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Case Study: Doubling Bank Customers
Client Case Study

Doubling
Bank
Customers.

Discover how a mid-sized UK challenger bank doubled their customer base at half the investment through intent segmentation, zero-fee affiliate models, and real-time optimization.

Industry: Banking & Finance Model: Zero-Fee Affiliate Strategy
Bank Customer Optimization
The Problem

Fragmented Efforts &
Expensive Acquisition.

A mid-sized UK challenger bank was struggling to grow its customer base cost-effectively. Their existing programmatic and affiliate marketing efforts were highly fragmented and expensive.

These generic solutions yielded low conversion rates, high network fees, and provided no real transparency or insight into what was actually driving performance, severely limiting scalable growth.

High Network Fees & CPAs
Fragmented Conversion Data
Performance-Only Realignment
Strategic Blueprint

Intent Segmentation &
Network Activation.

Intent Segmentation

Layered a proprietary Intent Scoring Algorithm to separate users into "ready-to-open" vs "research-stage," setting budgets explicitly based on user mindset.

Custom Network Activation

Moved away from generic networks to build a curated, tiered affiliate network. Eliminated override fees by shifting to a pure pay-on-performance model.

Dynamic Optimization

Leveraged AI-powered retargeting to capture bounced traffic with real-time offers, while enabling transparent dashboards for rapid weekly A/B testing.

Performance Validation

System Improvements.

+100%
New Customer Acquisition
Volume surged from 10,000 to 20,000 new customers per month within 6 months.
-50%
CPA Reduction
Cost per acquisition slashed from £80 to £40 using zero-fee, performance-only networks.
2x
Total ROI Multiplier
Maintained the exact same £800k spend while doubling overall output and Lifetime Customer Value ROI.
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