"Generation Y" Blogs & Blog Posts

Big data meets politics EurActiv.com by Davide Patteri Politicians across Europe often look suspiciously at the “big data” revolution as a trend imported from the US, which encroaches on their privacy. Europe’s rude awakening to big d...

Filed under: Personal Finance, Credit Cards Shutterstock A recent survey indicates that just 61 percent of millennials have at least one credit card. This makes some sense given that new laws about marketing credit to people under the age of 21 have...

Filed under: Banking, Personal Finance, Banks, Financial Services, Credit Unions Shutterstock By Krystal Steinmetz It appears that size matters, at least when millennials are selecting a bank. Young Americans (between 18 and 34) are increasingly d...

Filed under: Banking Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe trend toward digital payments and away from cash is increasing the need for easy exchanges between friends. When Victoria Scipione has to pay back friends after a weekend getaway, she...

Filed under: Student Loans, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Marriage Alamy By Ellen Chang The number of people purchasing their first home, especially millennials, could be impacted negatively by shifting demographics as the median age fo...

Filed under: Life Stage Lessons By Steve Liesman Conventional wisdom holds that the millennial generation, influenced by the 9/11 attacks, burdened with student debt and reared in a world of high-speed mobile devices, is a unique group of young peo...

Filed under: Life Stage Lessons Getty ImagesWhile 401(k)s may make you skittish, remember that you must find a way to take care of your 80-year-old self down the road. By Christine Giordano To some, few things are scarier than investing in a 401(k...