First Data Customer Communication Solutions
Turn Your Customer Communications into a Strategic Advantage
Have you thought about how your customers want to receive important account information? Consumer preferences are constantly changing and as a result, the way you communicate with your customers must continue to evolve.
First Data now offers customer communication products and services to every business line, including credit, debit, mortgage, auto finance, DDA and investment/brokerage accounts. First Data has a suite of powerful solutions to help you segment your customer base, integrate decisioning capabilities, control the design and appearance of your customer correspondence and reach your customers through the channels they value most.
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Reach and engage your customers with full-color, personalized letters
Financial institutions rely on letters to communicate a wide variety of information to customers. As one of the world’s leading producers of letters for financial institutions, First Data’s customer correspondence production capabilities can maximize the effectiveness of almost any letter campaign. First Data clients benefit from leading-edge formatting, printing and mailing capabilities, including:
- Sophisticated layout and design (more)
- High-speed color printing (more)
- Coupons and checks with MICR printing and selective perforation (more)
- One-to-one segmentation and integrated decisioning tools to create letters filled with relevant marketing information (more)
- Address cleansing, ZIP Code sorting, mail tracking to increase accuracy and efficiency to obtain the lowest possible postal rates
Turn your transactional documents into a highly effective customer communication vehicle
Research has shown that bills and statements are extremely effective vehicles to reach and engage customers. Many leading financial institutions are viewing their correspondence from a strategic perspective and are designing their statements accordingly to include highlighted due dates, coupons, thank you messages and cross-promotional offers. These efforts will help strengthen customer loyalty, ignite cross-selling initiatives, generate additional revenue and reduce customer service calls and mailing costs.
In addition to the letter production capabilities, First Data can help improve your statements and bills through:
- Weight and white space management
- Householding and document consolidation
- Integrated electronic delivery of transactional documents
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Outbound and inbound communications that deliver results
Communicating with customers via telephone is one of the most effective mediums available. Financial institutions can implement phone messaging into their customer communication strategy with First Data’s automated digital voice messaging and mobile phone text messaging. Notify customers about possible fraud, remind them of overdue payments, provide promotional offers or collect updated account information all with First Data.
Turn card delivery into a loyalty-building event
In many cases, card delivery (credit, debit, ATM or HELOC) is one of the first interactions financial institutions have with new customers. Make the best possible first impression with fully personalized welcome kits that can include:
- Welcome letters
- Special offers and coupons
- Balance transfers or convenience checks
- Customized marketing messages
Give your customers the power to choose with e-mail and Web-based communications
Offer your on-the-go customers the flexibility of electronic communications with First Data’s fully integrated, end-to-end electronic messaging and delivery system. Transform virtually any document into an electronic file that can be e-mailed to customers or posted securely online. Plus, allow customers the opportunity to pay their bills electronically.
Proactive electronic communications that deliver notices about multiple transactions posting, statement availability, late payment notices or overdrawn or overlimit accounts can reduce your number of customer service calls, ultimately improving your bottom line.
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