financial services

Most older people don't trust the Financial Services industry. The lack of trust probably is equally shared by the young. This is not telling you anything new.

“Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again.”
–Barbra Streisand

According to an article in NFC World about MCX’s mobile wallet (to be named CurrentC):

“Consumers will benefit from using CurrentC in four main ways: 1) Save money with valuable coupons and offers; 2) Earn rewards from participating merchant loyalty programs; 3) Pay simply; and 4) A more secure way to pay.”

Wells Fargo is an unusual bank. In the first place, it is headquartered in San Francisco, not in a typical financial center like New York. It is also unusually socially conscious, earning high marks for its environmental record and setting records for financing green projects.

Don’t bother looking it up. Hyperopia is a term that refers to far-sightedness–for the purpose of this blog post, it’s important to know that it’s the opposite of myopia.

Myopia being the term used by Kevin Tynan, CMO of Liberty Bank for Savings, in an editorial in American Banker titled Banks Have a Case of Digital Marketing Myopia. In it, Mr. Tynan writes:

A Wall Street Journal article titled Start Early to Raise Money-Savvy Kids states:

Here are some things I’ve learned from recent consumer research I’ve conducted (nothing earth-shattering, but at least there’s data to back up the assertions):

A recent Harvard Business Review blog post titled Why the Financial Services Industry Is Showing More Women in Its Ads contained the following:

According to a recent American Banker article titled Amazon Becomes Retail Bank Role Model: