TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter1:ExecutiveSummary
ScopeandMethodology
ReportMethodology
CharacteristicsofUnderbankedandUnbankedConsumers
WhoAretheUnbanked?
WhichUnbankedHouseholdsCanBecomeBanked?
WhyDon’tUnbankedHaveaBankAccount?
TheGrowingRanksoftheUnbanked
WhoAretheUnderbanked?
SpottingtheUnderbanked
BabyBoomersandSeniorsHeavilyRepresentedAmongUnderbanked
AlternativeFinancialServicesProductsUsedbyUnderbanked
BankingIndustryTrendsDrovetheGrowthintheNumberofUnderbankedHouseholds?
StateoftheEconomyIsGrowingtheRanksoftheUnderbanked
EconomicPressuresonWorkingAmericansHaveIncreased
Long-TermUnemployment
HealthInsuranceCostsAreRising
Bankruptcy
Foreclosures
DecliningRealIncomes
NumberofAmericansLivingPaycheck-to-PaycheckIncreases53%
TheOverallU.S.Economy-2011andBeyond
BanksTargetingtheUnderbanked/Unbanked
ProductsBanksCanMarkettoUnderbankedandUnbankedConsumers
BB&TLinksItsPhysicalFootprintWithPrepaidCard
LargeU.S.RetailBanksOfferMoreLocationsthanRetailers
BanksTackleSmallDollarLoans
EveninProgramsTargetingUnderbankedorUnbanked,BankersDeterminedtoBuildTraditionalBankingRelationshipswithParticipants
ServingUnderbankedConsumerWhileHittingFeeIncomeGenerationTargets
RegulatoryChangesIncreaseBanks’PressureonFeeIncome
HowBanksBecameDependentonFeeIncomeFromRetailCustomers
OverdraftFeeIncome-Yesterday’sCashCow
GrowthofOverdraftFeeIncomeSpurredConsumerDissatisfactionWithBanksandBankingIndustry
BankofAmericaAddsHighCheckingAccountServiceChargesandFeestoUseBankTellers
ChaseBankAddsServiceChargesforLow-IncomeCustomersandThoseWhoAreNotActiveDebitCardUsers
CitibankKeepsFreeCheckingforCustomersWhoPerform5TypesofTransactionsaMonth
ConsumersAreOptingOutofOverdraftProtection
DebitCardRewardsProgramsAreVanishing
SavingsStrategiesofUnderbanked
Prize-LinkedSavings
ConsumerInterestinPLSAccounts
WhyWouldPLSAccountsBeAttractivetoBanks?
BarrierstoWidespreadDeploymentofPLS
WhatIfConsumerSavingsWerePrioritized?
MichiganCreditUnionsPartnertoOfferPLS
HowSuccessfulAretheMichiganProgramsinGrowingSavings?
CanBanksOffertheProductsUnbankedandUnderbankedConsumersWant?
CashingPayrollChecksIsImportanttothe27%ofEmployeesNotUsingDirectDeposit
BillPayment
AlternativeFinancialServices
Introduction
CheckCashing
ChecksStillaPopularChoiceonPayday
AceCashExpress
AceCash’sNewPartnershipsandNewServices
DollarFinancial
Chexar-BringCheckCashingtoSmallRetailers
Wal-Mart-TransformerofCheckCashingFees
PaydayLending
ProfitabilityofPaydayLendingBusiness
PaydayLendingLegislation
FederalPaydayLendingLegislation
PaydayLendingRegulationsattheStateLevel
ImpactofBanningPaydayLoansonConsumers’DebtManagementBehaviors
PaydayLendingRegulationsinHawaii-AContrastingExperience
Fragmented,EmbattledIndustryMayBenefitFromTurmoilinBankingIndustry
AdvanceAmerica
QCHoldings
Payments
PrepaidCards
ChallengesFacingthePrepaidCardIndustry
GreenDot
Netspend
Remittances
RemittersAreSatisfiedWithTheirCurrentMoneyTransferProvider
RemittancesandEmergingTechnologies:CanPriceDriveChannelAdoption?
HowMuchAreIndividualsintheU.S.SendingAbroad?
StructuralandRegulatoryChallengeHindertheUseofNewRemittanceChannels
GlobalWireTransferTrends
GlobalRemittanceVolumes
RemittanceFlowsAreCriticaltotheEconomiesofManyNations
RemittanceOperators
MoneyGram
MoneyGramBillPaymentServices
WesternUnion
WesternUnionTakesonWal-Mart
WesternUnionExperimentswithMobileTechnology
ChallengingtheSpread
RemittanceChannels
HamperingtheUptakeofNewChannelsintheU.S
WesternUnion’sAccount-to-AccountRemittances
WesternHemisphereBanksBypassU.S.MTOstoFacilitateRemittances
MoneyOrders
U.S.PostalServiceIsLargestSellerofU.S.MoneyOrders
WhereAretheBanks?
InternationalLeadersOfferRoadmapsforU.S.ServiceProviders
U.S.BankersFaceStructurallyEndemicChallengesasTheyConsiderFutureCustomers
U.S.BankBranchNetworkBuildforPreviousGenerationofBankingCustomers
MeetingMassMarketFinancialServicesNeedsinAfrica
SmartPhonesandSMSCapabilityFuelGrowthofRetailFinancialTransactioninAfrica
MobilePayments:TheIntersectionofCards,BanksandtheUnbanked
Cash+Mobile=EconomicGrowth
MobileRemittancesThreatenAfricanBanks
Airtel/MasterCardandM-Pesa/Visa:VirtualPaymentCards
CentralBankMobilePaymentsPlatformMayIncreaseMobileCompetitioninKenya
M-Pesa:BiographyofaMarketLeader
MassMarketSavingsStrategies
BritishPremiumBonds-MainstreamPrize-LinkedSavings
SouthAfricanMillion-a-MonthPLS
RethinkingtheBranch:Hub-and-SpokesOrganizationShouldBeConsidered
Capitec-ProfitsFromthePreviouslyUnbanked
TheShotHeardRoundtheCape:CapitecRaisesthePerformanceBarforItsCompetitors
FirstNationalBankUsesProduct-BranchesBranchestoSellSpecificProducts
WIZZITUsesItsIndependentSalesForceandDoor-to-DoorSalestoSignUpNewBankCustomers
SouthAfricanRegulatorsCreateKYCandAMLExemptionstoAllowProviderstoTargetLow-BalanceCustomers
Chapter2:CharacteristicsofUnderbankedandUnbankedConsumers
Table2-1:Banked,UnderbankedandUnbankedStatusofU.S.Households,2009
WhoAretheUnbanked?
Table2-2:PercentagesofMajorRacialandEthnicGroupsThatAreUnbanked,2010
Table2-3:Race,Ethnicity,IncomeandHouseholdTypesofUnbanked,2010
WhichUnbankedHouseholdsCanBecomeBanked?
Table2-4:PreviouslyBankedStatusofUnbankedHouseholds,2009
Figure2-1:NumberofAdultsLivinginUnbankedHouseholdsbyPreviouslyBankedStatus,2009
WhyDon’tUnbankedHaveaBankAccount?
Figure2-2:LeadingReasonsCitedForNotOwningACheckingAccount,1989-2007
TheGrowingRanksoftheUnbanked
WhoAretheUnderbanked?
Table2-5:PercentofHouseholdsUnderbanked,byRace/Ethnicity,2009
SpottingtheUnderbanked
Table2-6:PercentofHouseholdsUnderbankedbyMaritalStatusofHouseholder,2009
BabyBoomersandSeniorsHeavilyRepresentedAmongUnderbanked
Figure2-3:OldestAmericansMostLikelytoBeUnbanked/UnderbankedThanBabyBoomers
BabyBoomersJoiningRanksofUnbankedandUnderbanked
SeniorsAreMoreLikelyToBeUnderbankedandUnbankedThanOtherCohorts
AlternativeFinancialServicesProductsUsedbyUnderbanked
Table2-7:AlternativeFinancialServicesProductsUsedbytheUnderbanked
Figure2-4:AFSProductsUsedbyUnderbankedHouseholds
BankingIndustryTrendsDrovetheGrowthontheNumberofUnderbankedHouseholds?
EconomyIsGrowingtheRanksoftheUnderbanked
Since2007,EconomicPressuresonWorkingAmericansHaveIncreased
Long-TermUnemployment
Figure2-5:SlowGrowthGDPLinkedtoHighRatesofUnemployment,2005-2015
HealthInsuranceCostsAreRising
Figure2-6:RisingCostofEmployeeParticipationinPPOHealthcarePlans,2007-2011
Table2-8:EmployerandEmployeeMedicalCostsAllocation,PPOPlans,2007-2011
Bankruptcy
Figure2-7:PersonalBankruptcyFilingsShowCAGRof25.6%,2007-2010
SoaringNumberofSeniorCitizenBankruptciesFueledbyMedicalExpenses
Foreclosures
Figure2-8:ForeclosureFilings,2005-2010
DecliningRealIncomes
Figure2-9:RealMedianHouseholdIncome,1999-2009
MoreAmericansLivingPaycheck-to-Paycheck
Table2-9:Since2006,theNumberofAmericansLivingPaycheck-to-PaycheckhasIncreased53%
HouseholdStrategiesforDealingWithFinancialInsecurity
Figure2-10:MedianValueofTransactionAccountsforFamilieswithHoldings,1989-2007
TheOverallU.S.Economy-2011andBeyond
Conclusion
Chapter3:BanksTargetingtheUnderbanked/Unbanked
Introduction
Table3-1:TypesofPaymentInstrumentsUsedbyBanked,UnbankedandUnderbankedConsumers
Bankers’MessagesAbouttheImportanceofCreditIncreasinglyFallingonDeafEars
ProductsBanksCanMarkettoUnderbankedandUnbankedConsumers
BB&TLinksItsPhysicalFootprintWithPrepaidCard
LargeU.S.RetailBanksOfferManyMoreLocationsthanEventheLargestRetailers
Table3-2:ComparisonoftheConvenienceofBankBrachesandATMLocationsversustheLocationofMajorU.S.RetailLocations
BanksTackleSmallDollarLoans
EveninProgramsTargetingUnderbankedorUnbanked,BankersDeterminedtoBuildTraditionalBankingRelationshipswithParticipants
ServingUnderbankedConsumersWhileHittingFeeIncomeGenerationTargets
Table3-3:IssuesRetailBankingExecutivesareFocusingonintheNext2Years
RegulatoryChangesIncreaseBanks’PressureonFeeIncome
Table3-4:Bankers’GreatestChallengesinServingorTargetingUnderbankedandUnbankedConsumers
HowBanksBecameDependentonFeeIncomeFromRetailCustomers
OverdraftFeeIncome-Yesterday’sCashCow
GrowthofOverdraftFeeIncomeSpurredConsumerDissatisfactionWithBanksandBankingIndustry
Table3-5:HowCheckClearingOrderAffectstheNumberofOverdraftsForItemsReceivedontheSameDay
BankofAmericaAddsHighCheckingAccountServiceChargesandFeestoUseBankTellers
ChaseBankAddsServiceChargesforLow-IncomeCustomersandThoseWhoareNotActiveDebitCardUsers
CitibankKeepsFreeCheckingforCustomersWhoPerform5TypesofTransactionsaMonth
ConsumersAreOptingOutofOverdraftProtection
Table3-6:NumberofNoncashPayments
DebitCardRewardsProgramsAreVanishing
SavingsStrategiesofUnderbanked
Figure3-1:SnapshotofPiggymojoApp
Prize-LinkedSavings
ConsumerInterestinPLSAccounts
WhyWouldPLSAccountsBeAttractivetoBanks?
BarrierstoWidespreadDeploymentofPLS
WhatIfConsumerSavingsWerePrioritized?
MichiganCreditUnionsPartnertoOfferPLS
HowSuccessfulAretheMichiganProgramsinGrowingSavings?
CanBanksOffertheProductsUnbankedandUnderbankedConsumersWant?CheckCashing
Table3-7:BanksOfferingProducts/ServicestoUnbanked/UnderbankedConsumers
MostBanksWillOnlyCashOn-UsChecksorPayrollChecksforTheirOwnCustomers
CashingPayrollChecksIsImportanttothe27%ofEmployeesNotUsingDirectDeposit
Table3-8:WhyDoYouChooseAgainstDirectDeposit?
BillPayment
Table3-9:HowDoUnbanked/UnderbankedConsumersPayTheirBills?
Chapter4:AlternativeFinancialServices
Introduction
TheMarketforAlternativeFinancialServicesProduct,2007-2015
Table4-1:AFSIndustryRevenuesbyProductLine,2007-2015
CheckCashing
ChecksStillaPopularChoiceonPayday
AceCashExpress
AceCash’sNewPartnershipsandNewServices
Table4-2:AceCashExpressStoreGrowth,2006-2011
DollarFinancial
Table4-3:DollarFinancial’sCheckCashingIncome,2006-2010
CompetitorsintheCheckCashingSector
Chexar-BringCheckCashingtoSmallRetailers
HowChexarWorks
Wal-Mart-TransformerofCheckCashingFees
PaydayLending
Table4-4:UseofPaydayLoansbyBankedStatus,2009
Table4-5:AmongUsersofPaydayLoans,FrequencyofUsebyBankedStatus,2009
ProfitabilityofPaydayLendingBusiness
Table4-6:PDARevenue,CostandProfit(pre-taxbasis),2009
PaydayLendingLegislation
FederalPaydayLendingLegislation
PaydayLendingRegulationsattheStateLevel
PaydayLendingRegulationsinMississippi
PaydayLendingRegulationsinColorado
ImpactofBanningPaydayLoansonConsumers’DebtBehaviors
PaydayLendingRegulationsinWashingtonState
PaydayLendingRegulationsinHawaii-AContrastingExperience
Figure4-1:RevenuesofPublicly-TradedPaydayLenders,2006-2010
Table4-7:RevenuesofPublicly-TradedPaydayLenders,2006-2010($inMillions)
Fragmented,EmbattledIndustryMayBenefitFromTurmoilinBankingIndustry
Table4-8:NumberofRetailLocationsofLargestPaydayLenders,2010
AdvanceAmerica
QCHoldings
Figure4-2:PaydayLoanIndustryRevenues,2006-2015(publiccompanies)
Payments
Table4-9:NumberofNoncashPayments
PrepaidCards
Figure4-3:PrepaidCardLoadVolumes,2008-2012
ChallengesFacingthePrepaidCardIndustry
EntryPointsIntoPrepaidMarket
GreenDot
Figure4-4:GreenDot:KeyBusinessMetrics,Quarterly,and2010
Table4-10:GreenDot:QuarterlyKeyBusinessMetrics,2009and2010(inmillions)
Netspend
Table4-11:Netspend,TotalRevenues,2006-2010($inmillions)
Remittances
InternationalRemittancesOriginatingintheU.S.—WhoIsSendingMoneyandHowOften?
Table4-12:NumberofTimesMoneyTransferredtoRelativesandFriendsOutsidetheU.S.DuringthePrevious12Months,byNativityofHousehold
Table4-13:TotalDollarsRemittedtoRelativesandFriendsDuringPrevious12Months
Table4-14:HowImmigrantsintheU.S.SendMoneyHome
RemittersAreSatisfiedWithTheirCurrentMoneyTransferProvider
Table4-15:SatisfactionLevelsWithRemittanceChannels,2010
RemittancesandEmergingTechnologies:CanPriceDriveChannelAdoption?
HowMuchAreIndividualsintheU.S.SendingAbroad?
Table4-16:RemittanceSizingEstimatesSignificantlyVaryFromOneU.S.GovernmentAgencyandNGOtoAnother
StructuralandRegulatoryChallengeHindertheUseofNewRemittanceChannels
GlobalWireTransferTrends
Table4-17:GlobalRemittanceVolumestoDevelopingCountries,2005-2015($billion)
Figure4-5:RemittanceInflowstoDevelopingCountries,2005-2015
WhereDoestheMoneyFlow?
Table4-18:CountriesReceivingMostRemittances,2010
RemittanceFlowsAreCriticaltotheEconomiesofManyNations
RemittanceOperators
MoneyGram
Table4-19:MoneyGram,TotalRevenueandGrossProfits,2006-2010($inmillions)
Cash-to-Visa
MoneyGramBillPaymentServices
WesternUnion
Table4-20:WesternUnion,TotalRevenueandGrossProfits,2006-2010($inmillions)
WesternUnionTakesonWal-Mart
Table4-21:ComparisonofFeesChargedbyWal-MartMoneyCardandWesternUnionMoneyWiseCard
WesternUnionExperimentswithMobileTechnology
ChallengingtheSpread
RemittanceChannels
HamperingtheUptakeofNewChannelsintheU.S.
WesternUnion’sAccount-to-AccountRemittances
Figure4-6:WesternUnionRemainsPreferredRemitterforU.S.Hispanics
WesternHemisphereBanksBypassU.S.MTOstoFacilitateRemittances
MoneyOrders
U.S.PostalServiceIsLargestSellerofU.S.MoneyOrders
Table4-22:U.S.PostalServiceMoneyOrders,2000-2010(ProcessedbytheFederalReserve)
Table4-23:SizeofNon-BankU.S.MoneyOrderMarket,2007-2015
WesternUnion’sMoneyOrderBusinessAdverselyEffectedbyEndofIPSPartnership
Table4-24:FinancialsofWesternUnion’sMoneyOrderBusinessUnit,2008-2010($Millions)
WhereAretheBanks?
Conclusion
Chapter5:InternationalLeadersOfferRoadmapsforU.S.FinancialServicesProviders
Introduction
Table5-1:IncomeEqualityinSelectedCountries(GiniCoefficient)
U.S.BankersFaceStructurallyEndemicChallengesasTheyConsiderFutureCustomers
U.S.BankBranchNetworkBuildforPreviousGenerationofBankingCustomers
MeetingMassMarketFinancialServicesNeedsinAfrica
Figure5-1:AfricanBankingIndustry,ChangingRevenueStructure,2009-2020
SmartPhonesandSMSCapabilityFuelGrowthofRetailFinancialTransactioninAfrica
MobilePayments:TheIntersectionofCards,BanksandtheUnbanked
Figure5-2:NumberofAfricanCountrieswithMobilePenetrationRatesAbove50%
Table5-2:NumberofAfricanCountrieswithMobilePenetrationRatesAbove50%,2005-2012
Cash+Mobile=EconomicGrowth
Figure5-3:AfricanMoneyVendors’EmploymentAdvertising
MobileRemittancesThreatenAfricanBanks
Airtel/MasterCardandM-Pesa/Visa:VirtualPaymentCards
CentralBankMobilePaymentsPlatformMayIncreaseMobileCompetitioninKenya
Table5-3:MarketShareofMobileOperatorsinKenya,2011
Figure5-4:NumberofAfricanCountrieswithMobilePenetrationRatesAbove50%,2005-2012
Table5-4:NumberofAfricanCountrieswithMobilePenetrationRatesAbove50%,2005-2012
M-Pesa:BiographyofaMarketLeader
MassMarketSavingsStrategies
BritishPremiumBonds-MainstreamPrize-LinkedSavings
SouthAfricanMillion-a-MonthPLS
RethinkingtheBranch:Hub-and-SpokesOrganizationShouldBeConsidered
Capitec-ProfitsFromthePreviouslyUnbanked
Table5-5:TotalConsumerUnsecuredLending,CapitecandSouthAfricanBankingIndustry,2007and2011
Figure5-5:Capitec’sUnsecuredLoadPortfolioHasGrownAlmostFourTimesFasterThanThatofItsPeers
TheShotHeardRoundtheCape:CapitecRaisesthePerformanceBarforItsCompetitors
FirstNationalBankUsesProduct-BranchesBranchestoSellSpecificProducts
Table5-6:FinancialInclusionRatesAreSlowlyIncreasinginSouthAfrica,2008-2010
Figure5-6:FinancialInclusioninAfrica
WIZZITUsesItsIndependentSalesForceandDoor-to-DoorSalestoSignUpNewBankCustomers
Figure5-7:WIZZkids’MethodforMarketingtheBank’sServicesintheCommunityandWorkplace
Conclusion
Figure5-8:SouthAfricanRegulatorsCreateKYCandAMLExemptionstoAllowProviderstoTargetLow-BalanceCustomers