Financial Tools news and trends

Financial Health Finds New Followers in 16% of High-Earners Struggling to Pay Bills
Consumer Finance // February 27, 2023

Consumers whose annual incomes exceed $100,000 are hardly skating through current economic conditions. In fact, data shows that as of December, 16% of high-income consumers have trouble making ends meet, a 45% increase year over year. Inflation has eaten into the budgets of consumers across...

Metro Credit Union on Helping Consumers Weather a Tough Economy
Credit Unions // December 22, 2022

Robert Cashman, president and CEO at Metro Credit Union, tells PYMNTS how credit unions (CUs) can be a port in a storm for members hurting under current economic conditions.  — Despite positive economic signs, consumers are still feeling the pain. With talk of a future...

Answering Phones And Online Service: The Case For The Human-Centric Digital Bank
Digital-First Banking // September 16, 2021

Businesses and consumers are returning to their pre-pandemic norms, but some of their behaviors have changed. Banking customers are less likely to visit banks now than they were 18 months prior, and nearly all consumers have an online or mobile banking feature at their disposal....

Goldman COO Teases New Digital Money Management Product
Digital Banking // May 31, 2019

The chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs said the bank is working on a digital money management tool in an attempt to attract more customers from Main Street, according to a report by Reuters. “We are developing a digitally empowered mass affluent capability that will...

Interviews & Exclusives
Answering Phones And Online Service: The Case For The Human-Centric Digital Bank

September 16, 2021
Businesses and consumers are returning to their pre-pandemic norms, but some of their behaviors have changed. Banking customers are less likely to visit banks now than they were 18 months prior, and nearly all consumers have an online or mobile banking feature at their disposal. The push to digitization highlighted the advantages of online banking, […]

Ondot On The Real-Time Data Future Of Financial Services

October 01, 2018
People love mapping apps for three reasons: They completely, and correctly, plot the best route from Point A to Point B. They show changes to that route in real time...

What Do Millennial Women Think About Money?

July 13, 2018
Women’s relationship with money in the United States has been something of an evolving area in the 242 years since Thomas Jefferson declared America’s independence with the phrase “all men...

Quick Reads
i2c, Payfare Expand Partnership to Provide Gig Workers Faster Payouts

November 01, 2023
Banking and payments solutions provider i2c has announced the expansion of its partnership with Payfare, a global FinTech company, to enhance financial access and empower gig workers. This move will enable Payfare to enter new markets, including Canada and the U.K., and provide faster and more convenient access to earnings for gig workers, the companies announced […]

Goldman COO Teases New Digital Money Management Product

May 31, 2019
The chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs said the bank is working on a digital money management tool in an attempt to attract more customers from Main Street, according to...

FCA Rolls Out Rules To Help Consumers Make Better Financial Services Decisions

August 16, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Thursday (Aug. 16) that consumers and small businesses will have better information about the services offered...