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How to Build a Next-Generation Loyalty Scheme

CSM Magazine

The card network was able to make sure that it had correctly categorised those merchants so that customers using other forms of transit would get their rewards. Does the customer journey flow smoothly? To begin with, when do you offer customers the opportunity to join your rewards program?

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

Currency Alliance

Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. For starters, it isn’t financially sustainable.

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Breaking down the walls: Loyalty Magazine Awards 2019

Currency Alliance

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Really, for those relatively few brands achieving impressive levels of customer engagement, it’s breath-taking how fast the industry has progressed in such a short time. 1. Looking beyond transactional rewards.

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

Currency Alliance

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

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Top 6 Loyalty Trends for 2020: digital transformation for an open future

Currency Alliance

Nobody in loyalty could have missed The Times’ headline in October, about the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) proposal to start taxing frequent flyer programs (FFPs), or even to shut them down, under the assumption that they increase flying. Brands reward more touchpoints to grow emotional loyalty. The tide is turning.

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