Financial flexibility was at the forefront of consumer mindsets in 2024, taking a huge leap in prioritization in a fertile switching environment. Consumers in highly active life stages, Millennials in particular, elevated flexibility concerns above all else. Credit cards and debit cards alike are introducing more customizable rewards structures to evolve with customers’ rapidly changing needs. Even more opportunity exists in non-quantifiable product features, with issuers enhancing a customer service focus to enhance loyalty amid continuing economic unease.

Join Comperemedia Associate Director Patrick Rahlfs and host Lierin Melvin to learn more about how payments are evolving to meet the consumer mandate for flexibility.

Meet the presenters

Patrick Rahlfs

Associate Director, Financial Services

Patrick Rahlfs is an Associate Director, Financial Services for Mintel Comperemedia. He specializes in creating insights at the intersection of consumer behaviors and recent developments in the financial services competitive landscape.

Lierin Melvin

Director of Insights, Comperemedia

Lierin Melvin is the Director of Insights at Comperemedia, overseeing content, client engagements, and insights for Financial Services. Lierin uses her ten years of experience in omnichannel marketing and financial services to provide recommendations and industry insights for how to effectively manage full-funnel marketing campaigns, unveil industry trends, and pinpoint corporate strategies of both legacy and challenger brands.

Americas
Financial Services

February 19th, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Central time

Webinar

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