Industries · Banks & cooperative banking groups
Campaign management for banks and cooperative banking groups
Maturing investments, expiring fixed-rate periods, new current accounts: the PBM Campaign Platform addresses every customer personally on the right occasion – by email or letter, with their adviser as the sender. And only with data approved for that purpose.
Fixed deposit €68,400 · due 31 March
“No email consent. What now?”
At a glance
What does the PBM Campaign Platform do for banks?
The PBM Campaign Platform automates existing-customer communication for banks and cooperative banking groups. It combines email, letter, personal landing page and SMS in one customer journey. The occasion is an event from your data – such as a maturity date. Before every send, the platform checks consent per channel. The sender is the responsible adviser. Every bank receives its own isolated installation.
- 4 channels email, letter, landing page, SMS
- 4 checks before every journey entry
- 1 installation per customer (single-tenant)
- Hosting in Germany optionally AWS or Azure
From practice
What questions do banks face when contacting existing customers?
Sales & marketing
“How do we address maturing investments before the money moves to a direct bank?”
In good time and personally.
A dynamic segment detects every maturity date, and the journey starts automatically – weeks before the due date.
Sales & marketing
“How do we reach customers without email consent – without hand-made mail merges?”
The letter is a channel.
If email consent is missing, a personalised letter automatically goes to the lettershop.
Advice & branch
“What’s in it for me as an adviser – apart from more work?”
Your name, your customers.
You are the sender, see on the customer card what your customer has read, and can take individual customers out of a campaign.
Cooperative group head office
“How does the group head office set a framework without taking away each institution’s voice?”
Steer centrally, deliver locally.
Head office sets the framework, and every location speaks in its own brand.
Data protection & compliance
“Who contacted which customer, when – and with what data?”
Everything logged.
The audit log shows every approval, every send, every access.
IT security & outsourcing
“Is this a manageable ICT third-party service?”
Your own installation.
No data pool shared with other companies, hosting in Germany, export at any time.
Four journeys from everyday banking
Which journeys do banks automate first?
In almost every bank, four occasions account for most existing-customer communication. Each journey is an example – you adjust the steps, waiting times and channels yourself in the platform.
Profile 1 · Reinvestment of maturing investments
EmailLetterLanding pageHow does a bank address maturing fixed-term deposits, savings plans and life insurance policies?
With an ongoing campaign that detects every maturity date 90 days in advance and guides the customer personally through their options – right up to the appointment with their adviser.
- Trigger / occasion
Maturity of a fixed-term deposit, savings certificate, savings plan or a life insurance policy brokered through the group within ≤ 90 days. The data comes from the core banking system via an interface; customers who newly meet the condition start on the same day.
- Target group / segment
Private customers with a maturity date ≤ 90 days away, an assigned adviser and at least one permitted channel.
- Channels & steps
- Day 0 – entry: The four checks run (matching journey, data and consent per channel, re-entry, priority).
- Day 0 – announcement: email, if email consent has been given. Fallback: personalised letter with a personal access code.
- Wait for event “Landing page login”: 7 days after an email, 10 days after a letter.
- Yes → personal landing page “Your options from 31 March”: reinvest · pay out · advice. Access via a lock page with two factors (date of birth + code).
- No → reminder: at most two reminders by email or a second letter.
- Condition: appointment request or lead score ≥ 60 → task for the adviser with what the customer has read.
- Exit: converted (reinvestment booked) or completed.
- Personalisation levers
Amount and maturity date, adviser with photo and direct line, argument per profile from the approved argument pool (security, flexibility or tax advantage), institution brand.
- Compliance specifics
Consent is checked per channel – so Marlene Hoffmann, without email consent, receives the letter, not the email. The link never contains an account or customer number, only a signed token. The investment advice itself stays in the advisory meeting. Calls by the adviser only where consent has been given.
- Goal
Micro: landing page login, option viewed, appointment requested · Macro (primary): reinvestment in-house, reported back from the core banking system.
- What to measure
Reinvestment rate per institution, branch and channel; time to appointment; exit reasons (e.g. “left segment” because paid out).
Maturities ≤ 90 days
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- March M. Hoffmann · 31 Mar
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Entry
Segment: maturity ≤ 90 days
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Gate
Consent per channel
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Channel branch
Email
Announcement
Letter
Announcement + code
M. Hoffmann · 31 Mar · Example
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Wait for event · LP login
7 days (email) / 10 days (letter)
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Landing page
Your options from 31 March
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Notify adviser C. Reuter
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Goal · Macro, primary
Reinvestment in-house
Profile 2 · Follow-up financing at the end of the fixed-rate period
LetterEmailLanding pageHow does a bank secure follow-up financing before the customer obtains offers elsewhere?
With a recurring journey that begins 18 months before the end of the fixed borrowing rate period – long before the statutory notification and long before comparison offers arrive.
- Trigger / occasion
End of the fixed borrowing rate period in ≤ 18 months; monthly update from the lending system.
- Target group / segment
Mortgage customers with a residual debt at the end of the fixed-rate period; excluding customers whose adviser is already in discussion with them (attribute or adviser exclusion).
- Channels & steps
- Month −18: letter or email from the adviser: “Your fixed-rate period ends on 30 September 2027.” Link to the personal landing page with residual debt and options (extension, forward loan, adjust repayment).
- Wait for event “Options viewed”: 14 days; one reminder if there is no response.
- Condition “Calculator used” → task for the adviser: offer an appointment.
- Month −6: second wave for customers without a response, preferably by letter.
- No later than month −3: statutory notification under Section 493(1) BGB – still from your lending system or as a separate, approved letter step. Promotional content stays separate from it.
- Exit: converted (follow-up agreement signed) or left segment (loan redeemed).
- Personalisation levers
Residual debt, date, property location, adviser, argument “planning certainty” or “flexibility” per profile.
- Compliance specifics
Mandatory information and advertising are separate steps, each with its own approval. The terms in the text come exclusively from approved building blocks.
- Goal
Micro: landing page login, calculator used, appointment · Macro (primary): follow-up agreement before the end of the fixed-rate period.
- What to measure
Share of extensions and forward loans before the due date, redemptions as exit reason, response per wave and channel.
- −18 M First contact (promotional)
- −6 M Second wave (promotional)
- −3 M Section 493 BGB – notification (obligation fulfilled)
- End of fixed-rate period
Profile 3 · Current account onboarding
EmailLetterHow does a new current account become the main account?
With an onboarding journey that starts when the account is opened, guides step by step through online banking, card and account switching – and only shows advertising once the customer has consented.
- Trigger / occasion
Account opening, reported via interface. The journey starts immediately (event-based ongoing campaign).
- Target group / segment
New private customers with a current account; variants for students, career starters and account switchers by attribute.
- Channels & steps
- Day 0: welcome email from the branch, the adviser introduces herself (service message).
- Wait for event “Online banking activated”: 7 days; without activation, a help email with step-by-step instructions, or a letter if there is no email address.
- Day 14: account switching service explained: moving standing orders and direct debits.
- Day 30: set up card, app and mobile payments.
- Day 60 – only with marketing consent: invitation to a first financial consultation.
- Exit: completed; converted as soon as the account switch is reported.
- Personalisation levers
Account model, life stage (by attribute), branch and adviser, channel by preference.
- Compliance specifics
Service and advertising are separate steps. Marketing consent is actively requested at account opening – never pre-ticked – and checked per channel in the platform.
- Goal
Micro: online banking active, card set up · Macro (primary): account switch completed.
- What to measure
Activation rate after 7 and 30 days, share of account switches, drop-off points in the funnel.
| Campaign | Status | Ongoing campaign |
|---|---|---|
| Reinvestment fixed deposits & life 2026 | Active | Ongoing campaign |
| Current account welcome series | Approval | Ongoing campaign |
| Follow-up financing 2027 | Active | Ongoing campaign |
Profile 4 · Cross-selling retirement provision with the adviser as sender
EmailLetterLanding pageHow does cross-selling become personal rather than arbitrary?
By having the adviser send the invitation personally, the customer describe their situation in a short retirement provision check, and the adviser go into the conversation with this knowledge.
- Trigger / occasion
One-off or recurring campaign: customers aged 30 to 55 without a retirement provision or securities savings plan with the bank.
- Target group / segment
Only customers with marketing consent for the respective channel and an assigned adviser. Customers in higher-priority journeys (reinvestment, follow-up financing) pause this campaign.
- Channels & steps
- Day 0: personal invitation from the adviser by email, otherwise by letter: “Five questions, ten minutes – and we’ll know where you stand.”
- Wait for event “Check completed”: 10 days.
- Complete → task for the adviser with the answers and a suggested appointment. Partial → reminder “Continue the check”. No response → one reminder, then exit.
- Appointment arranged → journey ends as converted.
- Personalisation levers
Adviser with photo, argument per risk profile (security, return, flexibility), imagery per life stage, AI text variants after approval.
- Compliance specifics
Only approved attributes are used – no analysis of account transactions for marketing purposes without a legal basis. Every AI variant goes through the compliance and tone-of-voice check and the approval. The adviser can take individual customers out of the campaign.
- Goal
Micro: check started, check completed · Macro (primary): advisory appointment arranged.
- What to measure
Check completion rate, appointment rate per adviser and branch, drop-off questions in the check.
Marlene Hoffmann
Campaign participations
Retirement provision check 2026Paused
waiting for higher-priority reinvestment journeyGroup & partner banks
How does the platform work in the savings bank or cooperative banking group?
The group head office, a regional association or a central service provider operates one installation. Within it, each institution is a separate brand with its own logo, colours, legal notice and sender. Head office sets the framework, and every location speaks in its own brand.
One template, many institutions: templates automatically adapt to the institution’s brand.
Locked where it matters legally: legal notice, logo and sender are locked centrally, design fields are open.
Hard visibility boundary: employees of one institution never see another institution’s customers.
Analytics per institution and in comparison – for head office.
Differentiation
What sets the PBM Campaign Platform apart from conventional marketing automation?
Many systems send emails. Banks need more: the adviser as sender, the letter as a channel and evidence for every decision.
| A bank’s requirement | PBM Campaign Platform mechanism |
|---|---|
| The adviser is the relationship | The responsible adviser is fixed on entry; without a resolvable adviser, nothing is sent. |
| Many customers without email consent | The letter is a channel: PDF per customer, handover to the lettershop via SFTP. |
| Several campaigns at the same time | Relevance instead of volume: contact caps across all channels, the more important message wins. |
| Sensitive financial data on the landing page | Lock page with two factors, a signed token instead of a customer number in the link. |
| AI only with control | The AI drafts. You decide. The four-eyes principle is the default. |
| Outsourcing must be manageable | Single-tenant, hosting in Germany, optional customer-owned storage, export at any time. |
Ms
Marlene Hoffmann
[ADDRESS]
Regionalbank Musterstadt eG
Dear Ms Hoffmann,
on 31 March, €68,400 from your fixed deposit will become available. I have prepared three options for you …
Christina Reuter, your adviser
Your personal access code: 7K4-M2Q
Handover · Batch 4821
- Letters
- 2.604
- PDF generated per contact
- done
- SFTP destination
- Lettershop (example)
- Manifest is transferred last
- done
- Handover
- 06:00
Security & regulation · As of: September 2026
Which rules apply to campaign software in banks?
Three sets of rules shape how banks address existing customers. The PBM Campaign Platform implements mechanisms for them – the legal assessment remains with you.
DORA
Since 17 January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) has applied to credit institutions. Banks maintain a register of information on all contracts with ICT third-party service providers (Art. 28(3)). For critical or important functions, they need exit strategies (Art. 28(8)). Art. 30 governs contract content, such as data processing locations, return of data and termination rights.
What the platform contributes: its own isolated installation; hosting in Germany or in your preferred environment (e.g. AWS, Azure); optionally your own object storage; export of all data; SSO and audit log.
UWG and GDPR
Under Section 7(2) UWG, marketing emails generally require prior express consent. The exception is the narrowly defined advertising to existing customers for your own similar products under Section 7(3) UWG. Advertising by letter is generally permitted; however, customers can object to direct marketing at any time (Art. 21 GDPR).
What the platform contributes: consent check per channel before every send, automatic letter fallback, immediate stop on withdrawal.
End of the fixed-rate period
Under Section 493(1) BGB, the lender must inform the borrower no later than three months before the end of the fixed borrowing rate period whether it is prepared to agree a new fixed rate.
What the platform contributes: mandatory information and promotional contact as separate, individually approved steps.
This overview does not replace legal advice. As of: September 2026.
- letter only permitted → letter fallback 2,604
- Withdrawal → stopped 41
- Frequency limit reached → postponed 523
This gate cannot be deactivated.
Where to next?
Frequently asked questions from banks
Is the PBM Campaign Platform suitable for savings banks and cooperative banks?
Yes. The PBM Campaign Platform represents institutions as separate brands with their own corporate identity, legal notice and sender. A group head office or a central service provider sets templates and rules, and each institution delivers them in its own brand. Employees of one institution never see another institution’s customers.
How does a bank reach customers without email consent?
By letter. The platform checks consent per channel before every send. If email consent is missing, it automatically generates a personalised letter as a PDF and hands it over to the lettershop. Reminders are also sent by letter.
Can the adviser be the sender of the campaign?
Yes. The responsible adviser is fixed when the customer enters the journey and appears as the sender with name, photo and contact details. If the adviser leaves, a defined deputy rule takes effect. Without a resolvable adviser, nothing is sent.
What does DORA mean for the use of a campaign platform?
If a bank uses a campaign platform as an ICT service from a third-party provider, the contract belongs in its DORA register of information. Depending on how the function is classified, contract content under Art. 30 and exit strategies are added. The PBM Campaign Platform supports this with its own isolated installation, hosting in Germany and full data export. As of: September 2026, not legal advice.
Where does the data for the journeys come from?
From your systems, by file import or via an interface. A new import updates existing contacts and deletes none. Events such as an account opening or a maturity date automatically start the matching journey.
Won’t bank customers be contacted too often by several campaigns?
No, contact frequency management takes care of that. It limits contacts per customer and period across all channels and campaigns. If two campaigns run at the same time, the higher-priority one wins; the other waits.