Millennials

Gatsby launches free options trading for millennials, Gen Z

12/16/19

The startup with a namesake app is already attracting young investors and has been in talks with banks about partnerships.

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To ignore Gen Z is ‘to flirt with irrelevance’: Wells Fargo exec

12/09/19

Businesses need to shift focus away from millennials and toward the next age group, which is expected to be so demanding that business processes will have to be overhauled, says Julia Carreon, the bank's managing director of digital and fiduciary operations.

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A 'false narrative'? Banks strike back against claims of fintech advantage

12/06/19

Bankers are disputing upstarts' claims customers don't like them, noting progress that traditional institutions have made in recent years.

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One community banker's plan to reach the underbanked

10/01/19

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

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Fintech lenders taking more market share from banks, survey finds

09/25/19

Digital-first lenders more than doubled their market share in the last four years, according to a report by Experian.

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Savings app Blast has new target market — PC gamers

09/24/19

The app, which started with mobile gaming, will now integrate itself with some of the most popular video games on the market such as Fortnite.

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'These foolish ideas': Comments of the week

09/19/19

Readers react to plans by Democratic presidential candidates to reform college tuition, credit unions buying more banks, whether the next president could fire the CFPB head and more.

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Banks are missing their millennial opportunity

09/19/19

With 20- and 30-somethings just beginning to build financial wealth, banks must orient their business to meet the needs of these consumers.

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Throw your old data analytics out the window

09/11/19

Changes in consumer behavior patterns will force banks to reassess the information they use to attract customers.

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'Millennials can see through this': How banks' marketing to Gen Y misfires

08/13/19

April Rudin, CEO of the Rudin Group, offers advice on tailoring marketing to younger audiences and women.

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