From cryptocurrency to mobile apps, many of the financial services ads in Super Bowl LVI focused on new technology… and made it more palatable by serving it up with nostalgia. From the E*TRADE baby to Barbie to Pong, FS commercials did a great job pairing the old and the new.
We spent the days after Super Bowl LII deconstructing the good, the bad and the (literally) ugly financial services commercials that ran during “Big Game.” This year, there were mostly veterans on the field, but we did see some new players emerge.
Super Bowl ads tend to be epic or wacky. These days, consumers may not want their financial companies to be either. Epic can be an overpromise, and wacky can come across as flip. For an industry still taking heat for the Great Recession, finding the balance of “play it safe” while still being memorable is key.