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Millennial credit card delinquencies rise: New York Fed

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Nearly 3% of millennials are newly delinquent as of the third quarter this year, slightly up from 2.5% in Q3 2019, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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Amex bets on millennials, Gen Z for growth

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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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Encouraging millennials to use` digital revolving credit solutions

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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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Buy Now Pay Later: Why Millennials and Gen Zs are crazy for split payment options

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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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Reaching Millennial Travelers With Payments Technology

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Hotels, airlines and homesharing platforms need strategies to satisfy the travel needs of four generations of jetsetters, who each have different booking and payment preferences. Some millennials, in one case, would abandon travel booking processes if their preferred payment method was not offered. All this, Today in Data.

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Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit

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It has been suggested that millennials are averse to having and using credit cards. Millennials are in fact as likely as other generations to have credit cards, with nearly nine out of 10 having at least one card, according to PYMNTS’ latest research. percent of bridge millennials have used BNPL, close to double the average.

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What Hath Bridge Millennials Wrought To Commerce And Payments?

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The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What makes millennials tick? Census, millennials are 25 to 34 years old. The reason for that is because data shows a significant difference in payments and commerce between this segment and the Census view of millennials.