Developing cross-selling capability in key corporate bank relationships: The case of a Nordic bank
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Financial Services Marketing
ISSN
13630539
Volume
25
Issue
3-4
First Page
45
Last Page
52
Publisher
Springer
School
School of Business and Law / Centre for Innovative Practice
RAS ID
32394
Abstract
© 2020, Springer Nature Limited. This research focuses on the challenges in developing the cross-selling capability of a multinational European corporate bank operating in both the business and consumer markets. An extensive qualitative research design was carried out involving 50 interviews with chief financial officers (CFOs) and bank representatives from four European countries, eight workshops, and participant observation. The barriers to cross-selling experienced by the Bank are specifically: a lack of cooperation within organisational levels and units, non-existent information sharing among employees, underdeveloped internal services for cross-selling, resistance to change, and outdated CRM systems are identified as the five major internal challenges that banks have to cope with. Corporate customers however perceive that the five major challenges that inhibit the corporate banks’ ability to provide better services and to properly exploit cross-selling capability are: the lack of cross-asset management, inability to sell cross-asset services, fragmented organisational structure, the lack of sufficient internal marketing and communication, and lack of knowledge sharing. This study identifies ten major challenges—five that deal with the Bank’s internal personnel, and five identified by key corporate customers—that are essential to overcome to better address cross-selling efforts.
DOI
10.1057/s41264-020-00076-8
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Salo, J., Cripps, H., & Wendelin, R. (2020). Developing cross-selling capability in key corporate bank relationships: The case of a Nordic bank. Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 25(3), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41264-020-00076-8