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There are slogans like "banking made simple, what is in your wallet, or trust us, and we will help you". But what happens when those avenues are not there to help you? Financial institutions have good ways of doing business and bad ways of not doing business for certain people. These backdoor policies are methods banks use to circumvent standard regulations or controls. These policies can involve hidden fees or charges not disclosed to the customers.

Banks may use complex financial instruments to obscure risk levels. They have also been shown to be determined by several factors, including race, sex, and ethnicity. This leads to ethical concerns and potential legal repercussions. Tune into this episode and listen to see how to protect yourself and your business if you need to.

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Back in 2023, on Episode 39: Understanding Premiumization, we talked about how sometimes doing more for your brand can help it stand out. The caveat to doing more for your business is that you may have to spend more on your business, and that can be a problem.

Premiumization did not uniformly decline as inflation rose; rather, it shifted from a broad-based trend to a more selective one, with consumers becoming more discerning about which products they deem worthy of a higher price tag. While some categories saw a pullback, many premium products remained resilient as customers opted for "affordable luxuries" or traded down in other areas to justify spending on higher-quality items.

Tune in to see you dial it back, stay the same, or went bigger during these harder economic times.