Tag: financial services marketing

For financial marketers, understanding and adapting to the changing habits of Gen Z and Millennials across streaming, social media and AI-powered platforms is crucial to establishing authentic connections with these digital-natives. To better understand these cohorts and their media preferences, Media Logic conducted a survey of 800 Gen Z and Millennial consumers. Our report looks at the insights that financial marketers can use to drive engagement and influence purchasing decisions while fostering lasting relationships with these influential consumers.

With Walmart’s recent introduction of its “Pay-by-Bank” program designed to bypass payment networks and merchant fees, a new open banking alternative may be poised to take off in the U.S., despite lagging well-behind the global use trends. 

As we noted in our blog last year, JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) – the largest U.S. bank by several measures – continues to invest in physical locations as part of its winning strategy to serve customer segments, cross-sell multiple products to Chase households and source new deposits. In sync with JPMC, many banks and credit unions […]

The Amex Gold Card, introduced by American Express in 1966, has gone through a curious evolution. The flagship product, once associated with prestige and financial status among affluent middle-aged, high-earning professionals is gaining popularity with the Gen Z audience.

Picture a stereotypical Millennial. What comes to mind? We’re thinking skinny jeans, side hair parts, iPods and MySpace accounts. Now, think of a Gen Z’er, bopping to TikTok dances, scrolling on their iPhone and sporting the baggy jeans. These two generations may feel like separate demographics, but there is a population that straddles them. They’re […]

Gen Alphas are already consuming financial products and will reach adulthood in the late 2020s. Now is the time for financial marketers to prepare and strategize on how to fine tune outreach efforts and connect with this cohort who may be the generation with the greatest spending power in history.

Community banks and credit unions are gaining momentum in the credit card issuing space. One critical strategy for maximizing the value of new cardholders is early month on book (EMOB) engagement. Media Logic's card marketing experts outline the truths, consequences and best practices you should know in our newest EMOB tip sheet.

With the rise in digital content, it would be easy to assume that direct mail is losing relevancy. However, it remains a powerhouse in the marketing arsenal, especially for financial services with 84% of marketers saying it provides the highest ROI of any channel they use. Find out why direct mail is still so powerful.

What’s behind Gen Z spending? PYMNTS posits it may be the availability of discretionary income, since Gen Z “expects to spend just 20% of their income on housing” — far below other generations. However, Gen Z is also most likely to identify "splurging on nonessentials" as a financial stressor.

Media Logic surveyed Millennial and Gen Z consumers to understand the sentiments, attitudes, usage patterns and factors impacting novel use of debit cards. Get the report with results and marketing implications here.