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Bank loyalty: stay top-of-wallet through the next decade

Currency Alliance

Consumers used to show loyalty to their main bank more or less by default. Back in 2017, when interchange fees were slashed by the European Union, most banks’ response was to simply to give up on their loyalty program; this was lazy and a huge strategic mistake.

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Supermarkets: How to Build a Winning Loyalty Program

Currency Alliance

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

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Implications of interchange fees for loyalty marketing

Currency Alliance

This fee is commonly how financial services brands have funded their loyalty rewards for at least the past decade. In 2017, legislation in the European Union reduced the interchange fee from 2-2.5% Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. down to 0.3% on credit cards and 0.2%

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Next-Generation Loyalty Marketing (for experts)

Currency Alliance

That type of simple recognition goes a great way in building loyalty with customers. This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged.

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Expiring points and what they tell us about customer loyalty in 2017

Currency Alliance

Of all the statistics to emerge from the 2017 Bond Brand Loyalty Report , the most shocking was probably that there are an estimated $100bn in loyalty points that are left unredeemed by members in North America. We do recognize that historically, loyalty programs liked to have a modest to high percentage of points expire.

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Guest Post: The Future of Customer Loyalty Mimics the Past – Customer Centricity Says It All

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Jess Mizerak discussing the future of brand loyalty and how to continue to be successful in the world of E-commerce. That’s what your loyalty program should do. – Shep Hyken. That’s important because customer-centricity continues to be the driving force behind sales, and true customer loyalty.

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Reconsidering Loyalty: Top Loyalty Trends for 2019

Currency Alliance

Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Loyalty marketing breaking ground in new sectors. in 2017[ii].

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