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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

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San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The company, which was founded in 2017, is run by a former Sequoia Capital partner named Warren Hogarth.

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New PFM App Hip Money Comes to Market

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In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app. Nebraska-based software Read More.

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Turns Out Millennials Buy Their Clothes On Amazon

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As retailers across categories fawn over shares of millennial spending power, new insight from market research and analytics firm Slice Intelligence indicates that, in terms of apparel market sales, one online retailer appears to have already won the battle. percent of online apparel sales go to millennials. Old Navy (5.1

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What ‘The Simpsons,’ Art And Millennials Have In Common

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“It was meant to be a criticism of the art market, and I think it’s going to double the value of the work.”. Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. It’s a very fast-moving market.”. million, including fees.

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The Millennial-Driven Evolution Of Jet.com

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To get more millennials on board, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is rolling out offerings designed to attract younger, well-to-do consumes in urban areas. Jet.com is broadening its selection and rolling out same-day delivery in the Big Apple for kinds of items that millennials purportedly crave, like craft beer and local foods.

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Digital Banking, Millennially Mobile

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16 percent: Estimated CAGR of the global digital banking market through 2024. 72 percent: Share of bridge millennials who think mobile apps are important for accessing bank accounts. trillion: Size of the installment market as measured in 2017.

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Millennials Spend Less While On Business Trips

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Millennials get a bad rap for everything from being unable to commit to a job to jeopardizing the cereal market. But, here’s a bit of good news coming out of travel and expense management company Concur: Businesses that have millennials in their workforces may actually save money — at least when it comes to business travel.