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Can a Mobile Lending App Save Millennial Credit Ratings?

Bank Innovation

Millennials hate credit — but a new service called Lenny is out to change that. It will reach Texas, Florida and New York in the next 10 to 12 months, according to the company, which claims that, in less than three Read More. Lenny is meant for mobile (of course) and launched today in California.

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TGI Fridays, Fast Casual Food To Cater To Millennial Expectations

PYMNTS

Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. Look no further than TGI Fridays’ experimental store redesign for a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas, that opened on Monday (March 7).

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Consumers Can Now Pay With SNAP EBT For H-E-B Curbside, Home Delivery

PYMNTS

Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B will now let customers pay for groceries for curbside or home delivery using SNAP benefits online or via a mobile phone, according to a press release. According to data from PYMNTS, millennials accounted for 32.9 percent of the digital shift.

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Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game

PYMNTS

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. The company already had operated an innovation facility in Japan. Located in Dallas, the 7-Eleven lab store is designed so that customers can test and purchase the newest innovations from the retailer.

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How C-Stores Market To Digitally Savvy Gas App Users

PYMNTS

And, according to reports earlier this year, the company is testing short-range delivery of food and convenience items with its 7Now program in certain Texas locations. Sixty-two percent of bridge millennials say that if an app is convenient, they might use it to pay at a gas station. Almost half – or 49.4

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

PYMNTS

Policymakers may have simply shifted operating firms from one industry to another, having no real effect on market conduct,” Ramirez writes. As of this week, the firm announced it would be adding to its store count with the acquisition of 11 Illinois stores, one Iowa store and seven Texas stores.

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Grocery Round-Up: Digital-First Delivers For Kroger, Another Instacart Pair-Up And Hoarding Round 2

PYMNTS

Q3 operating profit hit $792 million, up from $254 million the previous year. The service is already online in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin — the range of states Meijer operates in currently. He pointed to total company sales, which hit $29.7 Earnings per share (EPS) reached $.80, 80, up from $.32.