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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.

An adviser at a regional bank discusses a personal letter about reinvestment with a customer
Marlene Hoffmann, 58 Example

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 page

How 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
  1. Day 0 – entry: The four checks run (matching journey, data and consent per channel, re-entry, priority).
  2. Day 0 – announcement: email, if email consent has been given. Fallback: personalised letter with a personal access code.
  3. Wait for event “Landing page login”: 7 days after an email, 10 days after a letter.
  4. 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).
  5. No → reminder: at most two reminders by email or a second letter.
  6. Condition: appointment request or lead score ≥ 60 → task for the adviser with what the customer has read.
  7. 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

  • January
  • February
  • March M. Hoffmann · 31 Mar
Journey · Reinvestment fixed deposits & life 2026 Regionalbank Musterstadt eG
  1. Entry

    Segment: maturity ≤ 90 days

  2. Gate

    Consent per channel

  3. Channel branch

    Letter

    Announcement + code

    M. Hoffmann · 31 Mar · Example

  4. Wait for event · LP login

    7 days (email) / 10 days (letter)

  5. Landing page

    Your options from 31 March

  6. Task

    Notify adviser C. Reuter

  7. Goal · Macro, primary

    Reinvestment in-house

ExampleMs Hoffmann has not given email consent. She receives a letter from Christina Reuter – with a code for her personal overview.

Profile 2 · Follow-up financing at the end of the fixed-rate period

LetterEmailLanding page

How 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
  1. 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).
  2. Wait for event “Options viewed”: 14 days; one reminder if there is no response.
  3. Condition “Calculator used” → task for the adviser: offer an appointment.
  4. Month −6: second wave for customers without a response, preferably by letter.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

Couple at home reviewing a letter from their bank about the end of their fixed-rate period
Timeline to the end of the fixed-rate period
  1. −18 M First contact (promotional)
  2. −6 M Second wave (promotional)
  3. −3 M Section 493 BGB – notification (obligation fulfilled)
  4. End of fixed-rate period

Profile 3 · Current account onboarding

EmailLetter

How 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
  1. Day 0: welcome email from the branch, the adviser introduces herself (service message).
  2. 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.
  3. Day 14: account switching service explained: moving standing orders and direct debits.
  4. Day 30: set up card, app and mobile payments.
  5. Day 60 – only with marketing consent: invitation to a first financial consultation.
  6. 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.

Campaigns · Overview
Campaign overview, excerpt
CampaignStatusOngoing campaign
Reinvestment fixed deposits & life 2026 Active Ongoing campaign
Current account welcome series Approval Ongoing campaign
Follow-up financing 2027 Active Ongoing campaign
Example · demo dataCampaign overview: the current account welcome series is awaiting approval; reinvestment and follow-up financing run as ongoing campaigns (∞). Fictitious sample data.

Profile 4 · Cross-selling retirement provision with the adviser as sender

EmailLetterLanding page

How 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
  1. Day 0: personal invitation from the adviser by email, otherwise by letter: “Five questions, ten minutes – and we’ll know where you stand.”
  2. Wait for event “Check completed”: 10 days.
  3. Complete → task for the adviser with the answers and a suggested appointment. Partial → reminder “Continue the check”. No response → one reminder, then exit.
  4. 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.

Customer card · adviser view

Marlene Hoffmann

Adviser: Christina Reuter

Campaign participations

Reinvestment fixed deposits & life 2026 Active

Retirement provision check 2026Paused

waiting for higher-priority reinvestment journey
Example · demo dataCustomer card: the retirement provision check is paused because the higher-priority reinvestment journey is running. The adviser can take Ms Hoffmann out of the campaign. Fictitious sample data.
Legal notice Sender GROUP HEAD OFFICE

Group & 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 and the PBM Campaign Platform mechanism
A bank’s requirementPBM 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.
Letter preview · print handover

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
Example · demo dataLetter preview: personalised passages subtly highlighted in teal; 2,604 letters go to the lettershop at 06:00 as one PDF per contact. Fictitious sample data.

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.

Compliance gate · Reminder 2 · 12,480 contacts
  • letter only permitted → letter fallback 2,604
  • Withdrawal → stopped 41
  • Frequency limit reached → postponed 523

This gate cannot be deactivated.

Example · demo dataCompliance gate before sending: 2,604 contacts without email consent automatically receive a letter. Sample data.

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.

Next step

Bring your next maturity list.

In 45 minutes, we sketch out your reinvestment journey together – with your attributes, your channels, your brand. Afterwards, you will know whether the PBM Campaign Platform is right for you. No real customer data needed: the attribute structure is enough.

Hosting in Germany · single-tenant · consent check before every send