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Skirmish Between Banks and Fintechs over Financial Planning Apps
Thursday, December 19, 2019
New Mercator Advisory Group research report explores consumers' use of financial planning apps from fintech companies and its impact on financial institutions.
BOSTON, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Consumers looking for help to manage debt, track their spending, create savings, or make inexpensive stock trades are in luck. The number of apps available to help them manage every aspect of their finances is growing seemingly exponentially. Many of them from financial technology companies, fintechs, that seek to disrupt the traditional banking industry. And many of these apps rely on access to users' banking data that users prefer to have updated automatically rather than type it in manually. Without mandated security standards like the open banking standards in the European Union, data ownership and the protection of that data are in question.
Fintech and Debit Cards: Battling for Consumers' Attention, a new research report from Mercator Advisory Group analyzes this new market, reviews a variety of apps budgeting, coupons and rewards, saving, and investing, and offers advice to banks and credit unions on ways to avoid disruption by the fintechs.
"The market for personal financial planning apps has matured in the last couple of years. The quality of the advice and interactions with users has really improved. These apps depend on getting the individual consumers' banking data, however, and that is raising questions about data ownership and security here in the United States, where open banking hasn't been codified," comments Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit and Alternative Products Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory Group, and author of the report.
Highlights of the research report include:
-- Market trends in consumer financial planning apps
-- The use of banking data needed to feed the planning apps
-- Fintechs' consideration of banking charters not only to provide
financial advice but also to manage the accounts, gather deposits, and
issue credit
-- A review of 14 apps focused on spend tracking, savings, or investing
-- Why banks and credit unions could be better providers of these apps with
the right solution
This research report has 16 pages and 2 exhibits.
Companies mentioned in this report include: Acorns, Albert, Amazon, Apple, Betterment, BMW Bank of North America, Citigroup, Digit, Dosh Every Dollar, Facebook, GasBuddy, Mint, Nelnet, Qapital, Robinhood, Sallie Mae Bank, Simple, SoFi, Square, Stanford Federal Credit Union, Stash, Trim, WEX Bank, and You Need a Budget.
Members of Mercator Advisory Group's Debit and Alternative Products Advisory Service and Merchant Services have access to these reports as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access, and other membership benefits.
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About Mercator Advisory Group
Mercator Advisory Group is the leading independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.
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