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Do Millennials Trust Bitcoin More than Banks?

Bank Innovation

Presently, a single bitcoin is worth just under $7,500. But do millennials trust that digital currency more than traditional banks? The rising popularity of Initial Coin Offerings has put digital currency bitcoin more in the public eye, to say nothing of its skyrocketing valuation.

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How To Pay The Millennial Workforce

PYMNTS

At present, about 5,100 FIs offer Zelle. After all, slow bill payments can present a host of challenges. In this month’s feature story, Lee explained how these instant payment apps are fast becoming table stakes for recruiting and retaining employees — millennial and Gen Z workers in particular. In the U.S.,

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What Hath Bridge Millennials Wrought To Commerce And Payments?

PYMNTS

The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What makes millennials tick? Census, millennials are 25 to 34 years old. The reason for that is because data shows a significant difference in payments and commerce between this segment and the Census view of millennials.

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Are There Digital Strategy Lessons Financial Institutions Can Learn From Other Industries?

Perficient

I presented on this topic, along with my colleague Scott Albahary – Chief Strategist for Financial Services here at Perficient and Jim Marous – Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand , to approximately 500 financial services industry folks. The approach we took, and you’ll see in the presentation, are real-world examples of digital trends.

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Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover

PYMNTS

Millennials have long been sought-after travel and hospitality customers, partly because they are perfectly placed to seek such experiences. This unique status creates both opportunities and challenges for firms in the space, as millennials search for the experiences they crave. Furthermore, millennials are set to spend $1.4

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How Millennials Shop For Furniture With Direct-To-Consumer Brands

PYMNTS

Millennials value experiences over things, as the familiar digital age adage goes, but sometimes millennials do, in fact, need actual things , such as sofas, beds and tables to furnish their apartments and houses. For starters, these retailers are turning to simple web interfaces that present information in a clear way.

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Not Even Millennials Care About Mobile Payments, Studies Show

Bank Innovation

Turns out even millennials don’t care that much about mobile payments. According to a report presented by the tech consultancy Accenture at Money20/20, the number of those of us in North America who use our mobile phones to pay at the point of sale hasn’t changed in the slightest since last year, Read More.