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How Digital Platforms Tackle Luxury Travel Reservations, Payments

PYMNTS

But many luxury trips can run aground without effective and innovative payment solutions to help travelers meet and manage associated costs. And a significant share of luxury travelers express high levels of interest in using innovative payment solutions to fund their future vacations. trillion on their vacations last year.

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Would You Buy (And Pay) For A Car From A Mobile App?

PYMNTS

While some of these innovations are on the horizon and others are currently in place, it’s clear the automotive industry is camped in the disruptions fast lane and barreling toward a reinvention without taking a pit stop. The millennial factor. Fair’s phone-first approach to vehicle shopping was designed for millennials, he explained.

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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Country Manager Lars Petersson said, “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, IKEA is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are.” Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. restaurants. for close to 20 years.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

CB Insights

Every few weeks, another story about the dreaded generation surfaces: millennials are killing casual dining; millennials are killing breakfast cereal; millennials are killing home ownership. Millennials aren’t shunning luxury goods; they’re just renting them instead of buying. Millennials are in debt.

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Ripple Effects: Mobile Payments Are Just The Beginning

PYMNTS

According to CMO and the 2015 Adobe Mobile Consumer Report , the “mobile elite” — those who want to lead a mobile-first lifestyle, such as millennials and Gen Xers — want to conduct their banking and finances on mobile, book travel on mobile and engage in eCommerce on mobile sites. Well, probably not.

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Tuition.io Raises $5 Million in Series A

Fintech Labs Insights

Student loan management specialist, Tuition.io “We are proud to have been the first to market at scale with an innovative financial wellness platform that enables employers to offer student loan payments as a benefit for hiring and retention,” McQueen said. as a “real game-changer for recruiting millennials.”

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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Bank Innovation named Jill one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking for 2015, and we doubt that Bank Innovation would know who Jill is if not for her presence on Twitter. Bank project management offices. Roboadvisor Future Advisor acquired by establishment asset management giant BlackRock for $150M.