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Why Millennials Want To Crowdfund Their Mortgage Down Payments

PYMNTS

When one tries to Google the phrase “millennials and mortgages,” something curious happens. Two different – and in some cases, mutually exclusive sounding – accounts of millennials and their home-buying habits, or lack thereof, emerge. Millennials are shaping the market more than anyone realized.

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Target’s Rapid Reset

PYMNTS

They are increasingly seeing the upper-end of their prime demographic, a group PYMNTS titled bridge millennials. Looking at the data, a significant minority of bridge millennials report Amazon as their preferred shopping destination (19 percent), while a full a 50 percent noted that their preferred commerce experiences are omnichannel.

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Three Ideas for Banks to Reverse the "Silvering" of Their Customer Base

Jeff For Banks

A common theme among students that expressed concern about it during our Executive Development Program (EDP) sessions in Seattle, Montana, and Salt Lake City. Are your customers older than your markets? Customers leave their banks for the 4-D's: Death, Divorce, Displacement, or Dissatisfaction.

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Have Pillow, Will Trade? How Digital Is Stirring A New Age Of Bartering

PYMNTS

One typical listing – for The Montana , a guesthouse in the U.K. Offers come in from all over the world, but as of Friday (Nov. 8), the U.K., South Africa, Spain and Greece originated more offers than most other countries. We are looking for someone who can help with tiling our ensuite bathrooms.”

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

PYMNTS

only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. What is clear is that the region has a fast-growing tech sector with 48,000 IT workers, meaning it definitely meets at least one of Amazon’s standards, and an influx of millennials shows that it could be an attractive setting for new employees as well.