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Can Millennials Revive Call Center Commerce?

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Millennials have long borne the blame for a variety of problems in commerce, including the decline in popularity of diamonds and certain fast casual restaurants. Millennials could be helping to bring new life to call center commerce. Millennials are increasingly seeking access to luxury goods — including relatively affordable items.

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Main Street?s Digital Shift, ATM Innovation, PPP Loans Top This Week?s News

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We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. NEW DATA: Inside Main Street SMBs’ Digital Shift. Millennials Are Facing Their Second ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Financial Crash . FinTechs Help Main Street Find Its Footing. The Flaw In Demonizing Big Tech. SBA reports show that $510.5

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Trending: Meeting The Millennial Need For AI-Powered Visual Shopping

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An AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experience For Millennials, Gen Z. Tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z consumers want a shopping experience that offers visual search to enhance product discoverability, harkening to social media apps such as Instagram and Pinterest. To learn more, visit the Playbook’s feature story.

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What’s Under The Millennial Christmas Tree This Year?

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Yet, instead of offering the option to pay now and buy later, the credit cards reversed the order of operation and allowed customers to buy now and pay later over time. According to a study cited by Afterpay, most millennial consumers buy fashion and beauty items more frequently than other items, such as books, entertainment or home goods.

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Lendified And The SMB/Millennial Connection

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While Lendified’s average SMB applicant within Canada tends to have revenues of $750,000 annually and has been in business for between three and five years, one trend that shows up in demographics, said Wright, involves an increasing number of millennial business owners looking for loans in an effort to get their businesses up and running.

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JPMorgan Chase’s Dimon: Finn app was not a failure

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JPMorgan Chase‘s now-defunct millennial-focused banking app, Finn, was not a failure, CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday during the bank’s second-quarter earnings call. Specifically, […].

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation

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Main Street SMBs: The 18-Month Outlook. Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs’) confidence of survival has progressed as the pandemic has continued. percent fewer Main Street SMBs are hopeful of survival. percent of millennials believe it is “very” important to receive payments in real time. percent to 11.5

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