441) Reducing Friction: Optimizing the Loan Application Experience

34min | 10/08/2024

Description

This episode of the Practical Perspective series dives into the hidden gaps and friction points in financial brand customer journeys that lead to loss of potential loans and deposits. James Robert Lay, along with Audrey Cannata, share insights from a recent website secret shopping study.

They identify how confusion, friction, and unclear expectations during the personal loan application process can cost financial brands millions. Various issues, from overly complex application steps to lack of clear communication, are discussed along with potential solutions such as improving micro-commitments, refining legal and consent sections, and ensuring proactive follow-up through calls.

Join us as we discuss:

-Personal Loan Application Friction Points (04:35)

-The Importance of Communication and Expectations (09:06)

-Post-Application Experience and Recommendations (21:08)

You can find this episode and many more by subscribing to Banking on Digital Growth on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or here.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Banking on Digital Growth

If you’re part of a financial brand marketing, sales, or leadership team, you know the entire industry is in the midst of exponential change fueled by new technologies. Consumers now make purchase decisions long before they walk into a physical branch location, if they walk into a branch at all, while mobile banks, digital lenders, and fintechs have transformed traditional growth models rooted in legacy broadcast marketing and branch sales strategies.Get ready to gain practical insights, proven ideas, and empowering inspiration as financial brand marketing and sales leaders, along with the leading digital marketing and sales technology firms, share their stories to help you maximize your digital growth potential here on Banking on Digital Growth.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Banking on Digital Growth

If you’re part of a financial brand marketing, sales, or leadership team, you know the entire industry is in the midst of exponential change fueled by new technologies. Consumers now make purchase decisions long before they walk into a physical branch location, if they walk into a branch at all, while mobile banks, digital lenders, and fintechs have transformed traditional growth models rooted in legacy broadcast marketing and branch sales strategies.Get ready to gain practical insights, proven ideas, and empowering inspiration as financial brand marketing and sales leaders, along with the leading digital marketing and sales technology firms, share their stories to help you maximize your digital growth potential here on Banking on Digital Growth.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

This episode of the Practical Perspective series dives into the hidden gaps and friction points in financial brand customer journeys that lead to loss of potential loans and deposits. James Robert Lay, along with Audrey Cannata, share insights from a recent website secret shopping study.

They identify how confusion, friction, and unclear expectations during the personal loan application process can cost financial brands millions. Various issues, from overly complex application steps to lack of clear communication, are discussed along with potential solutions such as improving micro-commitments, refining legal and consent sections, and ensuring proactive follow-up through calls.

Join us as we discuss:

-Personal Loan Application Friction Points (04:35)

-The Importance of Communication and Expectations (09:06)

-Post-Application Experience and Recommendations (21:08)

You can find this episode and many more by subscribing to Banking on Digital Growth on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or here.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Banking on Digital Growth

If you’re part of a financial brand marketing, sales, or leadership team, you know the entire industry is in the midst of exponential change fueled by new technologies. Consumers now make purchase decisions long before they walk into a physical branch location, if they walk into a branch at all, while mobile banks, digital lenders, and fintechs have transformed traditional growth models rooted in legacy broadcast marketing and branch sales strategies.Get ready to gain practical insights, proven ideas, and empowering inspiration as financial brand marketing and sales leaders, along with the leading digital marketing and sales technology firms, share their stories to help you maximize your digital growth potential here on Banking on Digital Growth.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Banking on Digital Growth

If you’re part of a financial brand marketing, sales, or leadership team, you know the entire industry is in the midst of exponential change fueled by new technologies. Consumers now make purchase decisions long before they walk into a physical branch location, if they walk into a branch at all, while mobile banks, digital lenders, and fintechs have transformed traditional growth models rooted in legacy broadcast marketing and branch sales strategies.Get ready to gain practical insights, proven ideas, and empowering inspiration as financial brand marketing and sales leaders, along with the leading digital marketing and sales technology firms, share their stories to help you maximize your digital growth potential here on Banking on Digital Growth.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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