FINANCE TOPIC 3 RP UNIT 3 Mapa Mental sobre TOPIC 3 - SOCIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL + ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 3.3/3.4/3.5, criado por lucy blackman em 23-06-2017.
Some people with family origins elsewhere may not be able to
identify with the traditional ways of doing things in the UK –
and this means that there is a risk that they will be excluded
from using certain financial products and services
RELIGION
In many religions, lending and borrowing money is seen as an acceptable activity
Others, however, see debt as something to be avoided at all costs.
They believe that it is wrong to lend someone money if you charge
interest
YOUTH CULTURE
Term used to describe the values shared by people in their
teens and early 20's.
Services are accessible online, using PCs and laptops, it is essential if providers are to supply the
financial services that young adults need to keep their finances in order.
GREY CULTURE
Refers to the older section of the population – ie
those in late middle age and older stages in the
financial life cycle
This group of people has specific
financial needs – for pensions,
insurance, savings accounts and
income-producing investments
CONSUMER CULTURE
Is a society in which the buying
and selling of goods and
services is the most important
social and economic activity’
DEMOGRAPHICS
play a key role in the way in which providers
design and market their products, because the
individuals can be grouped under a particular
demographic heading because they have
different wants or needs
Demographics also tell providers a lot about the
financial solutions that a target population is likely
to need.
CULTURAL ISSUES
Are about peoples ethnic and religious
back grounds as well as well as their
social groups.
These cultural factors affect peoples approaches to financial services. also effect their needs wants
and aspirations and financial behaviour.
Using the internet, email and
smartphones means that relationships
are less personal
Include matters such as increased automation, the rate of
technological change and the influence of technology on
outsourcing deciions.
Technology can be of hekp in developing
customer relationship management systems
and risk management systems.
Credit scoring is an example of an automated
way of making decisions about whether or not
to lend to someone
Fincancial institutions routinely process information about
their customers, including the transactions on their accounts
and balances.
The information can be used to detect any deterioration in an
account holders behavior long before their account actually
becomes overdrawn without permission.
Automation has had increasing speed and
efficiency and less face to face advice and
sales.
they have been encouraged not to lend money to those companies whose products or production
processes are non-sustainable
Banks are under pressure to make loans available on favourable terms to companies that invest in
developing green technology.
Insurance companies, similarly, can make a difference by
charging lower premiums to people with more fuel-efficient
cars
environmental factors must be
considered in relation to sustainable
personal finances too.
this is because the financial products and services that they buy will definetly have an
environmental impact
Investment bankers, and pension fund
and insurance fund managers, are being
asked to consider the environmental
records
Many scientists and politicians believe
serious problems are occurring that are
bad for the long - term sustainability of the
environment.
Many scientists and politicians believe serious
problems are occurring that are bad for the long -
term sustainability of the environment.
Financial services providers are being
encouraged by regulators, government
and non-government agencies,
environmental campaigners and
pressure groups to make their products
more environmentally friendly.
Changing perceptions of
environmental issues have therefore
affected individual finances in recent
years