Profitable Customer Acquisition




                  CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY
Does your Bank need to do any of the following?



  Ø  Grow the number of customers who have more than just
      2-3 products?

  Ø  Improve asset growth?

  Ø  Improve profitability?

  Ø  Grow your footprint without spending millions on adding
      new branches and staff?

  Ø  Reduce marketing costs or make your marketing spend
      much more efficient?


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All of these imperatives are highly correlated to the
size      and   quality       of your Bank’s customer base

                                   Asset Yield


                     NII             Assets


                                       COF



                                    Deposits


                                   Service Fee
 Profit            Net Fee                                   Customers
                   Income
                                   Service Cost


                                   # Services



                                      Staff

                  Operating        Distribution
                  Expenses          Channels

                                   Regulatory

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But traditional customer acquisition strategies are
prohibitively expensive and fail to generate the
needed volumes
 $200+ CPA
 5 Purchases
 10,000 emails




                                     $500 - $750 CPA
                                     2 Customers
                                     5,000 ad impressions




                 $300 - $600 CPA
                 25 – 50 responses
                 10,000 DM pieces                           $1,000+ CPA

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The high cost of Marketing initiatives is shocking –
especially given the opaqueness of the quality of the
acquired customer
                             Advertising Costs – Savings, CDs                     Advertising Costs – DDAs
                             Advertising costs as percent of new funds            Advertising costs as percent of new funds
                             32 of the 50 largest Retail Banks                    32 of the 50 largest Retail Banks


           1st Quardrant         0.25%                                              1.92%



           2d Quardrant            0.44%                                             5.00%



           3rd Quardrant              0.88%                                             33.00%



       Bottom Quadrant                                                   5.56%                                            286.00%




                       By comparison, the average 12mo CD rate is 0.40%


Source: Banks’ New ROA – Return on Advertising, Aite Group, March 2009



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The QUALITY of customer acquisition programs is far
   from assured, despite the high cost and risk



                                                                                       Destroy
             80%+
       of Customer                                                                     130%
              Base
                                                                                       Profit


                                                                                       Earn
 10% - 20%
       of Customer                                                                     230%
              Base
                                                                                       Profit
Source: Jack Henry December 2012, Customer Profitability Distribution

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It doesn’t take much to have a large impact –
Just a 5% change in customer base can move
profitability by nearly 40%
                                                                                       20% of
                   160%                                                             customer base

                   140%
                                        80% of
                                     customer base
                                                                            40%
                   120%
                                                                            Gain
   Profitability




                   100%
                                                     37%
                   80%
                                                     loss
                   60%

                   40%

                   20%

                    0%
                          Baseline             5% decrease in           5% increase in
                                                  profitable               profitable
                                                customer base            customer base




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Q: What are the best tactics to grow the 20% of
 customer base that is capable of driving growth &
 profitability?


•  All Consumers are
   SHOPPERS, and All
   Retail Banking
   Products are
   Marketed based on
   Price

•  Price is the KEY factor
   for customer acquisition




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Loans are an attractive first product sale, but
  competition is fierce and growth is non-scalable

                 Loans

                •    Intense competition
                •    Pricing / terms dictate
                     wins
Competition     •    Too much $ chasing to
                     few deals
                •    Larger competitors
                     “buying” deals


                •    Difficult to reach target
                     customer
                •    Time consuming
  Customer      •    One-at-a-time effort
Segmentation    •    Prospecting “in the
                     dark”




                •    Very high acquisition
                     cost
                •    Lack of required quality
    ROI              and quantity of leads
                •    Requires experienced
                     loan officers
                •    (mostly) Strong ROI


                •    Likely cross-sell
                     opportunities
 Cross-Sell
Opportunities




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Checking Accounts offer limited opportunity to
  engage with the right customer on the right terms

                 Loans                            Checking Accounts

                •    Intense competition               •    Highly competitive
                •    Pricing / terms dictate           •    Commoditized Product
                     wins                              •    Pricing (fees,
Competition     •    Too much $ chasing to                  incentives) wins
                     few deals                         •    ‘Me too’ offerings
                •    Larger competitors
                     “buying” deals


                •    Difficult to reach target         •    Segmentation difficult
                     customer                          •    Offering unattractive to
                •    Time consuming                         most profitable
  Customer      •    One-at-a-time effort                   customer demographic
Segmentation    •    Prospecting “in the                    segments
                     dark”




                •    Very high acquisition cost        •    High Acquisition Cost
                •    Lack of required quality          •    Mostly unprofitable
                     and quantity of leads                  customer segment
    ROI         •    Requires experienced              •    Negative ROI
                     loan officers
                •    (mostly) Strong ROI



                •    Likely cross-sell                 •    Customers likely to be
                     opportunities                          open to cross-sell
 Cross-Sell                                                 message
                                                       •    But most will not
Opportunities                                               want / need additional
                                                            services




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Most Checking Accounts generate non-recoverable
     operating losses

   Average DDA Revenue                                                         DDA Revenue and Costs by Account Balance
                                                                                                            2 Profiles of
                                                                               $800                                                                     60%
                                                                                                       Profitable Customers
                                      $7        $30
                             $25                                                                                                                        50%
                                                                               $600




                                                             Average Revenue




                                                                                                                                                              % Customers
                                                                                                      75%+ Customers Generate                           40%




                                                               per Account
                                                      $138                                                Operating Loses

                  $16                                                          $400                                                                     30%
                             After $20 reduction                                            Average Checking Account Costs
                              related to Durbin
                                                                                                                                                        20%
      $120                                                                     $200
                        After $30 reduction                                                                                                             10%
                      related to Reg E Opt-In

                                                                                $0                                                                      0%
      Fee        ge      d      me       eg     nt
 OD          han     prea    nco     mR     ccou
                                                                                          NSF        < $500       $500 -      $1,000 -     >$3,000
         terc erest S ther I ear-Ter king A                                           Transactors                 $1,000       $3,000
    it In    Int      O      :N        c
Deb                     Less        Che
                                Avg                                                                  Average Account Balance


                                                                                                      Revenue           % Customers
   Source: Affinion                                                               Source:
                                                                                  Revenue: Top Trends in Retail Banking by Celent
                                                                                  % Customers: Action Marketing Webinar “The future of Checking – Fee or Free?”




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Few consumers switch Banks; switchers are more
selective and exhibit limited loyalty


Customer Acquisition                Retention / Wallet-Share

8.7%       Consumers who
           switched their primary   43%         Customers who
                                                purchased additional
           Bank in 2010                         banking products from
                                                their primary Bank



 1.9       Number of Banks
           considered during a      63%         Banks that experienced
                                                greater price sensitivity
           switching process in                 from their customer
           2010                                 base


                                                Banks reporting
8 - 12     Number of Banking
           providers used by a      59%         decreased customer
           typical consumer                     loyalty / more
                                                “shopping around”


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CDs provide for easy differentiation to attract the
  most profitable customer segment

                 Loans                            Checking Accounts                         CDs

                •    Intense competition               •    Highly competitive         •    Limited competition
                •    Pricing / terms dictate           •    Commoditized Product       •    Commoditized Product,
                     wins                              •    Pricing (fees,                  but can be highly
Competition     •    Too much $ chasing to                  incentives) wins                customized
                     few deals                         •    ‘Me too’ offerings         •    Pricing wins
                •    Larger competitors
                     “buying” deals


                •    Difficult to reach target         •    Segmentation difficult     •    Ease of targeting most
                     customer                          •    Offering unattractive to        profitable customers
                •    Time consuming                         most profitable            •    Ability to target
  Customer      •    One-at-a-time effort                   customer demographic            consumers in selected
Segmentation    •    Prospecting “in the                    segments                        geographies
                     dark”




                •    Very high acquisition cost        •    High Acquisition Cost      •    Low acquisition cost
                •    Lack of required quality          •    Mostly unprofitable        •    Strong ROI assuming
                     and quantity of leads                  customer segment                aggressive cross-sell
    ROI         •    Requires experienced              •    Negative ROI                    effort
                     loan officers
                •    (mostly) Strong ROI



                •    Likely cross-sell                 •    Customers likely to be     •    Customers likely to be
                     opportunities                          open to cross-sell              capable of supporting
 Cross-Sell                                                 message                         additional products &
                                                       •    But most will not               services
Opportunities                                               want / need additional     •    Requires a structured
                                                            services                        & aggressive cross-sell
                                                                                            effort




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What if there was a risk-free, performance-based
solution that delivers the RIGHT consumer segment
to bankers?


FI Needs                                                 Consumers Want
                                                            ü  Attractive
ü  Grow Affluent
                                                                Rates
    Customers         ü  Screens HNW customers via
                          large high(er)-yield CD deposit
ü  Increase                                                ü  Real-time
    profitability                                               account open
                      ü  Pays for all marketing &
ü  Build customer        transaction costs
                                                            ü  Safe & Sound
    base in new                                                 FIs
    territories       ü  Provides a turn-key solution

ü  Decrease                                                ü  Unbiased
                      ü  Real-time campaign
    marketing costs                                             advice
                          management




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FIs are positioned to focus on valued-added cross-
sell activities with consumers most likely to respond
to the offers
                                OptiRate is your “virtual” branch that does not stop
                                delivering results
ENGAGE                                             Your Bank’s WOW!
Prospective Customers                           Relationship Management
ACQUIRE
Affluent Customers
IMPROVE
Profitability Through NII And
Cross-Sale
EXPAND
Into New Markets Before
Developing Branches
COMPETE
Effectively Against Other
Financial Institutions
SLASH                           Enabling your Bank to refocus its efforts on cross-
Marketing Expenses
                                sell of customer base that is highly likely to be
                                receptive.
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Consumers have unbiased ability to identify Banks &
Credit Unions that value their business
     High-yielding CDs         Simple & intuitive UI




      Safe & Sound             Content to attract and
      Financial Institutions   inform consumers




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OptiRate-referred customer base is more cross-sell
   friendly and thus more profitable with 50%-80%
   lower customer acquisition cost
                             FI Benchmark                      OptiRate
                             Customer Acquisition              Customer Acquisition                  FI
                             Cost                              Cost                                  Savings

            Branch
                                                       $328                           $70                                 $258
Customer Acquisition




             Online
                                          $143                                        $70                   $73
Customer Acquisition




   Source: Online and branch acquisition costs: Brintech, Cass Bettinger & Associates and Amalfi Consulting, WIB Newsletter,
   November 2009




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Return on investment is achieved one the transaction



                          $1,400,000
                                           Just 1,000 new                                                           6% Asset Yield
                                              Customer
                          $1,200,000
                                       relationships can yield
Incremental Net Revenue




                                           $400k - $800k                                                            5% Asset Yield
                                              annually
                          $1,000,000
                                                                                                                    4% Asset Yield

                           $800,000


                           $600,000


                           $400,000


                           $200,000
                                       500    1,000   1,500      2,000   2,500   3,000   3,500   4,000   4,500   5,000
                                                                    Number of Customers




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Next Steps



Getting started is simple & fast…   We offer

              Simple
                                                          New Affluent
              agreement             1,000+                Customers

              No
                                                          Incremental net
              long-term             $500,000+             revenue
              commitments

              4 week go-live
              with limited IT       $20 Million+Improved liquidity
              resources

              Campaign              $$$ Millions Convert into
                                                 funding
                                                          wholesale
              management                                  PROFITABLE
              @ ~1hr / mo                                 customer
                                                          relationships

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Affluent Customer Acquisition



                                                         Serge Milman
                                             Serge.Milman@OptiRate.com

                                                                415.260.3403 (c)
   www.OptiRate.com/Banks | http://BankBlog.OptiRate.com   800.319.6784 x600 (o)




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About Optirate


Leadership Team                                      Partners



 Robbie Vann-Adibé, Chairman




 Serge Milman, Founder / CEO


                                                      Associations
                   Kay Nichols, Advisor
                    ç
                   EVP, FIS Global




                   Bryce Miller, Advisor
                    ç
                   SVP, Community Bank




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OptiRate for Banks & CreditUnions

  • 1.
    Profitable Customer Acquisition CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY
  • 2.
    Does your Bankneed to do any of the following? Ø  Grow the number of customers who have more than just 2-3 products? Ø  Improve asset growth? Ø  Improve profitability? Ø  Grow your footprint without spending millions on adding new branches and staff? Ø  Reduce marketing costs or make your marketing spend much more efficient? CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 2
  • 3.
    All of theseimperatives are highly correlated to the size and quality of your Bank’s customer base Asset Yield NII Assets COF Deposits Service Fee Profit Net Fee Customers Income Service Cost # Services Staff Operating Distribution Expenses Channels Regulatory CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 3
  • 4.
    But traditional customeracquisition strategies are prohibitively expensive and fail to generate the needed volumes $200+ CPA 5 Purchases 10,000 emails $500 - $750 CPA 2 Customers 5,000 ad impressions $300 - $600 CPA 25 – 50 responses 10,000 DM pieces $1,000+ CPA CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 4
  • 5.
    The high costof Marketing initiatives is shocking – especially given the opaqueness of the quality of the acquired customer Advertising Costs – Savings, CDs Advertising Costs – DDAs Advertising costs as percent of new funds Advertising costs as percent of new funds 32 of the 50 largest Retail Banks 32 of the 50 largest Retail Banks 1st Quardrant 0.25% 1.92% 2d Quardrant 0.44% 5.00% 3rd Quardrant 0.88% 33.00% Bottom Quadrant 5.56% 286.00% By comparison, the average 12mo CD rate is 0.40% Source: Banks’ New ROA – Return on Advertising, Aite Group, March 2009 CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 5
  • 6.
    The QUALITY ofcustomer acquisition programs is far from assured, despite the high cost and risk Destroy 80%+ of Customer 130% Base Profit Earn 10% - 20% of Customer 230% Base Profit Source: Jack Henry December 2012, Customer Profitability Distribution CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 6
  • 7.
    It doesn’t takemuch to have a large impact – Just a 5% change in customer base can move profitability by nearly 40% 20% of 160% customer base 140% 80% of customer base 40% 120% Gain Profitability 100% 37% 80% loss 60% 40% 20% 0% Baseline 5% decrease in 5% increase in profitable profitable customer base customer base CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 7
  • 8.
    Q: What arethe best tactics to grow the 20% of customer base that is capable of driving growth & profitability? •  All Consumers are SHOPPERS, and All Retail Banking Products are Marketed based on Price •  Price is the KEY factor for customer acquisition CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 8
  • 9.
    Loans are anattractive first product sale, but competition is fierce and growth is non-scalable Loans •  Intense competition •  Pricing / terms dictate wins Competition •  Too much $ chasing to few deals •  Larger competitors “buying” deals •  Difficult to reach target customer •  Time consuming Customer •  One-at-a-time effort Segmentation •  Prospecting “in the dark” •  Very high acquisition cost •  Lack of required quality ROI and quantity of leads •  Requires experienced loan officers •  (mostly) Strong ROI •  Likely cross-sell opportunities Cross-Sell Opportunities CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 9
  • 10.
    Checking Accounts offerlimited opportunity to engage with the right customer on the right terms Loans Checking Accounts •  Intense competition •  Highly competitive •  Pricing / terms dictate •  Commoditized Product wins •  Pricing (fees, Competition •  Too much $ chasing to incentives) wins few deals •  ‘Me too’ offerings •  Larger competitors “buying” deals •  Difficult to reach target •  Segmentation difficult customer •  Offering unattractive to •  Time consuming most profitable Customer •  One-at-a-time effort customer demographic Segmentation •  Prospecting “in the segments dark” •  Very high acquisition cost •  High Acquisition Cost •  Lack of required quality •  Mostly unprofitable and quantity of leads customer segment ROI •  Requires experienced •  Negative ROI loan officers •  (mostly) Strong ROI •  Likely cross-sell •  Customers likely to be opportunities open to cross-sell Cross-Sell message •  But most will not Opportunities want / need additional services CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 10
  • 11.
    Most Checking Accountsgenerate non-recoverable operating losses Average DDA Revenue DDA Revenue and Costs by Account Balance 2 Profiles of $800 60% Profitable Customers $7 $30 $25 50% $600 Average Revenue % Customers 75%+ Customers Generate 40% per Account $138 Operating Loses $16 $400 30% After $20 reduction Average Checking Account Costs related to Durbin 20% $120 $200 After $30 reduction 10% related to Reg E Opt-In $0 0% Fee ge d me eg nt OD han prea nco mR ccou NSF < $500 $500 - $1,000 - >$3,000 terc erest S ther I ear-Ter king A Transactors $1,000 $3,000 it In Int O :N c Deb Less Che Avg Average Account Balance Revenue % Customers Source: Affinion Source: Revenue: Top Trends in Retail Banking by Celent % Customers: Action Marketing Webinar “The future of Checking – Fee or Free?” CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 11
  • 12.
    Few consumers switchBanks; switchers are more selective and exhibit limited loyalty Customer Acquisition Retention / Wallet-Share 8.7% Consumers who switched their primary 43% Customers who purchased additional Bank in 2010 banking products from their primary Bank 1.9 Number of Banks considered during a 63% Banks that experienced greater price sensitivity switching process in from their customer 2010 base Banks reporting 8 - 12 Number of Banking providers used by a 59% decreased customer typical consumer loyalty / more “shopping around” CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 12
  • 13.
    CDs provide foreasy differentiation to attract the most profitable customer segment Loans Checking Accounts CDs •  Intense competition •  Highly competitive •  Limited competition •  Pricing / terms dictate •  Commoditized Product •  Commoditized Product, wins •  Pricing (fees, but can be highly Competition •  Too much $ chasing to incentives) wins customized few deals •  ‘Me too’ offerings •  Pricing wins •  Larger competitors “buying” deals •  Difficult to reach target •  Segmentation difficult •  Ease of targeting most customer •  Offering unattractive to profitable customers •  Time consuming most profitable •  Ability to target Customer •  One-at-a-time effort customer demographic consumers in selected Segmentation •  Prospecting “in the segments geographies dark” •  Very high acquisition cost •  High Acquisition Cost •  Low acquisition cost •  Lack of required quality •  Mostly unprofitable •  Strong ROI assuming and quantity of leads customer segment aggressive cross-sell ROI •  Requires experienced •  Negative ROI effort loan officers •  (mostly) Strong ROI •  Likely cross-sell •  Customers likely to be •  Customers likely to be opportunities open to cross-sell capable of supporting Cross-Sell message additional products & •  But most will not services Opportunities want / need additional •  Requires a structured services & aggressive cross-sell effort CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 13
  • 14.
    What if therewas a risk-free, performance-based solution that delivers the RIGHT consumer segment to bankers? FI Needs Consumers Want ü  Attractive ü  Grow Affluent Rates Customers ü  Screens HNW customers via large high(er)-yield CD deposit ü  Increase ü  Real-time profitability account open ü  Pays for all marketing & ü  Build customer transaction costs ü  Safe & Sound base in new FIs territories ü  Provides a turn-key solution ü  Decrease ü  Unbiased ü  Real-time campaign marketing costs advice management CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 14
  • 15.
    FIs are positionedto focus on valued-added cross- sell activities with consumers most likely to respond to the offers OptiRate is your “virtual” branch that does not stop delivering results ENGAGE Your Bank’s WOW! Prospective Customers Relationship Management ACQUIRE Affluent Customers IMPROVE Profitability Through NII And Cross-Sale EXPAND Into New Markets Before Developing Branches COMPETE Effectively Against Other Financial Institutions SLASH Enabling your Bank to refocus its efforts on cross- Marketing Expenses sell of customer base that is highly likely to be receptive. CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 15
  • 16.
    Consumers have unbiasedability to identify Banks & Credit Unions that value their business High-yielding CDs Simple & intuitive UI Safe & Sound Content to attract and Financial Institutions inform consumers CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 16
  • 17.
    OptiRate-referred customer baseis more cross-sell friendly and thus more profitable with 50%-80% lower customer acquisition cost FI Benchmark OptiRate Customer Acquisition Customer Acquisition FI Cost Cost Savings Branch $328 $70 $258 Customer Acquisition Online $143 $70 $73 Customer Acquisition Source: Online and branch acquisition costs: Brintech, Cass Bettinger & Associates and Amalfi Consulting, WIB Newsletter, November 2009 CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 17
  • 18.
    Return on investmentis achieved one the transaction $1,400,000 Just 1,000 new 6% Asset Yield Customer $1,200,000 relationships can yield Incremental Net Revenue $400k - $800k 5% Asset Yield annually $1,000,000 4% Asset Yield $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 Number of Customers CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 18
  • 19.
    Next Steps Getting startedis simple & fast… We offer Simple New Affluent agreement 1,000+ Customers No Incremental net long-term $500,000+ revenue commitments 4 week go-live with limited IT $20 Million+Improved liquidity resources Campaign $$$ Millions Convert into funding wholesale management PROFITABLE @ ~1hr / mo customer relationships CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 19
  • 20.
    Affluent Customer Acquisition Serge Milman [email protected] 415.260.3403 (c) www.OptiRate.com/Banks | http://BankBlog.OptiRate.com 800.319.6784 x600 (o) CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 20
  • 21.
    About Optirate Leadership Team Partners Robbie Vann-Adibé, Chairman Serge Milman, Founder / CEO Associations Kay Nichols, Advisor ç EVP, FIS Global Bryce Miller, Advisor ç SVP, Community Bank CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 21