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Millennials SME Owners Prefer Online Alternative Lenders to Tradtional Ones

Bank Innovation

Online alternative lenders are gaining momentum with U.S. small businesses, specifically and unsurprisingly with those run by millennials, according to a new report by Mercator Advisory Group. According to Mercator’s report, Business Banking Services: Keeping Up with Millennial Owners, 27% of total U.S.

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Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit

PYMNTS

It has been suggested that millennials are averse to having and using credit cards. Millennials are in fact as likely as other generations to have credit cards, with nearly nine out of 10 having at least one card, according to PYMNTS’ latest research. percent of bridge millennials have used BNPL, close to double the average.

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Open Banking Is A Must for Millennials, Bankers Claim

Bank Innovation

It’s crucial for banks to start participating in the finance revolution, especially as millennials are on the hunt for open banking—at least, according to bankers. According to a survey of 300 banking officials, conducted by Marketforce and Earnix, developing open APIs is becoming more and more crucial to retaining customers.

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Morgan Stanley’s Robo-Advisor for Millennials Goes Live

Bank Innovation

Morgan Stanley launched a robo-advisor to target fintech’s darling demography – millennials. The online service has a 0.35% advisory and users are required to have a minimum investment of $5,000. The robo-advisor, which is called Morgan Stanley Access Investing, was unveiled yesterday.

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Who needs millennials?

Chris Skinner

I have had many, many conversations about reaching the millennial customer. We need to be attractive to millennials? Millennials think differently, how do we reach them? Millennials are rejecting banks, is that right? The challenge today is to think like a Millennial. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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New Challenger Bank Bets Millennials Want the Bank Branch

Bank Innovation

-based iam bank, will launch later this year with both prime digital tools—mobile offerings, machine learning algorithms, and chatbots—as well as with real, touchable bank branches, specifically tailored to appeal to the millennial consumer base. […].

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eBay to accept Venmo

Payments Dive

A week after dropping American Express, the online auctioneer said it will now accept payments through Venmo, which is popular among Gen Z and millennials