May 16, 2019

Millennials & Modern Insurance Event Key Takeaways

Corporate Insight recently attended a Millennials & Modern Insurance Event co-hosted by Cake & Arrow and Coverager. The two firms authored a research paper titled Millennials & Modern Insurance: Changing the Way Millennials Think about Insurance and presented their findings at an intimate venue complete with avocado toast. Here are some key takeaways from two […]

April 30, 2019

How Firms Can Help Close the Gender Investing Gap

Lessons from History Women have long faced legal and societal barriers to participation in the investing sphere but have often found creative ways to overcome them. For example, in the 18th and 19th centuries, British-American common law prevented married women from owning property in their own names, but many women circumvented this by obtaining credit […]

February 13, 2019

The Latest Trends and Innovations in Mobile Finance – Slide Deck

The mobile channel has become a strategic priority for financial services firms looking to attract and retain younger clients. Nearly all large and mid-sized financial intuitions allocate sizeable budgets devoted to improving their mobile properties, focusing on mobile app enhancements. In 2018, Corporate Insight’s Mobile Monitor service saw banks, card providers, brokerages and asset management […]

October 31, 2018

Can Chase’s New You Invest Service Disrupt the Self-Directed Trading Scene?

With the August 29 launch of You Invest, J.P. Morgan Chase tries its hand at self-directing trading services, joining the ranks of Wells Fargo Advisors and Merrill Edge. You Invest provides free or discounted trading with an initial $0 account minimum. The firm is attempting to draw more assets by targeting passive investors, Millennials and […]

October 26, 2018

Decoding Robo Customers: Key Findings on Millennial Digital Advice Users

In August 2018, Corporate Insight conducted the financial services industry’s first in-depth survey of digital advice customers and prospects. The survey helped create complex profiles of digital advice customers, uncovering their expectations, behaviors, preferences and satisfaction rates with their robo provider’s technology and overall service. In September 2018, Corporate Insight’s Digital Advice Monitor analyzed the […]

June 13, 2018

Acorns Enters Retirement Market with Acorns Later

It’s official: Acorns entered the $28.21 trillion retirement market with Acorns Later, which offers Roth, traditional and SEP IRA accounts under the Acorns investing model. The much-anticipated launch, which came at the end of April, follows Acorn’s acquisition of Portland-based retirement fintech firm Vault in November 2017. Acorns Later follows the formula of a standard […]

May 02, 2017

Capital One Targets Millennials with Atypical Banking Experiences

It is no secret that Millennials are rejecting the typical banking and brokerage experience. Following the financial crash, people of all ages have struggled to regain trust in financial institutions. As such, individuals are turning to fintech startups and online banking platforms, as relationship-based experiences are decreasing in popularity. A recent Scratch survey found that […]