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Parents are emerging as a key consumer segment signaling where digital commerce is headed: new research shows they don't just spend more time shopping online, but convert at a higher rate, use mobile more, and abandon carts faster when checkout friction appears. For financial services marketers, that last point is crucial, since the parent segment's growth potential is most easily captured at checkout, where payments strategy already lives.

Ally Bank recently dropped an "Okay, Boomer" on the industry. In a series of billboards appearing in large cities across the United States, the digital-only bank released a campaign with provocative messages that mock traditional bank branches and the people who love them.

AI adoption among older adults is rising quickly, more than doubling in just one year. The digital story, however, is more complex than just increased usage. Media Logic's recently released 2026 Consumer In Sights (CIS) study of older adults' media preferences takes a closer look at digital confidence, channel use and how they think about and use AI.