Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This article on the loyalty rules engine is probably the second-most important article I will ever write on loyalty marketing*. It is the most powerful, yet under appreciated module (or tool) in a loyalty marketing stack of software. This would not require much of a rules engine – since your program has no variation.

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ReviewTrackers

MARCH 14, 2019

The Importance of Customer Journey in Banking. There is so much disruption going on in the world of banking and financial services. After a decade of having to deal with serious trust issues and thin margins, banks today continue to face a mix of challenges. Fickle consumer loyalty and ever-changing preferences.

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Talkdesk

OCTOBER 12, 2020

During this pandemic, clients are struggling to reach their banks when they need them the most, driving an almost 75% increase in call center volume. Many banks responded to urgent needs at the peak of the pandemic and are now in recovery mode. So how can these institutions avoid leaving customers on hold?

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This fee is commonly how financial services brands have funded their loyalty rewards for at least the past decade. So how should New Zealand’s banks and brands respond, and how should other brands collaborate with partners to reduce dependency on any single source of funding? Rationalizing loyalty ROI vs other marketing channels.

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2020 Research

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Schlesinger Group conducted research , in collaboration with Apex Scoring System, to explore what’s behind the sharp decline in banking customers’ loyalty. Is it booming technology and online banking or a complete loss of trust in “big banks”? Marc Whitehead – Co-Founder and CEO at Apex Scoring System.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The challenges of the pandemic thrust banks that were struggling to remain relevant and their customers who were still digital holdouts into the same situation: learn how to shift banking activity from in person to online practically overnight. Today digital banking is the norm rather than the exception and there’s no going back.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Commercetools partners with Currency Alliance to enable loyalty marketing in the age of composable commerce. Every company strives to build loyalty among its customers, but the methods to achieve the never-ending pursuit of loyal customers can vary widely. Furthermore, 91% of consumers want to be recognized.

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By delving into these insights, companies can make data-driven decisions to enhance customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. There are four common customer experience analytics metrics: Net Promoter Score (NPS) Net Promoter Score , or NPS, is a widely used metric to measure customer loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Loyalty partnerships with complementary brands are the best way to create additional value, for customers and for your business. Depending on the maturity of your loyalty program, you may already have some program partners, or be a partner in somebody else’s program. How loyalty partners co-create value.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

Customers no longer rely solely on physical branches and are increasingly turning to digital channels like mobile banking apps, online platforms, and even social media for real-time access to their accounts and financial advice.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

The term ‘pay with points’ implies that a customer can burn loyalty points or miles at a point of sale as the method of payment. Pay with points is trending upward in loyalty marketing for three main reasons. That’s in contrast to being offered a restricted set of inventory items for redemptions via a members’ portal (i.e.,

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 15, 2020

2020 is here, and this year, many of our banking clients have made measuring and improving customer experience a strategic priority. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, here are 3 things to consider as you're thinking about your bank’s 2020 CX program: 1. Which customer touchpoints should be measured? Conclusion.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As everyone knows in the loyalty industry, entering into new commercial agreements with partners can be a very time-consuming effort. For this reason, only very large partners end up collaborating even though the loyalty program members engage with thousands of medium or smaller potential partners on a daily basis.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I heard it once, two weeks ago at a loyalty conference in London. Loyalty trends were being discussed, as well as what had been hot topics in prior years – some of which just faded away as fads. Most companies need to stay focused on what we call Loyalty Imperatives for this decade. The Loyalty Imperatives answer that question.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 19, 2021

Modifying legacy loyalty technology, to enable consistent and relevant engagement across the expanding number of customer-facing platforms, is becoming cost-prohibitive. If you want a more technical description of headless loyalty, read our previous article on the topic here. This article has three sections.

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This personalization not only enhances customer satisfaction but also drives sales and fosters brand loyalty. This post-transaction interaction not only fosters customer loyalty but also contributes to additional revenue through upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 9, 2021

Headless loyalty systems are API-first loyalty platforms that enable any customer-facing platform to integrate loyalty marketing functionality into their Customer Experience (CX) via API. The loyalty industry still operates mostly on tightly-integrated legacy technology platforms, in which changes are slow and expensive.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? We hear loyalty leaders state all the time that they have embraced ‘best practices’. That’s right, loyalty programs should be a profit center. Nobody granted those loans on a whim.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It has the potential to address a lot of business challenges, and enable many forms of elusive innovation in loyalty marketing. The biggest opportunities for loyalty programs relate to operating more efficiently to reduce cost, and improving personalization. Using AI to improve profitability of pricing and promotions.

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CloudCherry

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Credit Unions are generally well-liked by their members – but did you know that some credit unions have stronger member loyalty than Apple?! This loyalty translates to an insanely high Net Promoter Score (NPS). Using CloudCherry, Nymeo collects member feedback from five touchpoints: New Account Creation, Branch or Website.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the blog version of our Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. For a more engaging read, click here to Currency Alliance Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Apart from adapting to mobile apps and ditching plastic cards, the typical loyalty programs in 2020 still operate pretty much the same as they did at the turn of the century. Why hasn’t loyalty? The result is few loyalty initiatives have kept pace with the dramatic changes of customers and their behaviors.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

Loyalty systems were some of the first marketing technology, dating back 35 years. Making the same progress in loyalty has been much more difficult. The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. Points Bank. Loyalty Rules Engine. Campaign Management.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2021 will be another year in the long-term journey to become customer-centric, balance the economics of loyalty programs to deliver more value to customers, and ensure the right systems are in place to reduce dependencies on the IT department or vendors. The functionality in loyalty systems is being broken up.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Is there a specific journey or group of touchpoints you want to address? Maybe there are key outcomes you’re looking to achieve, like reduced cart abandonment, increased customer loyalty, or fewer support requests. Now that your goals have been defined and communicated, you can dive into specific touchpoints along the way.

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Bold360

DECEMBER 6, 2017

With that comes, for most of us, keeping watchful eye on bank accounts for spending patterns, to ensure transactions are legitimate, transferring funds, etc. When it comes to banking, time is precious and customers need to trust that questions and issues can be easily and efficiently resolved. using the right cues.

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CloudCherry

MARCH 19, 2019

NPS was always meant to be a proxy for true customer loyalty, because we didn’t have the means to measure it before. million customer hours and 327,000 employee hours, living up to its mantra of “Live More, Bank Less.” This enables the bank to compare the CIR, share of profit, and ROE contribution of both customer groups.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Deloitte Shares Loyalty Trends and Best Practices for 2024 by Alicia Esposito (Retail TouchPoints) To drive customer retention and loyalty, most brands and retailers continue to rely on purchase discounts (77%) and loyalty program points (61%), according to Retail TouchPoints research.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Measure customer loyalty. on a scale of 1-10 to determine customer loyalty. For instance, you can also watch overall NPS over time to measure aggregate customer loyalty as you improve the customer experience. after a support chat, a call, or after they accessed your online resource bank.

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? As CEO, the time you can dedicate to your loyalty program is probably close to zero. The reason I’m writing this article is that many loyalty teams have, historically, not executed brilliantly.

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SurveySensum

MARCH 14, 2024

But the question arises – what questions to ask at different touchpoints across different industries? Businesses can pinpoint trends, prioritize improvements, and enhance overall customer satisfaction by analyzing CSAT scores over time and across different touchpoints. Did you find our bank’s charges reasonable?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 8, 2018

These often point back to the annoying, outdated, or altogether defunct touchpoints that don’t just disappear when you start a larger initiative. They are silently chipping away at your customers’ loyalty RIGHT NOW while you chase after that elusive “WOW” experience. Ask your front-line folks.

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CloudCherry

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Credit Unions are generally well-liked by their members – but did you know that some credit unions have stronger member loyalty than Apple?! This loyalty translates to an insanely high Net Promoter Score (NPS). Using CloudCherry, Nymeo collects member feedback from five touchpoints: New Account Creation, Branch or Website.

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Deploy Microsurveys at Key Touchpoints: Get customer feedback in the moments that matter. Why Is Customer Retention Important? Recover Customers Effectively. Calculating the Value of Customer Retention Using Customer Lifetime Value (CLV).

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