millennials and Gen Xers. department stores.

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With Home Equity Lacking, Will Millennials Embrace POS Financing?

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Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users. Bankrate has estimated that roughly 33 percent of millennials have cards. FinTechs have been stepping in to feed demand for installment loans. Square late last year introduced an installment plan offering.