Amex bets on millennials, Gen Z for growth
Payments Dive
MARCH 14, 2023
As it pursues younger consumers, the company is angling to ensure its high-fee cards offer enough value for millennials and Gen Zers.
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Payments Dive
MARCH 14, 2023
As it pursues younger consumers, the company is angling to ensure its high-fee cards offer enough value for millennials and Gen Zers.
Payments Dive
AUGUST 18, 2020
Millennials have grown up with technology and generally avoid traditional credit cards in favor of digital payments. Tim Harris, CEO of FuturePay outlines how to interest this group in digital revolving credit solutions.
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That’s especially true for bridge millennials, those 32- to 42-year-olds, entering the prime time of their spending years. But more notable than the uptick in connected commerce among the general consumer population is how much more strongly bridge millennials consumers have adopted voice assistants as a primary commerce mechanism.
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Payments Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Buy Now and Pay Later has become a trend during 2020 and looks like, given the appeal it has for Millennials and Gen Z's it will be part of the payments industry in the future. Chaim Lever, co-founder of Four, a split-payment platform, shares his thoughts on why especially these two groups prefer to buy now and pay later.
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AUGUST 7, 2018
I’ve spotted a couple of interesting discussions about millennials and money in the last week, both of which say that the views on them are wrong. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 10, 2020
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PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
To move toward retirement, and to have the money in place to get there, millennials need to make the leap from bare bones banking — checking and savings — into investing. Statistics, he said, show that three out of five millennials don’t invest at all, opting instead to stay on the sidelines. Our target customers are millennials.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
As to who’s getting instant payments and where they are getting those payments from, it’s the bridge millennials, the younger generations, right on down to Generation Z. And the data show that millennials and Gen Z are among those cohorts most likely to have received instant payments. percent of millennials. And with 25.8
Chris Skinner
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I have had many, many conversations about reaching the millennial customer. We need to be attractive to millennials? Millennials think differently, how do we reach them? Millennials are rejecting banks, is that right? The challenge today is to think like a Millennial. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Born between 1981 and 1996 and numbering over 75 million, millennials have become the largest demographic group in the US, according to the Brookings Institution.
PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2020
While younger people in the millennial and Gen Z age groups report high levels of stress in a recent survey, the COVID-19 pandemic is not necessarily the main reason for that, CNBC reports. That decline was matched by Gen Z respondents. But finances are a particular point of concern for both generations.
Bank Innovation
APRIL 12, 2017
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 13, 2020
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Chris Skinner
JANUARY 25, 2018
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FEBRUARY 19, 2018
small businesses, specifically and unsurprisingly with those run by millennials, according to a new report by Mercator Advisory Group. According to Mercator’s report, Business Banking Services: Keeping Up with Millennial Owners, 27% of total U.S. Online alternative lenders are gaining momentum with U.S.
PYMNTS
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Some millennials, in one case, would abandon travel booking processes if their preferred payment method was not offered. millennials who pay for hotels with debit cards or cash. 50%: Projected share of millennial spend in the personal luxury market by 2025. 20%: Portion of all global travelers comprised of millennials.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 5, 2017
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Bank Innovation
JANUARY 13, 2020
When [millennials and Gen […]. As retailers seek to increase customer purchase volumes through point-of-sale loans, PayPal is setting itself apart from competition through its brand recognition, the speed of its underwriting process and its relationships with hundreds of millions of consumers.
Bank Innovation
MAY 25, 2017
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PYMNTS
MARCH 6, 2020
San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The Founder and CEO of Nubank David Velez also participated in the funding round.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 7, 2020
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2020
And bridge millennials are nearly twice as likely as the average consumer to utilize voice-activated technology to make purchases, as they are the first generation of consumers who have grown up with connected devices and are accustomed to shopping and paying with them. and Europe have continued social restrictions due to the pandemic.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Reynolds Group Holdings is actively working to court the millennial market , which has a particularly strong focus on convenience. For this reason, the firm has focused keenly on recipe integration in recent years — and, as it turns out, millennials are excellent recipe followers.
Bank Innovation
MAY 22, 2017
The millennial generation is saving money—just not to leave the work force. The majority of millennials, at 63%, are saving towards their “desired lifestyle” rather than towards retirement goals, according to the Spring 2017 Merrill Edge Report by Bank of America, released on Friday.
PYMNTS
MAY 26, 2020
The data on millennials’ lifetime earnings potential were already fairly grim long before the word “coronavirus” became part of everyone’s daily conversations – and before the U.S. A 2016 paper led by Stanford University Economist Raj Chetty found that millennials were in deeper economic trouble than a quick look at the U.S.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
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PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2020
Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 8, 2018
While millennials remain the top adopters of mobile banking, the generation is also more likely to have problems with their financial apps, a new survey released by online mobile payment and identity verification company Jumio found.
PYMNTS
MAY 11, 2020
It could be the perfect time for millennials to stop throwing their money away on rent and buy a home — or not. A survey by the Pew Research Center found one-third of millennials have been laid off due to the COVID-19. The hardest hit are the older millennials while the younger ones were hit by the last recession.”.
Bank Innovation
APRIL 5, 2017
61% of investors in the millennial generation are saving for retirement, buying a home, or for other long-term financial goals, according to a survey conducted by digital investment company Stash. This somewhat goes against the popular perception that savers in the millennial generation are both rare and only interested in short-term rewards.
PYMNTS
APRIL 22, 2019
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.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
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Bank Innovation
JULY 27, 2018
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. Bridge millennials are consumers aged 30 to 40 whose shopping and financial preferences straddle Gen X and millennial demographics.
Bank Innovation
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Bank Innovation
JUNE 27, 2017
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PYMNTS
JULY 15, 2020
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Bank Innovation
JULY 12, 2017
Life as a non-prime millennial consumer means more debt and less financial confidence, with the majority of these consumers living paycheck to paycheck.
Bank Innovation
APRIL 11, 2017
One fourth of full-service millennial investors have either tried, or are actively using, a robo-advisory platform, according to a new study by J.D. The study suggests that millennials have now accumulated enough wealth to be in the “sweet spot” for engaging a wealth manager.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Demand will be robust, the report said, and with low rates, rising rents and “the ever-expending Millennial population” all contributing to that demand. The data show that millennials’ share of mortgage originations will pass 50 percent this spring — outnumbering boomers and Gen X’ers.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 9, 2020
For example, studies show that one in every five millennials would abandon travel booking processes if their preferred payment method was not offered. Millennials are set to become a significant portion of global travelers (they already are, in fact), so it is critical for platforms to reach them in the channels where they are already.
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2019
Have millennials started starving a segment of commerce in a socially positive way? Added to the list of things millennials are killing — along with homeownership, the institution of marriage and diamond jewelry — is apparently alcohol. Folks in the millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance. Data from U.S.
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