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Why Goodwill Regions Are Tapping Into Digital Marketplaces

PYMNTS

To bring their merchandise in front of millions of shoppers through eCommerce, several Goodwill regions are teaming with mobile marketplace OfferUp. With the tie-up, the items are listed under handles for regional Goodwill locations. Other Goodwill member organizations are also tapping into technology platforms.

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

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The push toward digital banking seems an inexorable one, with the technology and demographics acting as tailwinds, and where governments have increasingly gotten into the act of promoting digital banks (the pure-play kind) and making forays into bits and bytes, where once paper and face-to-face transactions reigned. Kill the check.

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How Payment Platforms Connect Merchants With Augmented Reality

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At the same time, Cellulant said her products appeal to millennials who spend a lot of time on social media. In fact, the brand’s target market is millennial women between the ages of 20 and 37 with disposable income who live in an urban area. In addition, the company said that her brand is well-known and capable of generating buzz.

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Your next accounting client wants paperless, mobile services

Abrigo

Accountants looking for another reason to justify technology investments in their firms should consider this: The firm’s next generation of business clients are likely to require accounting services that are all or mostly digital. A solid share of owners 56 and older (45 percent) also favored the no-paper approach.

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How to Attract Multiple Generations to Open New Accounts and Apply for Loans

Understanding these attitudes and using them to inform marketing messages enables community banks, regional banks and credit unions to better serve their customers. How are Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z defined? How are Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z defined? What makes the group different in how they receive information?

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Amid Changing Lifestyles, Homebuying To Continue Torrid Pace?

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Drilling into the data, NAR said that each of the four regions tracked showed month-over-month and year-over-year growth. Demographic shifts are playing a role as realtor.com noted that almost half of millennials, 49%, “pushed up their plans to buy” housing due to the pandemic. Home sales in that region were up more than 40 percent.

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Selling to Millennials: 4 Ways that Banks are Retooling Their Approach

NCR

Millennial customers are quickly becoming key to the growth strategy of financial institutions, particularly in hyper-competitive markets where customer churn remains high. While millennials tend to judge a bank on the basis of its digital capabilities, they still also expect a human connection to advise them.