Building Deeper Relationships with Data-Driven Journeys
Oct 19, 2023
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James White, general manager of banking at Total Expert, discusses how banks can leverage customer intelligence, personalize journeys, and transform relationships. Topics include building better engagement, driving results and building relationships through data-driven journeys, balancing internal and external data for customer privacy, and using data to build better engagement and solutions for customers.
Financial institutions can increase relevance, revenue, market share, and loyalty by aggregating data to build 360-degree customer views and balancing high-tech and high-touch interactions.
By moving away from transactional approaches and embracing personalized interactions, banks and credit unions can manufacture loyalty and differentiate themselves, emphasizing the importance of engaging customers in meaningful conversations about financial wellness and broader life events.
Deep dives
Importance of Customer Intelligence and Personalized Journeys in Banking
In today's digital banking world, understanding customers and delivering personalized experiences are essential for growth. Banks and credit unions can leverage customer intelligence and personalized journeys to transform relationships and improve performance. By aggregating data to build 360-degree customer views, financial institutions can increase relevance, revenue, market share, and loyalty. The focus should be on balancing high-tech and high-touch interactions, where technology plays a crucial role in enhancing the customer experience. The challenge lies in fostering a culture that prioritizes customer interactions over transactional success.
The Shift from Transactional Banking to Relationship Banking
Relationship banking is gaining importance in the financial landscape as institutions recognize the need to focus on building stronger engagement with customers. By moving away from transactional approaches and embracing personalized interactions, banks and credit unions can manufacture loyalty and differentiate themselves. It is crucial to engage customers in meaningful conversations about financial wellness and broader life events. Institutions must strike a balance between high-tech solutions and the human touch to foster lasting relationships with customers and members.
The Power of Data in Driving Engagement and Personalization
Data plays a vital role in improving financial relationships and driving engagement. Financial institutions can leverage customer data, segmentation, and third-party data providers to create relevant and personalized experiences. By understanding customer needs, financial institutions can offer tailored solutions and engage customers successfully. It is essential to focus on relevance and intent, using data to anticipate customer needs and provide timely and valuable insights. Innovative solutions like alert systems and customer intelligence platforms can help unlock the power of data to drive results.
Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Personalization and Data-driven Strategies
The challenges faced by financial institutions in implementing personalization and data-driven strategies include cultural transformation and data complexity. A customer-centric culture that values relationships over transactions is crucial for success. Financial institutions must recognize data as an asset and find innovative ways to leverage it without risking compliance and privacy concerns. Starting with small, achievable steps and focusing on outcomes rather than getting lost in the details can make implementation smoother. Collaboration with solution providers can help overcome these challenges and drive positive results.
Today, we welcome James White, general manager of banking at Total Expert, to the Banking Transformed podcast.
In today's digital world, understanding customers and delivering personalized experiences have become critical capabilities for banks to drive growth. However, many institutions still struggle to gain a complete view of each customer and orchestrate relevant engagements across channels.
Our discussion with James White explores how banks and credit unions can leverage customer intelligence, personalize journeys, and leverage human + digital touchpoints to transform relationships and performance.
This episode of Banking Transformed Solutions is sponsored by Total Expert
Total Expert is the leading fintech software company that delivers a purpose-built customer engagement platform for modern financial institutions. Total Expert unifies data, marketing, sales, and compliance solutions to provide a cohesive experience across the customer lifecycle. Total Expert turns customer insights into actions to increase loyalty and drive growth for banks, lenders, credit unions, and other financial services firms.