Obsessing Over Gen Z Kills Financial Marketers’ Opportunities
Banks and credit unions can't treat generational traits as the final word in how to serve consumers. Try looking at who heads the households.
Articles about Gen Z banking trends, habits and payments preferences, with insights into how the next generation of banking consumers feels about credit cards, cash, fintechs and digital banking tools.
New data from Bank of America suggests that consumer priorities and economic behaviors are increasingly driven more by income level than by generational cohort.
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Banks and credit unions can't treat generational traits as the final word in how to serve consumers. Try looking at who heads the households.
The industry assumes Gen Z will only be attracted to fintechs, but they still have a soft spot for traditional banking providers.
There are three primary ways to effectively earn the trust of Gen Z: innovative reward programs, branches and celebrity effects.
The two generations have some similar banking preferences, but banks and credit unions shouldn't assume both age groups are alike.
Studies are great, but hearing directly from members of this up-and-coming generation provides a virtual focus group of marketing insights.
Revamping banking to fit the 'customers of tomorrow' may not actually pay off for banks and credit unions in the long run.
If financial institutions keep marketing to Gen Z like they did Millennials and Gen X, they'll keep coming up short.
Three strategies will help banks and credit unions meet younger generations' challenges during COVID slump.
Data confirms one idea about mobile/web product expectations but refutes two others relating to personalization and willingness to pay.
Gen Z'ers are misunderstood and miscategorized by the banking industry, says Gen Z and Millennial researcher Jason Dorsey. He talks his new book, "Zconomy, How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business – And What to Do About It" and what financial marketers should improve for the generation.
Despite all the fintech apps, consumers will give more business to traditional institutions if service is personalized, imaginative, trusted.
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Having some type of bank account with Amazon, Google or Walmart appeals to young adults, but many prefer to open checking accounts in person.
For the members of Gen Z, it's a Venmo world. But for these tech-savvy consumers trust is as important in their banking as convenience.
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If not offered the right digital tools, Millennials and Gen Z will put the funds in fintechs that compete with banks and credit unions.
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