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Podcast: Giving Emerging Community Bank Talent ‘Opportunities to Shine’

ABA Community Banking

The fourth season of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast kicks off with Minnesota community bank CEO Andy Schornack. The post Podcast: Giving Emerging Community Bank Talent ‘Opportunities to Shine’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Sezzle Scoops Up $500k Investment from Brussels-based E-Merge

Fintech Labs Insights

Sezzle is a startup based in Minnesota whose initial solution, Sezzle Pay , leverages the ACH rails to provide faster, lower cost payments. The solution also appeals to millennials according to Youakim, who noted that only 37% of millennials have a credit card. “Our rate is 1.5%

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Restoration Hardware Goes Members Only For Discounts

PYMNTS

The RH Grey Card] is a pay-to-play proposition,” Wendy Liebmann, CEO of WSL Strategic Retail, told the Minnesota Star Tribune. However, there is the chance that Restoration Hardware draws a different sort of clientele than the average budget airline trying to charge for peanuts.

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The Coming Crush Of Online Apparel

PYMNTS

And, more tantalizingly to apparel retailers, the most fashion-forward (and free-spending) cohort of buyer, millennials, are increasingly likely to buy their clothes online. They are also currently building an eCommerce IT center in Minnesota dedicated to solving exactly those kinds of problems.

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Social Influencer Marketing in Banking

Social Assurance

A great example is how Minnwest Bank engaged with Zach Johnson, known as the MN Millennial Farmer. Minnwest Bank is the second-largest agricultural lender in Minnesota, with a core focus on agricultural communities and farmers as their target audience.

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How community banks can help young homebuyers

Independent Banker

As house prices skyrocket, student loan debt grows and wages stagnate, many Gen Zers and millennials are watching their homebuying dreams move out of reach. Younger millennials and Gen Z buyers—those born after 1980—represent 45% of the total homebuyer market. Beth Mattson-Teig is a writer in Minnesota. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Alt-lender targeting millennials . HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Total raised: $7.85 HQ: Los Angeles, California. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $5.6 million Series A. Total raised: $305.6 million (unknown mix of Debt/Equity). HQ: California. Source: Crunchbase. Cachet Financial Solutions. Remote deposit platform. Total raised: $24.3

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