PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

There is a growing list of things millennials have seemingly been blamed for rendering obsolete, such as cocktail napkins, casual dining and expensive engagement rings. cardholders across a range of age and income groups. Our data suggests that card customer service departments must be equipped to address these fundamental concerns.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Maybe millennials really are a self-centered bunch? New data suggests that they are buying more gift cards than ever before but then turning around and spending those cards on themselves. Mercator Advisory Group surveyed 3,009 U.S. The study found that these types of consumers are steadily growing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2016

Credit card issuers will be encouraged by the latest data from The New York Fed. Credit card use, after many years of slowdown after the financial crisis of 2008, is now exploding. Among the Millennial generation, the level of credit card debt is at its lowest level since 1989, when data collection began.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The stated goal, according to new CEO Jim Brett – is for the brand to build back its audience particularly among millennial shoppers. And as Karen Webster noted in a commentary on the rise of the Bridge Millennials – and what it will mean – merchants are not wrong to be a little obsessed with this group of consumers. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The stated goal, according to new CEO Jim Brett, is for the brand to build back its audience, particularly among millennial shoppers. And, as Karen Webster noted in a commentary on the rise of the bridge millennials – and what it will mean – merchants are not wrong to be a little obsessed with this group of consumers. “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users. Bankrate has estimated that roughly 33 percent of millennials have cards. FinTechs have been stepping in to feed demand for installment loans.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2018

For all the press about how millennials are the future of commerce, there is one big and rather problematic roadblock in that narrative. Millennials are kind of broke – and they might always be. While other generational groups also lost ground during the Great Recession, millennials as a group have largely missed the recovery.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While they enjoy many FinTech innovations, most millennials don’t have a snowball’s chance of earning more than their parents — ever. It’s one thing for the millennial offspring of the billionaire hedge-fund scions to fall short of making a billion because they only manage to pull down $760 million a year. It’s a fact. population.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Convenience store operators would be wise to pay close attention to the purchasing habits of a certain subset of consumer: the Bridge Millennial — the first generation of connected consumers with spending power. Building A Better Bridge Millennial Gas App. percent), credit cards (11.1 So what do BMs want from a gas app?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As millennials continue to grow their presence in the small business (SMB) community, the dynamics of SMB finance are also changing. According to some experts , millennial small business owners no longer accept mediocre or sub-par services from their financial providers. million millennials now make up more than a quarter of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS’ December 2020 Buy Now, Pay Later Report , a collaboration with PayPal , examines the explosion in BNPL’s popularity, starting with a certain consumer group we all know and love. Bridge Millennials Crossing Over To BNPL. How they use credit and how they feel about it, however, is what sets millennials apart from other demos.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 25, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Millennial and Gen Z-focused credit card provider Deserve has raised $50 million from the Keystone National Group, funding earmarked for the startup’s expansion of account receivables, the company announced today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. How Bridge Millennials Are Driving More Demand For Flexible Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Along with being largely more tech-savvy, educated and affluent than previous generations, Chinese millennials were also raised in a time of relative stability and affluence in the nation. By then, Chinese millennials could account for about 53 percent of total consumption spending. Chinese millennials are taking on debt 18.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. and yes, this looks like card data breach. American Express cards, from time immemorial, has signaled affluence among holders — particularly the Platinum Card. Ready to jump in?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

bank account have access to Zelle in their mobile banking app,” Lou Anne Alexander, group president, payments solutions at Zelle operator Early Warning, said in a press release. Square also offers small business loans and has a Visa debit card linked to the app, which lets users treat it like a bank account.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Millennials are a force to be reckoned with, as they are made up of approximately 90 million individuals with significant spending power: By 2030, their aggregate annual income is projected to be more than $4 trillion. Attracting Millennials. Approximately 75 percent of Gravy’s users are millennials. Second Chances.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

In fact, just 13 percent of the latter and 8 percent of the former say they receive their funds through instant payments to debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards or digital wallets. To learn more about how offering instant disbursements can help firms close the payout choice gap, download the Report.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2016

Millennials are buying fewer houses than their Baby-Boomer counterparts – that is inarguable by the data. Across age groups, the U.S. percent – and that dip is mostly powered by millennial homebuyers who aren’t buying. For the same reasons they aren’t using credit cards – they can’t.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

More than one out of four millennials carry less than $5 cash with them. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months. With a fifth of millennials already rarely using cash, it is clear that this is happening relatively rapidly,” said Kalle Marsal, CMO of Mitek.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

In 1974, women won the right to apply for and control their own credit card with the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. It has made the millennial generation of women — either entering or settling into their prime spending years — something of a unique class of citizens when it comes to financial services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

It’s borne out by findings in the latest How We Shop report, which states , “Consumers are more willing to shop in stores now than they were in June — a trend across all age groups and geographic areas. Ten percent more Gen X consumers would shop in stores now than in June, and 5 percent more millennials would do the same than in June.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Luxury retailers are also targeting millennial and Generation Z consumers to expand their customer bases, with one report showing that millennials accounted for 35 percent of high-end retail purchases, for example. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World. billion this year — almost double last year’s total. About The Tracker .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

A transformation toward contactless payments is underway at the nation’s credit unions as the public shuns cash and even physical cards to lower infection risks with COVID-19. PYMNTS’ research indicates that millennials (ages 23 to 39) and bridge millennials (ages 30 to 40) have the greatest interest in P2P payment use, for example.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The steady drumbeat of tech has brought purchasing from bills and coins to cards and contactless payments – done across all manner of devices and through pushes, taps, swipes and waves, at any time. Both groups show a similar interest in contactless payments – 43.4 percent of the bridge millennials and 42.2 percent, versus 25.9

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FICO

JUNE 22, 2016

Last year Millennials surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest generation in the U.S. ( Millennials (those born between 1997-1981) now number 75.4 The Millennial generation came of age during the Great Recession and some studies from Bankrate and others, have shown they are credit averse, and favor debit cards over credit cards.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

bank account has access to Zelle in their mobile banking app,” Lou Anne Alexander, group president of payments solutions at Early Warning, said in a press release. It is rolling out a cash-back rewards program for its Venmo Mastercard debit card at certain retailers, as announced in a press release. Other Signs of Popularity.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Shoppers can start a purchase in stores by selecting the card icon in the Afterpay mobile program, which activates the Afterpay card that can be used for purchases via Google Pay or Apple Pay. Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are focusing on sustainable and ethical fashion and retail more than before.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Product hysteria is not the sort of thing that normally attaches itself to credit cards — but as scores of message boards and YouTube unboxing videos will attest, consumers are having a rather atypical reaction to the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card. It’s the best time in years to shop for a rewards card.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2017

While millennials aspire to seek out meaningful experiences, they don’t necessarily have the spending power that enables them to do so. While on the other side of the coin, there are millennials who like to go out in groups, with budgets that may be more restricted but with time to go out more frequently. BB: Yes, exactly.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

And based on early indications, it seems the follow-up act to the millennial generation is much more positively inclined toward using credit products of all stripes. Far more millennials and Gen Xers make use of credit cards than Gen Zers – at 38.29 Credit cards, however, show the greatest strength. card accounts.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

While the company is known for its payment solutions aimed at fuel for fleet services, it also has grown its corporate card and U.S. ” Smith noted that both fuel and healthcare contributed to the strong performance, pointing to integrations with Noventis, Discovery Benefits and Go Fuel Card as examples of its core success.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Millennials have matured financially, but many remain wary of using traditional credit to buy even routine or small-ticket items. Younger demographics are searching for retailers that grant numerous product options and payment methods as they continue to eschew credit cards and loans. How Millennials Are Driving BNPL Growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Papyrus parent company Schurman Retail Group had been attempting to renegotiate lease terms for its stores, but apparently not enough concessions were made to help save the company’s locations,” the report stated. Millennials to the Rescue. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Brick-and-Mortar View.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions are well on their way to challenging credit cards as younger consumers’ deferred payment method of choice. Millennials carry two fewer credit cards than their Generation X counterparts, for example, and are the single-largest demographic group using BNPL solutions. Approximately 20.3

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