Four AI Moves Every Bank Marketer Needs Now

About this episode

The episode discusses four essential AI strategies for bank marketers to enhance their effectiveness and competitiveness.

If you earned your marketing degree more than five years ago, you are already playing catch-up. Most banks are mailing in their response to AI. I break down the four AI moves the best banking marketers are running now: targeting that finds micro-cohorts of one, personalization built around the customer instead of the account, predictive analytics that tie marketing to revenue, and whether AI search tools even mention your bank. Each move draws on Banking Transformed interviews with Raja Rajamannar of Mastercard, Andrea Brimmer of Ally, and Olly Downs of Curinos. Using AI is no longer the goal, because every bank will get that far. The marketers who win refuse to mail it in and build something a competitor cannot copy. AI marketing has no finish line. Hosted by Jim Marous, Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand, Owner and Publisher of the Digital Banking Report, and host of the Banking Transformed podcast. #BankMarketing #AI #marketing #Banking #BankingTransformed #FinancialServices

People in this episode

Host: Jim Marous

Topics covered

• AI in banking
• marketing strategies
• personalization
• predictive analytics
• customer targeting

Keywords

• AI marketing
• banking
• micro-cohorts
• personalization
• predictive analytics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mastercard, Ally, Curinos

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