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Target Pilots Buy Now Pay Later With Sezzle

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customers in a recent study saying they’d used BNPL to buy things, and 56 percent chose such plans to defer costs without gaining interest if they were using a credit card. Meanwhile, millennials and Gen-Z spent 44 percent and 72 percent more on orders if BNPL was available as an option, the Tracker says.

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Chatbots Overlooked When SMBs Invest In Tech: Study

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millennials say they want to engage with a chatbot when communicating with a brand, less than 30 percent of small business leaders across the retail, construction, manufacturing and services sectors are incorporating chatbots. . Research from Capterra published on Tuesday (Nov. While nearly two-thirds of U.S. ”

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Banks Must Up Their Social Media Game to Connect with Digital Natives

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Today’s bank leadership teams and customer bases are skewed heavily toward the “digital immigrants” born before 1989, and this has allowed competitors to jump ahead on building trust with the explosive “natives” half of the market. Demographically, half of the U.S. Gen Z users prefer social media as their primary search engine.

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

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A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

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Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs

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They grow faster, reach profitability sooner and generate more revenue per dollar invested than those of their male counterparts, according to a study of female-founded firms. The study reported that for every dollar of capital raised, women-run startups generated 78 cents in revenue, compared to 31 cents for men-run startups.

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

Out of Mom and Dad’s basement, millennials are primed to become your next best customers. Bauhs is on the tail end of the “millennial” generation, which is commonly defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. By Ed Avis.

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

Out of Mom and Dad’s basement, millennials are primed to become your next best customers. Bauhs is on the tail end of the “millennial” generation, which is commonly defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. By Ed Avis.