Final Presentation Financial Management for Millenials
Final Presentation Financial Management for Millenials December - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Final Presentation Financial Management for Millenials December - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Final Presentation Financial Management for Millenials December 12, 2019 Team Romeo Lauren de Luna Abhijeet Saxena Meenal Jakatdar Team Romeo | Common Cents Problem Motivation Team Romeo | Common Cents Problem motivation Nearly half of
Problem Motivation
Problem motivation
Nearly half of American adults do not have any kind of retirement savings The bottom 40% of income-earners save less than 1%
- n average
Nearly half of millennials rely on credit cards to cover basic necessities
Sources Investopedia Business InsiderProblem motivation
The economy is in an uncharacteristic stage of growth. America seems as prosperous as ever, but the financial health of Americans continues to decline. Why? Spending is a highly emotional activity with deep psychological roots Poor spending habits persist for high-income earners with one-third- f those earning over
Problem motivation
517%
17% of Americans have budgeting apps or tools downloaded, such as Mint or integrated tools provided by their bank Current tools available Various budgeting tools and apps are available, but they are not used widely because they lack the accountability to be- effective. These tools do not address the
How might we
- vercome the
psychological barriers to saving?
Our proposed Solution
Common Cents: A gamified money saving, spending habit improving application for the millenials.
Simply “FINE” the cents to the jar
Why the name Common Cents?
Common: It will be a common and collaborative platform for millenials to invite friends and create bet groups. Cents: The groups formed can be based on a money-spending bet; the losing person will be fined and the cents will be added to his/her jar!
Common Cents demo
Common Cents demo
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Stock Image Source - https://www.freepik.comPlay a Bet
Play a Bet
- 1. Invite Friends
Play a Bet
- 2. Set Goals
- 1. Invite Friends
Play a Bet
- 2. Set Goals
- 1. Invite Friends
- 3. Start Bet
Ongoing Bets
Ongoing Bets
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
Ongoing Bets
- 2. View group’s progress
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
Ongoing Bets
- 2. View group’s progress
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
- 3. Add your spendings
How will you fine someone?
How will you fine someone?
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
How will you fine someone?
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
- 2. Hit the ‘FINE’ Button
How will you fine someone?
- 1. Select a Bet from the list
- 2. Hit the ‘FINE’ Button
- 3. You did it!
What about George?
What about George?
- 1. Click ‘CHANGE SPENT AMOUNT’
What about George?
- 1. Click ‘CHANGE SPENT AMOUNT’
- 2. Record correct amount
What about George?
- 1. Click ‘CHANGE SPENT AMOUNT’
- 2. Record correct amount
- 3. Awaiting Group Approval
Your Jar
Your Jar
- 1. Hit ‘REDEEM’ on the unlocked card
Your Jar
- 1. Hit ‘REDEEM’ on the unlocked card
- 2. Confirm your transaction
Your Jar
- 1. Hit ‘REDEEM’ on the unlocked card
- 2. Confirm your transaction
- 3. Money transferred back to your bank
Limitations
- People may not be honest while recording their spending
- Adding spending manually can be a daunting task
- People might not stick to the app for long after losing their initial bets
- Might be difficult to incentivize people to participate
- Low amount of money saved
Future considerations
- To provide incentives to the user
- Automate expense tracking in the application
- Adding an Artificial Intelligence based Financial Advisor
- Ad-hoc fining functionality
Questions?
Appendix
Budgeting/finance apps on the market
Ideas for incentives:
1. Presenting points to the bet winner in the wallet, which can later be encashed for repaying in lost bet. 2. Using the Fine amount for investment and returning users with a greater amount 3. Offering them vouchers for watching advertisements after winning a bet.What about people who are not losing the bets?
- Letting the users set personal goals for ex: Saving for a trip and forming a calculated investment
- The app can show how by not losing the bet the user is saving the money for the above mentioned