PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Two co-founders of Google Pay in India have raised $13.2 Sujith Narayanan and Sumit Gwalani, both co-founders of Google Pay India — formerly called Google Tez — said the seed funding brings the neo-bank startup epiFi to a valuation of roughly $50 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Starting with Siri’s appearance on the market in 2011 and exploding into the public consciousness with Amazon’s Alexa (and to a lesser extent Google Assistant), with rapid growth over the last six or so years, the voice connected future has been expanding into every aspects of the consumer’s life — and into the co-pilot seat.

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JUNE 16, 2020

This is the second post in a series on Google healthcare capabilities. With the healthcare industry having to quickly jump on the cloud bandwagon with telehealth recently, it is becoming apparent that a new norm is (in my millennial opinion, finally) emerging. You can learn more about our Google healthcare capabilities here.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

But what might be a bit unexpected is that this time around, Google and its Google Home Assistant are along for the ride. For the 2018 version, Google – in partnership with Disney and Random House – is rolling out an interactive storytelling feature in its Google Home technology.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

Millennials are using FinTech to pay back their college loans, cover healthcare expenses, and now, through FinTech startup Future Family , to get pregnant. There are plenty of good reasons for that: millennials are getting married later, and having kids is expensive. Kids these days. But the biological clock waits for no woman.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

The point is that when it comes to wedding planning — especially those put together by millennials, who are finally coming into their own as important consumers — there is always a better way to go about things. All this new revenue is going from the cities where most millennials live to the countryside,” he said. An Idea is Born.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Who’s smarter: Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home? In a study by New York-based digital agency 360i, researchers used proprietary new Voice Search Monitor (VSM) software to ask Alexa and Google the same set of 3,000 questions and found that Google Home was six times more likely to answer correctly. In Other News….

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2020

More eye-opening still is the fact that 23 million consumers made purchases using voice assistants, including Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home. The heaviest users of voice commerce are the bridge millennials, the older of that generational group, with more disposable income and high levels of technological fluency.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Such tools are no longer at the far reaches of the universe, and today’s technologies would make the Enterprise’s crew feel right at home. Wingstop, a fast-casual buffalo wings chain with 1,031 locations worldwide, tends to be an early adopter for new technologies. Orderscape is also working on voice-activated ordering technologies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic. 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

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Millennials Eschew Bank Mobile Wallets. The study found that both millennials and non-millennials want to use mobile to manage finances, and cash is becoming less important to both groups.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

A large portion of commuters, though (some 99 million), are finding ways to connect, either by using their smartphones or technology already built into their vehicles’ dashboards. Voice assistant technology, for one, has the potential to significantly boost in-vehicle commerce — for obvious reasons. About The Digital Drive Report.

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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

JUNE 9, 2020

The alternate payment company said the offering is available through its app, which users can download from the Google Play Store or App Store. Affirm said that millennials and Generation Z comprise more than half of Affirm’s user base and are “especially suspicious of the fine print and hidden fees linked with traditional banking services.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Accessing Amazon’s Alexa (13 percent) and Google Assistant (12 percent) through the dashboard were far less popular. But in-dash Google Assistant had a good deal of future interest: 31.9 In 2017, Starbucks launched ordering integration with Ford’s SYNC3 , the automaker’s voice-activated technology powered by Alexa.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Then, there are Bridge Millennials. Bridge Millennials are a unique group of consumers, comprised of individuals between 30 and 40 years of age who exhibit cultural characteristics of both Generation X and Millennials. Among the Bridge Millennials in our study, 37.8 percent of respondents say they would trust Google, 28.8

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

In addition, Google has debuted a rewards points program for Google Play customers in South Korea , and UnionPay International (UPI) has come to cooperation agreements with institutions in six countries, including Indonesia and Thailand. They can then add their cards to wallets from Google Pay, Samsung Pay and Apple Pay.

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MARCH 3, 2017

The company, which prides itself on determining which loan recipients are worthwhile, sees this money fueling its future growth and helping to license the technology to banks, credit unions and retailers.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There’s nothing more suitable for technology disruption than traditional small business banking. And there’s no better way to target Millennial entrepreneurs than with the technology they crave to help them in their business pursuits. And 77 percent of them said that technology makes them feel “more in control.”.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Millennials – the most important generation of the current era as far as most businesses are concerned. The interests, opinions and expectations of millennials have been shaped by some of the most seismic events of recent times, such as the internet boom and the 2008 financial crisis. Mobile is king.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The campus will be located between Facebook and Google in the Stanford Research Park. JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon views technology as a way to keep back the competition from FinTech startups that are luring over millennial customers in droves. Dimon famously called bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, a fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

The lucrative “ bridge millennial ” consumer segment — relatively high-earning and highly educated, and approaching their peak earning years — are particularly fond of this technology, with 31 percent reporting ownership of a voice-activated device and 55 percent of those owners using them to make a purchase. Google Goes Big.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Millennials likely to embrace nontraditional services: According to a recent survey conducted for FICO, millennials (aged 18-34) are more likely to use nontraditional services like Apple Pay or Google Wallet, proving that banking alternatives have the potential to grow rapidly if properly designed and executed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

While advertisers wait and see, the technology company recently rolled out a feature for global users of Google’s search engine that’s aimed at combating a related issue in the current digital space: fake news, and misinformation more broadly. First introduced via limited tests in Google News for U.S. YouTube TV has gone live.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

That number climbs to 38 percent among baby boomers, 74 percent for Generation Xers and 85 percent for millennials and Generation Z consumers. Getting Ready To Fight Off Apple And Google. Apple and Google are bringing a new level of user experience to banking and payments that did not exist before now,” Kikkeri said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

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. Bridge millennials own slightly more devices than the average consumer in our study: six devices compared to the roughly five that most consumers own. This group of 60 million U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Google confirmed that it will partner with Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union to launch a checking account linked to Google Pay sometime next year. Cache, reportedly the project’s code name, is described by Google as a “smart” DDA. Google’s Everyday App Opportunity. It was the gasp heard ‘round the world last week.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

That’s the view from one of Google’s latest retail-associated launches, an airfare insight and travel recommendations offering. According to VentureBeat , Google has “rolled out a series of updates to google.com/travel , its one-stop itinerary planner on the web. Contextual Commerce. I’m happily surprised.”. Travel Trends.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

And while Tesla has been a connected vehicle leader, other players in the industry such as Ford, Daimler and Volvo are launching offerings equipped with technology. From automakers to retailers and online platforms, companies around the world are tapping into connected commerce technology in automobiles and mobile devices.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Mobile technology by payments provider ACI Worldwide is a crucial part of the Co-operative Group’s (Co-op) new pay-in-aisle app, the firm said in a July 31 press release. . especially in urban areas and among millennials,” said Andrew Quartermaine, vice president, ACI Worldwide. One of the U.K.’s The Co-op was the first U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Almost half – 43 percent of high-income millennials – said they would be more likely to visit a gas station if its app offered them convenience, loyalty and savings, according to the PYMNTS Paying At The Pump report. percent – use Google Maps’ mobile app for gas. Fortune called the tie-up “a victory for Google.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

But one thing is clear: Americans would be willing to dispense with their local bank and make Amazon , Apple or Google their primary payment account provider if those 21 st -century accounts allowed them to more easily manage and spend their money. The rate rises to 60 percent among bridge millennials, those between the ages of 30 and 40. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Now more than ever, we see it as our mission to give today’s businesses the touchless technology needed to keep the kiosk experience safe and empower businesses to continue thriving.’’. It recently launched an application via Alexa Skill and Google Assistant Action powered by conversational experience platform Voicify. “Touchless.ai

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Millennials have shown remarkable interest in these solutions, which allow consumers to finance purchases with specific terms when they check out online. Millennials lead in the early adoption of BNPL, especially older “ bridge millennials ,” or those aged 32 to 41 who tend to have more purchasing power than their younger counterparts.

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