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Generation Z

Dating Apps Test Higher-Priced Tiers to Find Love Amid Decline in Paying Users
Dating Apps Test Higher-Priced Tiers to Find Love Amid Decline in Paying Users
August 29, 2023  |  Subscription Commerce

In a bid to increase revenue and cater to more intentional daters, dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr are testing the waters with higher-priced subscription tiers, with...

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Gen Z Carries One Credit Card and Uses It More Than Other Payment Methods
Gen Z Carries One Credit Card and Uses It More Than Other Payment Methods
August 25, 2023  |  Credit Cards

It’s not how many cards consumers have, but how often purchases are put on plastic. Generation Z may be proving that less is more when...

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Fed Data Shows Pressure Building in Consumer Lending
Fed Data Shows Pressure Building in Consumer Lending
August 24, 2023  |  Debt

The Federal Reserve’s latest data on how loan performance at all banks is faring found pockets of resilience — and, perhaps, pockets of concern. Household debt has...

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Merchants Buck Discretionary Spending Pressures by Making Subscriptions ‘Essential’
Merchants Buck Discretionary Spending Pressures by Making Subscriptions ‘Essential’
August 24, 2023  |  Subscriptions

Subscription firms face pressures they wouldn’t have expected just a few months ago. Brian Bogosian, CEO of sticky.io, told Karen Webster in an interview that the...

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CommentSold Buys PopshopLive to Launch Creator Commerce Platform
CommentSold Buys PopshopLive to Launch Creator Commerce Platform
August 22, 2023  |  eCommerce

Live selling technology firm CommentSold says it has acquired mobile live streaming marketplace Popshoplive. The deal, announced Tuesday (Aug. 22), marks CommentSold’s (CS) entrance into direct-to-consumer commerce, the company...

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Gen Z Consumers Most Likely to Use Aggregators for Discovery
Gen Z Consumers Most Likely to Use Aggregators for Discovery
August 21, 2023  |  Aggregators

Consumers overall may typically already know where they are going to order when they open their delivery app, but younger consumers are more open to...

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Credit Unions Can Be the Online ‘Influencers’ Guiding Younger Consumers to Financial Wellness
Credit Unions Can Be the Online ‘Influencers’ Guiding Younger Consumers to Financial Wellness
August 21, 2023  |  Credit Unions

PSCU Chief Growth Officer Brian Scott told PYMNTS that younger generations are more challenged than their older peers. “They just have not had the same amount of time...

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India’s Mobile Payments Embrace Lays Fertile Ground for Walmart, Amazon eCommerce Ambitions
India’s Mobile Payments Embrace Lays Fertile Ground for Walmart, Amazon eCommerce Ambitions
August 18, 2023  |  eCommerce

The jousting between Amazon and Walmart for eyeballs browsing market places, and share of digital wallet for consumer spending, is finding an evolving battleground in...

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Half of Zillennials Steer Clear of Gig Work
Half of Zillennials Steer Clear of Gig Work
August 14, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

Among younger generations, zillennials prove uniquely hesitant to engage with the connected economy when it comes to work. For PYMNTS’ study “The ConnectedEconomy™ Monthly Series:...

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