Nice Doesn’t Pay the Bills: Why Culture Determines Profitability
Most banks focus on strategy. Elite banks focus on culture systems that produce profitable behavior. Discover why culture may be your biggest growth lever.
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This ONE Step Stops “Rate Shoppers”
Have you seen the latest study showing that community bank customers rank rate and price as the #1 criteria for choosing their bank?
No?
Me neither…because it doesn’t exist.
Yet, the “myth” that price is the paramount concern for your customers runs rampant inside community bank sales teams.
The real research shows that price is only 5th on the list of considerations for most customers…
So why then do they ask for your rate, before asking anything else…?
Simple. If they’re asking that question, your prospects know no other way to tell your bank from another.
Your job is to quickly take the focus off of the rate…I show you how in this video…
Discover the new blueprint for ending rate matching and adding 40, 50 even 60 basis points to net interest margin in just the next 12 months…
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