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Bento for Business Sets Big Goals with $9 Million in Funding

Bank Innovation

Bento for Business wants to provide its customers with money management tools combined with banking solutions, similar to the personal financial management app for millennials, MoneyLion, according to company CEO Farhan Ahmad. For the task, San Francisco-based Bento raised $9 million in a new round of funding today.

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Ex-Uber Exec To File $250M SPAC IPO Backed By Former Google CEO

PYMNTS

Hims , a direct-to-consumer company selling health products targeted at millennials, is using a SPAC to go public , for example. Josh Harris , co-founder of Apollo Global Management , said the SPAC trend is not a flash in the pan. The trend has grown in recent months.

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Future Of Fintech Is Moving To San Francisco: Here’s What To Look Out For In 2020

CB Insights

In case you missed it, the 5th annual Future of Fintech (June 14-16) is moving west to San Francisco. assets under management). Chairman of the Board, Santander Innoventures ; EVP and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN). Global Head of Digital Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM).

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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

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Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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Cleo Raises $44 Million In Series B For Digital Financial Adviser Platform

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Its platform, which has 4 million Gen-Z and millennial users, provides customers with insight into their finances and data to make financial decisions. market, and make additional management hires in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cleo bills itself as a digital financial assistant and adviser for Generation Z.

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Wine.com Uncorks A Vintage Year

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Millennial purchases grew 36 percent in 2019, which Bergsund sees as the key to what he calls the next generation of wine drinkers. Millennials are leading a premium trend for wine. Millennials are also leading a trend in high-end spirits, which will be a focus for 2020. Revenue from the company’s mobile app grew 60 percent.

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SoFi Sees Investor Accounts Double Thanks To Fractional Shares

PYMNTS

The CEO of SoFi, the digital personal finance company based in San Francisco, said its investor accounts have doubled this year, mostly due to fractional shares. Founded in 2011, SoFi made its reputation by refinancing student loans for millennials. In 2019, it launched SoFi Invest and SoFi Money, a cash management account.

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