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How Payment Platforms Connect Merchants With Augmented Reality

PYMNTS

To let shoppers discover and try out new products, payment companies are helping merchants launch augmented reality (AR) experiences within social media platforms. The firm chose a Kenyan brand, Huddah Cosmetics , as the first social commerce merchant on its Mula service to roll out the platform.

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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. Lenny is meant for mobile (of course) and launched today in California. 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.

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The open banking opportunity

Accenture

Of course, some of this investment came from banks. Based on this survey of over 2,000 consumers, it’s clear that online retailers, tech firms and social-media players face an uphill battle to convince consumers to allow them access to their financial data. That’s no surprise. So why not? It all comes down to a lack of trust.

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What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade

PYMNTS

Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. In the payments ecosystem, we need look no further than the bridge millennial for how the connected purchasing experience will evolve over the next decade. consumers shop and pay — today and in the future.

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For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind

PYMNTS

It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms.

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Shoot and score: Tips for winning a new business valuation client

Abrigo

If your firm has a social media presence , make sure that it’s in line with your brand, as well as readily apparent on your website by linking to your company Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook pages. Generation X and Millennials increasingly supplement their online research with social media searches.

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Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: When Does The ‘Cashless Society’ Begin?

PYMNTS

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.