Showing posts with label relevance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label relevance. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

The Changing Face of Loyalty in Payment Cards

Some time ago, I blogged about a soon-to-be-published whitepaper on the subject of loyalty in payment cards, and how commoditisation is going to change the playing field of how programs should be run.

The paper has been kindly picked up by VRL and will be published in abridged form in the latest issue of Cards International. The full-length paper can be found here on Insight's website.

All comments welcome.

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

The Relevance of Loyalty in Credit Cards Today

A cursory check on the major banks in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and India revealed that almost all of the card products come with a default rewards program of some sorts. The most common form of rewards currency are points, rebates, and airline miles.

There was a time when loyalty programs were deemed the 'killer application' for credit cards. But there seems to be a growing proliferation of 'run-of-the-mill' programs.

What is the relevance of a card loyalty program to an issuer? Have we lost sight of the true business reasons for wanting a loyalty program in the first place?

In the next few weeks, I will be working on a white paper to explore this topic. In the meantime, do share with me your views.