RBS: Business Unusual – Business Banking Switch

RBS, a bank, persuaded business banking customers in the UK to switch by using a comparison website and a data-driven approach to provide them with exclusive offers.

Campaign details

Brand: RBS

Campaign Overview

Marketers don't expect to create a campaign asking customers to join a competitor.

But RBS needed to meet legal commitments to reduce its SME market share, so it set out on a mission to persuade business banking customers to switch.

Strategy

When it comes to asking customers to join a competitor, the marketing rule book doesn't exist. Driving change would be crucial because:

  • Just 4% of SMEs switch annually
  • Customers needed to be convinced switching was the best option
  • They were switch resistant
  • Customers might ask, "What's the catch?"

RBS needed customers to...

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