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Millennials Actually Trust Traditional Banks More than Venmo

Bank Innovation

No matter what industry you’re in, the chance of success depends on the knowledge and insight you have regarding your customer base, which for both traditional banking institutions and fintech startups means focusing on millennials.

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The Instant Payments Divide: How Lenders Can Use Disbursements To Create Lasting Trust

PYMNTS

The lending industry was hit hard during the pandemic’s early months, with many banks and traditional lenders rapidly adjusting their standards and rates to accommodate businesses’ and consumers’ shifting needs. Instant Payments and the Millennial Push.

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Amex Updates Blue Cash Card To Reflect Millennials’ Spending

PYMNTS

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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Toyota Plans To Turn Millennials Into Car Owners

PYMNTS

That bet could complicate, in a positive way, some of the general ideas out there about the preferences of millennial consumers. The integration of such tools is designed with those millennials in mind, part of the company’s effort to gain more revenue from a new generation of drivers. Winning Millennial Loyalty.

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How Small FIs’ SMB Lending Journeys Nudge The US Toward Open Banking

PYMNTS

As Mark Rockefeller, co-founder and chief executive officer of small business lending-as-a-service provider StreetShares , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, that pressure to digitize expands to credit unions and community banks in their SMB lending offerings, too, and do it profitably. “This is an extraordinary thing. .”

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

These were up-and-coming bankers, the future leaders of our industry, identifying industry trends that will have the greatest impact on their bank, in no particular order. And with our industry still heavily dependent on net interest income for revenue, I think they are right.

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Biz2Credit Tells Banks To Stop Fixating On Millennials

PYMNTS

Interestingly, Arora noted that that could indicate that lenders and the media are too focused on M illennials when the industry is seeing significant business from middle-aged entrepreneurs. “No The media focus on Millennials as if there is no other growth group.