personal finance

Brightfin Debuts Gen Z-Focused Financial Wellness App
Brightfin Debuts Gen Z-Focused Financial Wellness App
July 18, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Brightfin has debuted its financial wellness app, aimed at helping younger consumers. “Younger generations think about money differently. Gen Z and Millennials don’t necessarily have the...

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Cautionary ‘Tale of Two Consumers’ Dials Up Personalized Approach to Financial Wellness
Cautionary ‘Tale of Two Consumers’ Dials Up Personalized Approach to Financial Wellness
April 30, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Not all that long ago, as Doug Brown, chief product officer, NCR Voyix Digital Banking, observed, credit unions and banks had a rather simple approach to...

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Young Consumers Turn to Credit to Manage Spending
Young Consumers Turn to Credit to Manage Spending
April 23, 2024  |  Personal Finance

While most consumers use credit to purchase products or services because of the rewards they can get for doing so, PYMNTS Intelligence reveals, younger shoppers are the only...

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Congress Advances Earned Wage Access Bill as Popularity Grows
Congress Advances Earned Wage Access Bill as Popularity Grows
April 18, 2024  |  Personal Finance

When is a loan not a loan? That is, in one sense, the question at the heart of proposed new federal legislation around earned wage access (EWA)...

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Bank of America: 1Q Zelle Volumes Surge 26% to $106 Billion
Bank of America: 1Q Zelle Volumes Surge 26% to $106 Billion
April 16, 2024  |  Earnings

Bank of America’s first quarter results took note of continued use of digital channels in banking — and for payments, too. The bank recorded 3.4...

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JPMorgan Card Chargeoffs Rise as Dimon Warns on Inflation
JPMorgan Card Chargeoffs Rise as Dimon Warns on Inflation
April 12, 2024  |  Earnings

Consumers are still spending, but JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, in remarks accompanying the banking giant’s latest earnings Friday (April 12), detailed concerns over inflation’s impact. And...

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Voyant Adds Retirement Planning Tools to Wealth Management Software
Voyant Adds Retirement Planning Tools to Wealth Management Software
March 26, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Voyant has added three new financial planning and modeling tools focused on retirement planning to its financial wellness and wealth management software.  These retirement planning...

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Goalsetter Raises $9.6 Million to Promote Financial Health
Goalsetter Raises $9.6 Million to Promote Financial Health
March 25, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Savings/financial education platform Goalsetter has raised $9.6 million in new funding. The company’s Series A extension round, announced Monday (March 25) was led by an affiliate of...

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Is Social Media to Blame for Perceived Financial Angst?    
Is Social Media to Blame for Perceived Financial Angst?   
March 17, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Advocates of social media have their work cut out for them these days. From lawmakers insisting China is stealing state secrets via TikTok to educators...

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