Articles about how banking providers can leverage financial education, financial wellness, financial literacy programs, budgeting tools, and other personal financial management tools (PFM) as part of their marketing and growth strategies.
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LendingClub (Now a Bank) Aims to Become a ‘Financial Health’ Brand
Acquiring Radius Bank sets the marketplace lender on a path to further penetrate the prime middle-class consumer market – at much lower cost.
3 Ways to Use Data to Build an Impactful Financial Wellness Strategy
Technology enables banks and credit unions to offer consumers proactive, personalized insights to help them deal with financial stress.
Financially Stressed Consumers Turning to Digital Wellness Tools
Fintech apps now face stiffer competition as financial institutions have upped their game. But will the rest of the industry keep pace?
How Financial Marketers Can Help People Who Don’t Protect Their Data
Digital tools help consumers blunt the impact of cybercrime, yet most are not used. Financial institutions can, and must, alter that dynamic.
The Strategy Behind BofA’s Digital Life Planning App
Looking to cement its dominance in retail banking, Bank of America created Life Plan 1.0, a digital app tightly tied to in-person experience.
How Financial Institutions Can Help People Gain Economic Peace of Mind
Increasingly consumers are demanding innovative digital apps that help them organize to achieve savings and budget goals.
Why Financial Education in Banking Matters Now More Than Ever
Beneath the headlines lies a shocking statistic: the majority of Americans do not have enough money saved to cover an emergency expense.
Financial Wellness Tools Propel Fintech Deeper into Banking Space
MoneyLion, with six million members, sports a new banking app and digital money-management features suited to COVID-impacted consumers.
Leveraging Bank Technology to Provide Financial Relief to Consumers
Unless banks intervene, Americans will fall into costly cycles of debt. But, a group of fintechs are helping banks solve the problem.
Why Now Is the Time for Banking to Champion Financial Wellness
Consumers need help regaining their footing post-COVID. Using digital tools, financial institutions can both assist and increase engagement.
How to Keep Seniors Coming to Digital Banking After America Reopens
Coronavirus unleashed adoption of online and mobile services. Better understanding of past digital reluctance and 10 tips will keep it going.
COVID-19 Highlights Need For Banking To Focus On Financial Wellness
Now is the time for financial institutions to respond with financial wellness strategies that will assist households impacted by COVID-19.
Banking Must Improve Financial Wellness for All
The banking industry and the government need to help bolster financial wellness in the U.S., says the Financial Health Network's Jennifer Tescher. Things will get worse before they get better.
Ally Bank Lab Builds Savings Features into App to Solve Pain Points
Helping savers by setting up automated ways to 'pay yourself first' out of idle checking funds is one key to online bank's new approach.
Unlocking Siloed CX Data Vital for Banking Providers to Beat Fintechs
Many customer experience projects exist in banks and credit unions, but few use the data strategically. That oversight could be costly.
Are Banks & Credit Unions Losing Out on Savings Apps?
Consumers now funnel billions into automatic saving apps. They love the 'found money' experience. So far, mostly fintechs have taken the lead.
How Financial Wellness Turbocharges Bank-At-Work Programs
Adding a financial education component to a workplace banking program can help banks and credit unions differentiate their services.
Branches Should Become Financial Health and Wellness Centers
Evolving underused branches into places where financial stress is relieved would put banks and credit unions back on the community map.
The Business Case for Financial Wellness in Banking
The CEO of the pioneering mobile banking app, Moven, argues that financial wellness is a critical cornerstone to personalization strategies.
Turning a Bank’s Financial Wellness Program into a Growth Strategy
Consumer debt hit a high at $4 trillion in 2019 and financial stress has reportedly driven 7 in 10 Americans to tears.
Financial Wellness Strategies Crucial to Growth for Banks & Credit Unions
Consumers are embracing AI-enabled apps to help manage their daily financial lives. Legacy institutions can lead or simply be data suppliers.
Financial Stress Now The #1 Reason Millennials Lose Sleep
New data help financial marketers understand the needs and concerns of this huge generation with its different views of the American Dream.
