Super Bowl LX drew 125M+ viewers and record-breaking ad prices, with financial services brands going big. The dominant theme was "AI is the new crypto", while others leaned on humor and humanity. Our takeaway: the strongest ads paired entertainment with a clear product message.
From cryptocurrency to mobile apps, many of the financial services ads in Super Bowl LVI focused on new technology… and made it more palatable by serving it up with nostalgia. From the E*TRADE baby to Barbie to Pong, FS commercials did a great job pairing the old and the new.
Touchdown! We take a look at how one FS brand produced two top Super Bowl LV ads, while others seriously underperformed, including one that appeared tone-deaf and another that made people "downright mad."
We spent the days after Super Bowl LII deconstructing the good, the bad and the (literally) ugly financial services commercials that ran during “Big Game.” This year, there were mostly veterans on the field, but we did see some new players emerge.
