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Speaking Gen Z: How banks can attract young customers
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Speaking Gen Z: How banks can attract young customers

Bob Wigley and Rupal Kantaria
World Economic Forum, 2023
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Generation Z – those born between 1997 and 2012  – is a burgeoning cohort of young consumers disrupting the financial services industry. Though this group relies on digital offerings, a good portion of Gen Z believes brick-and-mortar banks offer a sense of security. Bob Wigley, chair of UK Finance for the World Economic Forum, and Rupal Kantaria, partner at Oliver Wyman, delve into the gen Z mindset – their spending, saving and investing habits – and explain how financial services companies should strategically approach this population. Investors and banking executives will find valuable intelligence in this informative report.

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Generation Z’s rising financial stature has implications for conventional banking. 

Generation Z is the next prominent demographic that will profoundly affect the economy. The traditional financial services sector is playing catch-up to the growing monetary influence of this group. Gen Z depends heavily on digital services, and their finances rely on fintech offerings. Some 72% of gen Z use a “neobank” through which to conduct transactions and plan their finances. To garner market share, the conventional banking sector must embrace technology solutions through a digital lens, because banks face ...

About the Authors

Bob Wigley is chair of UK Finance for the World Economic Forum. Rupal Kantaria is a partner at Oliver Wyman and a World Economic Forum member.

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