Beyond Boomers – Our Wisdom Keepers

Financial Futures

Last but not least in our series on how the generations shop and pay, we get to know the Beyond Boomers. They’re our “wisdom keepers” who grew up in a time when life and business moved at a slower pace. Beyond Boomers have the lowest rates of digital payment adoption, and for many of them, technology is like a foreign language. But with a little patience, they too can become fluent.

In this episode, Danny Russell, a payment technology strategist at FIS, joins us to talk about how to empower more Beyond Boomers to use digital payment tools, why financial inclusion is so important for our elders, and how to design e-commerce experiences with the personal touch they need.

Danny Russell, a payment technology strategist at FIS, and host Erin Dangler compare notes on their Beyond Boomer relatives and talk about how to support our elders as they learn to shop and pay in the digital age:

• Why Beyond Boomers still have a fondness for cash
• How to relate the benefits of contactless payments to their interest in security and financial responsibility
• Why financial inclusion should be a priority
• How to approach our elders with empathy when teaching them tech tools