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  Oliver Wendell Jones, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:11am

  
  

  I like podcasts

  My job doesn't always require a lot of concentration, so I listen to all sorts of non-fictional podcasts about subjects I'm interested in. I've listended to several by Fidelity Investments on 401K and other topics.
  
  But then I'm not all that young, so I'm probably not in their target audience...

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  Rikko, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:37am

  
  

  Kids don't want to save their money

  Banks have tried this for hours... I remember my first "buck bagg savings account" when I was in grade school. You got freebies when you got certain balances in your account.
  
  It's of course idiotic. Kids aren't interested in their retirement - I started contributing to my fund when I was 23, and I think that's pretty early for most people.
  The only purpose in saving when you're younger is solely to get enough money to buy something you *really* want. If there's nothing, you squander your money on things that make you happy in the moment.
  
  Leave the kids alone, bank nerds. You probably don't even fully grasp the concept of podcasting.

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    Rikko, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:38am

    
    

    Re: Kids don't want to save their money

    What a moment of genius.. Banks have indeed tried this for hours, but years might have been the word.

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  Mark Fox, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:38am

  
  

  No Subject Given

  Given that having a retirement plan beyond "win the lottery" is a good idea what's the big deal about a bank putting this info online as an audio file?

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  hexjones, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:44am

  
  

  No Subject Given

  "Why not improve your products, rather than jumping on the latest marketing bandwagon? "
  ummmmm because it's marketing! Companies are using podcasts as an educational and information tool. It's not so much as being aimed at kids, like you say. There ARE adults using podcasts too, you know.

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  sk8tr, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:45am

  
  

  No Subject Given

  why you dissin' the suits? if i was in KC i'd have my benjies all up in this bank. nobody else dishin out mad finance scoop to my peeps.

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  Matt, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:46am

  
  

  I think you guys are a little off base on this one

  I've recently graduated from college and am just getting to the point where I can afford to start saving, investing, etc. This subject like most others can be very confusing when you don't know much but you know you want to know more. I haven't actually listened to this podcast, yet, but anything that helps to alleviate my confusion is definitely welcome.

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  hexjones, 23 Dec 2005 @ 10:49am

  
  

  No Subject Given

  To explain further, I make educational videos and short news videos which are available on the web with new content every day. This is from a financial exchange.
  
  We get 5,000 views/day. Five thousand.
  
  You tryin to tell me that there isn't a podcast market for this?
  
  

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  blather, 23 Dec 2005 @ 11:18am

  
  

  UMB isn't that cool

  I work in their IT department and they took away my dual G4 mac (pronounced 'decommissioning') and forced me to join the ranks of java drones that use the IBM RAD tool. Not cool at all.

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    meanie, 23 Dec 2005 @ 11:24am

    
    

    Re: UMB isn't that cool

    Nothing rad about that. Sluts.

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  whosawhat?, 23 Dec 2005 @ 11:23am

  
  

  techdirt always complains...

  Man, if you aren't bitching about the RIAA not 'catching' up with these techs, you're bitching because someone has caught up but aren't doing it well in your eyes.
  
  Personally, I think this is a great way to feed information and ideas to your clients.

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    Carlo, 23 Dec 2005 @ 3:18pm

    
    

    Re: techdirt always complains...

    Perhaps I should clarify. Sure, it's nice that the banks is doing podcasts -- whatever works for them and their clients. It's the press release pitching this as a surefire way to attract the youth market that's shortsighted, simply assuming that because it's a podcast, young people will care, listen and give the bank their business.

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  Rich Miranda, 23 Dec 2005 @ 11:59am

  
  

  Why be so cynical?

  The way I look at it is that a bank offering podcasts to its customers is just adding value to the services they provide. If the info will reach people who previously were not getting the info, who cares if the bank is jumping on the technology bandwagon?
  What would have happened if all those companies stayed off of the internet bandwagon? The internet might have stayed a fad, an amusement, instead of the unmeasurably huge resource that it is.
  Leave the bank alone; they're doing a good thing.

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  Ben McNelly, 23 Dec 2005 @ 12:44pm

  
  

  Christmas mood...

  Now, normaly everybody is wholeheartedly in agreement with everything TD puts out, but being as its Christmas, I think people are a little more charitable...

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  jeff, 25 Dec 2005 @ 7:21am

  
  

  Podcasting

  Podcasting is a good thing. I've got a professor who, after I already took the class and all the damned notes by hand, wants me to help him record his lectures and Podcast them. For his future subjects, that'll be a great help.

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