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Video Webinar

In today’s Webinar Wednesday episode, our Vice-President of Business Development, Sid Haas, discusses new ways LKCS can help financial institutions to re-ignite the spark in your statements and e-statements.

Video Transcript (Highlights)

Your Statement Design

• LKCS can prepare your statements in just about any format or layout imaginable.
• When LKCS begins programming you will be asked to let us know of any specific formatting options, styles or statement elements that you would like to incorporate.
• Reformatting.
• Flexible Statement Design.
• Other Statements Daily Notices Credit Card Statements.

Your Statement Marketing

• What is Transpromo Statement Marketing?
• Transpromo is a compound expression formed from the words “transaction” and “promotional”.
• By adding relevant messages, you can piggyback targeted promotions and advertising onto existing transaction-related documents, such as statements.
• What is Transpromo Statement Marketing?
• TAKE ADVANTAGE OF “FREE” POSTAGE!
• Include targeted advertising with your statements.

Transpromo Options

• Statement Ads/Onserts
• LKCS print ads directly on your statements for pennies.
• Ads sent to all members OR we can target specific groups of members to receive one or more of these messages.
• You are no longer limited to short, text-only messages. Include graphics, logos, fonts, photos, etc. Even personalize the ads.
• Same technology enables loan payment coupons, rate grids, regulatory notices, etc. to be delivered on your statements.
• Design the ads yourself, select concepts from our online catalog, or have LKCS custom-design ads just for you.

Statement Letters

• Include personalized direct mail letters as the first page of your account statements. NO EXTRA POSTAGE!
• According to the DMA, personalized letters remain as the most effective direct mail method.
• Use for pre-approvals, referral campaigns, skip-a-pay, investment relationships, welcome new members, etc.

One Time Use vs. Campaigns

• All of the above examples were intended to support one promotion for one month.
• How else could you utilize transpromo statement marketing?
• Consider developing ongoing statement-based marketing campaigns
• The advantages: – “Set it and forget it” (at least for a few months) – Take advantage of special opportunities – True one-to-one marketing.

Transpromo Statement Campaigns Ideas

• New Account Holders.
• CD Renewals.
• Loan Payoffs.
• Auto Loan Recapture.
• Birthday Messages.
• Loan Payment Coupons.
• Kids Club/Teen Club/Senior Club.
• New Mergers/Branch Acquisitions.
• New SEGs.
• Cross-Sell Opportunities.

Matrix Statement Campaigns

Series of statement onserts sent out over a period of months/quarters to cross-sell additional products and services to specific groups of account holders.

• Same concept as Matrix Mailings.
• Terrific solution for new account holders, mergers, new branch locations, new SEGs, expanded field of membership, etc.
• Ability to run multiple matrices at same time.

Statement Marketing

• Selective Inserting – Take statement stuffers one step further.
• Target which members receive certain inserts. Selectively insert brochures, flyers and newsletters by criteria.
• Account relationships.
• Account balances.
• Account activity.
• Geography.
• ANY other conditions identifiable in your statement data.
• ANY other conditions identifiable in a separate control file.
• Envelope Backprinting.
• Try to open an envelope without seeing the back side.
• The back of the envelope is a billboard. Use this space.
• INEXPENSIVE – LKCS charges just over 1 cent per envelope.
• Choose from our stock designs each quarter, have LKCS custom-design an ad for you, or supply your own unique ad.

Your E-Statements

• Clearly the future for majority of account statement.
• Including statement marketing is just as important All transpromo techniques can be incorporated into LKCS’ e-statements.
• Inserts Delivered with E-Statements.
• Banner Ads – Link to web pages or PDFs.
• Appear for all account holders or selectively.

E-Statement Functionality

• Premium user experience.
• 12, 18, 24 months, or longer of statement history.
• Easy e-statement self-enrollment with full compliance.
• Home banking single sign-on, multifactor login authentication, or both.
• Simple management and powerful reporting – access all member statements, activity, users, e-mail bounces, etc.
• View multiple document types and multiple accounts.
• Mobile-friendly, even optional text message notifications.
• Advanced permissions: restricted account numbers, user roles, auditor access.
• The integrity of your statement data is extremely important to LKCS.
• We have numerous systems in place to protect the privacy of your account holders’ financial information. Accuracy and Security.

LKCS is SOC2 compliant.

• We undergo annual SOC Type 2 audits.
• Numerous information security procedures and policies are in place.
• Employees are trained and tested on all computer and data policies.
• Statement page and envelope counts are verified multiple times to account for each member statement.
• All computer systems are behind NCSA- certified firewalls and routers.
• Staff is notified of intrusion attempts.
• All operating systems and applications are routinely patched and updated.
• LKCS hires information security firms to regularly perform network intrusion tests.
• We have a formal disaster recovery contract and plan in place with a company in Nashville, TN to provide statement processing services for our clients in the event of a disaster.
• Our statement printing and inserting equipment has been custom-designed and configured to ensure unrivaled accuracy.
• Barcodes and inserter marks are used for verification.
• E-Statement data is encrypted and transmitted utilizing true 128-bit SSL security.
• All employees undergo complete background checks before hiring.
• Our building has been designed with security in mind.
• All entrances are protected by biometric and PIN-based entry systems.
• All archive CDs are encrypted with military-grade software requiring strong password authentication.
• Security and Integrity Controls.

Our Customer Service

• Our promise: LKCS will not be another vendor you love to hate.
• 98% customer satisfaction in last survey.
• Call or e-mail and you will get a response; best communication in the industry.
• Fast answers and issue resolution.
• We really do go the extra mile; no request is unreasonable.
• We make our clients look good!