Trends: Financial Services

Millennials find clever ways to finance life.
Young, cash-strapped Millennials are leaning on their parents for help today. Still they’re not letting old-fashioned barriers like credit scores stand in the way of big purchases. Meanwhile, their af … Read more

Marketing Statement – First Quarter 2017
How’s that 2017 marketing plan working out for your brand so far? Does it lean into social media? Does it leverage the many new features Facebook launched in 2016 to further connectivity—like live vid … Read more

Hospital system backs patient experience with refund policy.
Patients increasingly want the same level of customer service at the hospital that they get at the Genius Bar, according to McKinsey & Company research. Respondents said that great customer servic … Read more

Weekly Recap – December 9, 2016
2016 continues to be a big year for Instagram. The platform reached more than 500 million Instagrammers and debuted a shiny new interface. And they aren’t stopping there. This week Instagram announced … Read more

4 social media trends for insurance marketers.
From year to year, most insurance products stay the same, but there’s one thing that does change: The way they’re marketed. What does 2017 have in store? Let’s take a look at the trends. Social m … Read more

Weekly Recap – November 24, 2016
Is Cyber Monday the new Black Friday? While it may be shifting this way, Digiday wants you to be careful when coming across news stories on Facebook and Google. Why? Some fake news stories are causing … Read more

Don’t send money this holiday, send them to college.
Just in time for the holidays, GiftOfCollege.com presents the gift that truly keeps on giving in convenient gift card form. Grandparents take heed. You guessed it—plastic 529 gift cards that let peopl … Read more

Marketing Statement – Fourth Quarter 2016
Look who’s talking money now. Gen We is growing up and growing into bank accounts, credit cards and student loans. They’re approaching finances with eyes wide open, taking a decidedly sophisticated ap … Read more

3 ways financial marketers can engage with Gen We.
Is it us, or does Gen We rhyme with money? According to CEB Iconoculture research, Gen We encompasses kids up to age 18 (born between 1996 and 2016) and has distinct and unique attitudes when it comes … Read more

Millennials and credit cards: a complicated relationship.
Yes. No. Maybe. Well, it’s complicated. What’s the deal with Millennials and credit cards? Here are four things financial marketers should know: Only a third of Millennials have credit cards. Unlike t … Read more