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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

Jeff For Banks

First Internet Bank in Indiana was founded in 1998. Then came this bubble generation they named millennials. Ever call your millennial child only to get a text back asking "what?" There is a fintech firm, SoFi, that was born in 2011, that focuses on millennials financial needs. We can ignore millennials no more.'

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Grocery Round-Up: Digital-First Delivers For Kroger, Another Instacart Pair-Up And Hoarding Round 2

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Q3 operating profit hit $792 million, up from $254 million the previous year. The service is already online in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin — the range of states Meijer operates in currently. He pointed to total company sales, which hit $29.7 Earnings per share (EPS) reached $.80, 80, up from $.32.

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‘Stranger Things’ And Starcourt Mall Teach Us About Big Tech And Innovation

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The season takes place in the year 1985 – 10 years before eCommerce and Amazon, and seven years before today’s 27-year-old millennials were born. That means small merchants now have three times as many chances to reach consumers in whatever context they may be looking to buy – with an added dose of operational efficiency.