Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

And at a micro level, how do community banks reach a generation overwhelmed with debt that inhibits wealth? A whopping 63 percent of millennials (ages 18 to 29) don’t have a credit card, according to a survey commissioned by Bankrate and compiled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Get out of the office.

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Social Assurance

APRIL 4, 2016

But in an age of convenience and cards, cash rarely makes its way into my wallet or onto my To-Do list, and therefore dictates where I spend my lunch dollar. In fact, one of our employees, Jordan (who happens to fall into the millennial category) never has cash either. He ordered a credit card reader for the owner. Frictionless.

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Long Lasting Ideas

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

These are ideas that shatter the notions of conventional bank marketing: Have a little fun at the expense of your competitors: One major bank brand uses green bicycles and a marching band to pump up its brand. If you want to attract millennials, take on the bicycles and the marchers at a red light with a sports car and a rock guitarist.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Credit cards offer rewards but over 60% of payments are made on debit cards. Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Verifies the card and pushes that information onto the merchant. What’s the market strategy? Fiserv is meeting that need for FIs and millennials.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses and, in particular, the “mom-and-pop” shops that line the Main Streets and side streets of our local communities. Individuals who may not have traditional access to credit — millennials, immigrants, the unbanked, etc. —

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