Millennials and Gen Z have been hard-hit by the one-two punch of the 2008 and 2020 financial crises. That experience has radically shaped their approach to finances and their mindset around credit and debt. This episode explores how fintech founders are now designing products tailored to the financial challenges of younger consumers, from managing and avoiding student loans to building credit to saving and budgeting apps. Historically, students have largely been overlooked by traditional banks. Due to a combination of economic forces, predatory lending practices, and uninformed decisions, millennials have more outstanding student loans—and owe more money—than any prior generation. According to a poll conducted this month by the data intelligence company Morning Consult, just <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2020/09/28/millennials-economy-student-debt-pandemic/">46 percent</a> of millennials believe their student debt was worth attending college. <a href="https://twitter.com/Mira404">Amira Yahyaoui </a>wants to change that. She’s the founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.mos.com/">Mos</a>, a platform that allows students to apply for every government college financial aid program with a single application. In this episode, Amira joins host <a href="https://a16z.com/author/lauren-murrow/">Lauren Murrow</a> and a16z fintech partners <a href="https://a16z.com/author/anish-acharya/">Anish Acharya</a> and <a href="https://a16z.com/author/seema-amble/">Seema Amble</a> to discuss how fintech can cut through bureaucracy, downsize student debt, and optimize—and ultimately automate—consumers’ financial futures from an early age.

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Fintech for Gen Z and Millennials

Andreessen Horowitz