To avoid regulatory scrutiny and maintain consumer trust, FIs must take proactive steps to ensure their marketing and user interfaces are transparent and user-friendly. This article is part of ĢAV’s client-only subscription Briefings—daily newsletters authored by industry analysts who are experts in marketing, advertising, media, and tech trends.
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| Jan 2, 2025
For instance, if users rely on their banking app for ride-hailing services or financial information, they’ll naturally use it more often. Take the next step: To understand the value of building out these functionalities on your mobile banking app, read our data drop “3 Charts on the Value of Mobile Banking Apps” next.
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| Mar 13, 2025
The TikTok generation’s “cash stuffing” trend—in which they’re budgeting to limit discretionary spending by allocating cash across variously labeled envelopes—is just one factor driving the increase in their cash usage since 2022. What this means for banks: Investing in automated cash recycling technology could help banks shoulder increasing costs associated with managing cash.
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| Oct 18, 2024
Open banking can expand Mastercard’s consumer and merchant network: Account opening partnerships can make financial services available to more users, and interchange-free A2A payments can attract merchants, for example. But privacy issues still abound, so Mastercard must manage data with transparent consent to ease regulatory, business, and customer concerns to succeed in this segment.
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| Jun 7, 2023
And per-user spending will exceed $5,000 for the first time, thanks to growing acceptance and user experience improvements. Capturing this spending requires investment in accepting not only wallets powered by near-field communication (NFC) technology, but QR code solutions like Venmo and Cash App as they expand in-store. 2.
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| Mar 9, 2023
Card programs can be tailored to ܲ’ needs—for example, linking debit cards to digital banking services or embedding payments into accounts payable automation software. Mobile payment services are already embracing modern card issuing solutions.
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| May 22, 2023
As of 2021 (the latest available data), 95% of loyalty program users go inactive 90 days after joining, per PaymentsJournal. GenAI’s more granular targeting could stem this drop-off. How easy is it to implement?
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| Sep 26, 2024
If they can effectively communicate these benefits and maintain seamless user experiences, the collaboration could drive growth and long-term retention for both brands.
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| Mar 20, 2025
Partnering with OpenAI on a ChatGPT plugin that gives users personalized shopping recommendations could help Klarna boost customer satisfaction and retention. Klarna is also milking opportunities to use AI to strengthen its brand and woo investors.
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| May 30, 2023
With nearly 6 million users, Monzo’s CEO believes the digital bank will reach profitability this year. JPMorgan’s digital challenger bank Chase also upped its rate to 3% on its easy access savings account this week. After the Bank of England increased its base interest rate to 4% earlier this month, Tandem Bank announced an increase to its instant access savings account to 3.05%.
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| Feb 21, 2023
Millennials love YouTube, WhatsApp, podcasts—and digital banking. The generation makes up more than half of all digital-only banking users, nearly twice the share of Gen Xers. Gen Xers feel comfortable with their current habits. Gen Xers aren’t likely to catch up to the younger cohorts’ volume on most platforms.
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| Dec 11, 2023
It’s a money management app that lets users track their bank accounts and spending through different providers in one place, and offers budgeting tools, automatic spending analysis, and upcoming bill alerts.
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| Aug 2, 2023
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| Jun 1, 2023
Gen Z is reshaping the demographics of mobile banking users. The number of Gen Z mobile banking users will reach 42.9 million in 2025, overtaking Gen X. The number of millennial mobile banking users will peak that year. Gen Z puts billions of dollars in play.
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| Feb 27, 2023
The business succeeded thanks in part to the breadth of transaction insights across its 38.9 million active users, along with the integrations that make those insights actionable at scale:. PicPay taps into Brazil’s Open Finance ecosystem to deepen its understanding of ܲ’ financial histories across institutions, turning those insights into more robust audience segmentations for advertisers.
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| Apr 15, 2025
The rule classified BNPL providers as credit card issuers, requiring them to provide users the same rights and legal protections that traditional credit cardholders get. The court filing was part of the lawsuit the Financial Technology Association (FTA) brought against the CFPB over this rule. The CFPB asked the judge to halt the legal proceedings due to its plans to withdraw the rule.
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| Mar 28, 2025
US Gen Z mobile banking users (ages 18 to 26) have above-average interest in innovative digital money management features, per our September 2023 US Mobile Banking Emerging Features survey. FIs that haven’t been able to fulfill certain customer needs because of low bandwidth or budgetary concerns may be able to do so by embedding fintech solutions in their apps.
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| Oct 15, 2024
Only 25% of mobile banking users oppose banks using their data, while most welcome tailored offers and advice, per our September 2024 US Mobile Banking Emerging Features survey. Banks that give customers control over their data can transform data consent management into a competitive advantage, while still collecting the information needed to personalize offerings for customers.
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| Jan 3, 2025
What’s more, PayPal will automatically opt in PayPal and Venmo users to the FMN, while Chase users must actively choose to opt in. Strengths. The scale of PayPal’s transaction data is unmatched: It will boast over 217 million core users by next year, per our forecast. It’s also granular, with SKU-level data from its 35 million merchant relationships.
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| Jul 10, 2024
But older consumers’ usage should not be underestimated. Gen X will comprise 23.1% of all BNPL users in 2027, with healthy user growth among that generation and baby boomers. Yet many campaigns—such as Klarna’s team-up with A$AP Rocky—still cater squarely to younger consumers.
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| Aug 8, 2023
US mobile wallet users prefer PayPal, especially for online purchases. More Chart of the Day:. 8/25 - Social video slows. 8/24 - The rise and fall of ecommerce growth. 8/23 - Programmatic OOH watch. 8/22 - Gen Z’s social motivators. 8/21 - Buying into Klarna.
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| Aug 25, 2023
GenAI is giving virtual assistants natural language skills and the ability to better understand specific user preferences. This helps assistants deliver users actionable, tailored suggestions that enhance the customer experience in real time—unlike chatbots of old.
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| Mar 22, 2024
And debt-laden credit card users may opt for cash-based payment methods such as debit cards and cash. Issuers could suffer from swipe-fee legislation PR fallout. Continued debate risks increased consumer awareness about swipe fees and merchant arguments against them. This could tarnish consumers’ love of card rewards and benefits, reducing their credit card usage.
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| Feb 23, 2024
Both have decent reviews, but users occasionally complain about technical glitches and usability issues. Where these strategies can go wrong: Issues that prevent some traditional FIs from offering customers seamless digital experiences don’t just disappear when the FI opens a neobank subsidiary.
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| Feb 16, 2024
Given it’s now easier to switch between different providers, digital wallets will now have to work harder to keep their users.
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| Oct 22, 2024