by StratAgree™ Trend Watch | Dec 7, 2015 | Marketing, Trends, Uncategorized
Women, more often than not are the CFO of their household. Our friends at The Financial Brand have compiled research from Regions Bank, Allianz and other sources showing that women feel like financial management of the household ends up being their responsibility in...
by StratAgree™ Trend Watch | Dec 3, 2015 | Strategy, Uncategorized
Our friend, David Kerstein of Peak Performance Consulting Group wrote an interesting piece on the need for banks to attract millennials that appeared last month on BAI’s Banking Strategies blog. Dave’s premise isn’t anything new, but the fervor in...
by StratAgree™ Trend Watch | Dec 1, 2015 | Marketing, Trends, Uncategorized
Millennials are dropping cable after leaving their parents’ home. The trend appears to be related to lower incomes of younger consumers. A new Nielsen report, (covered by the New York Times, see link below) shows the trend is likely to reverse as these younger...
by StratAgree™ Trend Watch | Nov 3, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
Cleveland-based KeyCorp (KEY) agreed to buy First Niagara Financial Group Inc (FNFG) for $4.1 billion. What Does It Mean? Large bank deals appear to be back. Though they had slowed in the aftermath of the financial crisis, acquisition of banks over $1 billion in...
by StratAgree™ Trend Watch | Oct 26, 2015 | Trends, Uncategorized
Diebold has created an ATM that is screenless and doesn’t use ATM cards. How does it work, you ask? You use your smartphone! Using your smartphone you preschedule pickups of cash. When you get near the ATM it identifies you by the near field communication (NFC) chip...
