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Retail bank customer preferences: personal and remote

interactions

Document Information:
Title: Retail bank customer preferences: personal and remote interactions
Author(s): Mark Durkin, (Mark Durkin is a Lecturer at the School of Marketing,
Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern
Ireland, UK.), Danielle McCartan-Quinn, (Danielle McCartan-Quinn is a Lecturer at
the School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster,
Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, UK.), Aodheen O’Donnell, (Aodheen O’Donnell
is a PhD Student, at the School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy,
University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, UK.), Barry Howcroft,
(Barry Howcroft is Professor of Retail Banking and Director of Loughborough
University Banking Centre, Loughborough, UK.)
Citation: Mark Durkin, Danielle McCartan-Quinn, Aodheen O’Donnell, Barry Howcroft,
(2003) "Retail bank customer preferences: personal and remote interactions",
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 31 Iss: 4, pp.177 -
189
Keywords: Banks, Consumer behaviour, Customer service, Face-to-face communications,
Service delivery system
Article
Conceptual Paper
type:
DOI: 10.1108/09590550310469176 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: MCB UP Ltd
Abstract: The paper uses a questionnaire and a theoretical model of bank-customer interaction
preferences as the basis for examining the perceptions of retail bank customers
regarding the use of remote delivery channels and the extent to which they still value
traditional branch-based face-to-face interactions. The empirical evidence suggests
that despite the increase in remote banking, retail bank customers still place
significantly greater emphasis on face-to-face contact. The implications of this
finding are that if banks want to encourage widespread customer adoption of remote
banking they must better understand customer attitudes towards alternative delivery
channels and use this information to educate their customers on the tangible service
benefits which emanate from remote delivery.

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