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YouthSight eBook - Banking on the next generation

Gen Z's attitudes to money and how you should react

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Young people are blaming cashless<br />

payments as <strong>the</strong>y end up spending more<br />

<strong>on</strong> nights out and at festivals than <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had planned. This suggests that <strong>the</strong> lack<br />

of physical cash makes it hard for Gen Z<br />

to keep track of spending. In fact, 1 in 5<br />

say having cash <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong>m makes <strong>the</strong>m<br />

spend less m<strong>on</strong>ey.<br />

But <strong>the</strong> slow decline of physical<br />

m<strong>on</strong>ey doesn’t mean that young people<br />

can’t budget. A wave of new banking<br />

apps are challenging <strong>the</strong> traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

financial landscape to help Gen Z better<br />

manage <strong>the</strong>ir m<strong>on</strong>ey <strong>on</strong> a daily basis…<br />

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Source: <str<strong>on</strong>g>YouthSight</str<strong>on</strong>g> x Link (2016) (N=492)

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