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Banks Fight Back Against ‘Fake Grandchild’ Scammers Who Target Seniors

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Victims can end up wiring money to the scammers as a result.”. That’s thanks not only to personal experiences with their own or other people’s grandparents, but to financial institution training programs aimed at fraud prevention. Bank Defense. The customer said he had been in a car accident while vacationing in Mexico.”.

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Step Aside, Millennials — Why Fintechs Are Targeting Baby Boomers & Retirees

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Startups are now eyeing opportunities to develop fintech services aimed at helping older individuals improve their financial well-being, from estate planning to fraud prevention, aiming to provide this potentially lucrative — and increasingly tech savvy — demographic with more power over their finances. Source: Deloitte.

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