Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

A 2018 Collinson study reported that 66% of financial services professionals say their bank “does not understand why customers are loyal or have a strategy to strengthen customer relationships”[i]. People are more likely to leave their spouse than their bank[ii], so it might seem that banks have no case to answer. Extra what?

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

A high-frequency business, on the other hand, such as grocery stores, banks, and payment card issuers etc, do have sufficient customer frequency, with many customers returning every week. Remember, your loyalty goal is not to issue the maximum number of points, but for the maximum number of customers to see joining your program as worthwhile.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Several airlines and hotel groups did win my preference because of their loyalty program. The Norwegian Rewards program, for example is so transparent that I can redeem my value whenever I want by applying the accumulated points to my next purchase. People often stay loyal to their banks for life. Vueling is similar.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

Points Bank. This makes it difficult to coordinate meaningful touchpoints across marketing channels; and, nearly impossible to consistently reinforce the loyalty strategy. Loyalty is earned by the customer’s cumulative experiences with a brand, across all its touchpoints. Points Bank. Campaign Management.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Nonetheless, the legacy loyalty points bank kept them from innovating more quickly. For large enterprises, embedded legacy points banks and rules engines continue to be the bottleneck to unleashing more personalized engagement. Brands reward more touchpoints to grow emotional loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

More enlightened marketers, on the other hand, see points as a way to keep score of customer actions at many different touchpoints along complex customer journeys. Collecting data at more touchpoints is very useful. Asia Miles, the loyalty program of Cathay Pacific airline group, teamed up with Accenture to do just this.

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