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Antony Beckett
Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Paul Hewer
Research Fellow, Loughborough University Banking Centre, Loughborough, UK
Barry Howcroft
Professor of Retail Banking and Director of Loughborough University Banking
Centre, Loughborough, UK
[ 15 ]
Antony Beckett, Paul Hewer and the context in which it occurs. An ideal purchasing different financial products and
and Barry Howcroft type will therefore possess a number of services.
An exposition of consumer distinguishing characteristics, constructed It is postulated that consumer
behaviour in the financial
services industry by the researcher to describe the ``involvement'' in the buyer-seller
International Journal of Bank complexities of behaviour within a interchange incorporates a number of
Marketing particular frame of reference. subsets: customer control (Bateson, 1989),
18/1 [2000] 1526 customer participation and level of contact
Weber argued that the key to developing
ideal types was to identify characteristics (Chase, 1978). Similarly, it is assumed that
that shaped both the form of the ideal type uncertainty or ``confidence'' is largely
and the frames of reference. It follows that in determined by perceptions of risk, which are
developing ideal types which characterise determined by the complexity of the product
consumer buying, it is necessary to identify being purchased and the certainty of
the underlying constructs which determine outcome associated with that product
consumer behaviour within a particular (Shostack, 1977). In addition to these product
environment or frame of reference. Ideal specific considerations, the model
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establishment of trust; therefore, they place than you do (Female, 30-47 years old, C1 and
emphasis on the price differentials between C2, Leeds).
financial providers. One significant The men in the Oakham group also spoke of
consequence of this is that the consumers their use of personal advisers in this fashion,
appear less behaviourally loyal to financial emphasising their own perceived lack of
institutions. That is to say, whereas for confidence and knowledge when making
transactions-based current accounts such decisions:
consumers tended to stay with the same They know you and you feel you're getting
provider, for insurance-based products genuine advice and you feel that you're
switching between providers every couple of talking to somebody that knows what he or
years was more typical. In essence, she is talking about (Male, BC1, 48-65 years
consumers did not regard themselves as old, Oakham).
being loyal or having a relationship with
For the consumers in the London group,
providers of basic insurance products.
which contained the youngest group
Moreover, this lack of loyalty and having no
interviewed (aged 18-29), the question of how
feeling of being in a relationship was
to invest one's money was also perceived as
reinforced by the fact that most discussants
more complex than for other financial
had no communications with their insurance
products. However, rather than obtaining
companies apart from a letter each year
independent professional advice as the older
informing them of the increase in premiums.
women (aged 30-47) in the Leeds group, and
the older men (aged 48-65) in the Oakham
Relational-Dependent group had suggested, they tended to go to
Evidence from the focus group discussions of
their banks and building societies for such
consumers acting in a relational-dependent
advice. This was most evident in the
mode of consuming included their behaviour
purchase of PEPs where one of the men
with respect to purchasing complex financial
suggested how his financial provider had
instruments such as investment and pension
simplified this decision for him:
products. From the discussions it soon Banks help you, they give you a lot of
became apparent that many of the literature and they'll talk to you for about an
respondents expressed a lack of confidence hour, they'll ask you how much you've got
and knowledge with respect to the decision- and they'll put them (PEPs) into three
making context for these products. categories, whether you want high risk,
Consequently, they were more likely to medium risk or low risk and they group
employ the services of an independent particular PEPs (Male, 18-29 years old, BC1,
financial adviser. As a male respondent in London).
the Oakham group suggested: Another male respondent similarly spoke of
I think investment products are increasingly how his building society had made this
difficult, increasingly complex (Male, BC1, 48-
decision easier by:
65 years old, Oakham).
...break(ing) it down ... what will suit your
To counter this perceived complexity and needs ... what is going to be best for me ... for
risk, consumers would often seek the my PEP. I didn't get independent advice, but
assistance of a personal adviser when my building society basically told me about
the best deals and which was going to suit my
deciding upon investment products, such as
needs (Male, BC1, 18-29 years old, London).
PEPs, TESSAs and pensions. This was
perhaps most pronounced in the Leeds group These latter responses suggest that banks
where three of the women spoke of the long- and building societies might already be
term relations they had with their personal targeting consumers in the socio-economic
[ 21 ]
Antony Beckett, Paul Hewer group represented by the London focus the decision-making context can also be
and Barry Howcroft discussion groups, i.e. young people aged found in the work of Parasuraman et al.
An exposition of consumer
behaviour in the financial between 18-29 in the BC1 socio-economic (1985) who suggested that ``quality
services industry groupings. evaluations'' are made not only on the
International Journal of Bank The results certainly identified an content or outcome of the service, but also on
Marketing apparent lack of consumer confidence in of the process of service delivery.
18/1 [2000] 1526
purchasing many of these investment The focus upon the process of delivery is
products. Moreover, the lack of confidence represented by the Z axis in Figure 2. This
was compounded by the inherent risk of can be illustrated in terms of the two
these products because not only are they extremes: at one end of the axis are electronic
intangible, but they are complicated and fully automatic transactions while at the
perhaps more significantly their outcome is other end stands face-to-face or interpersonal
not immediate. For example, pensions and communications. Furthermore, based upon
investments typically do not mature until the findings from the focus group discussions
some time in the future. This future date we are able to plot ``ideal'' modes of consumer
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could range from between five and 40 years interactions for each of the three financial
and, therefore, the consumer cannot easily products examined.
and certainly not immediately ascertain
whether the purchase has been good or bad. Repeat-Passive
As a consequence, consumers of these In this context, the consumer has low levels
investment products seek reassurance and, of involvement but high levels of confidence.
therefore, place emphasis on brand image Moreover the consumer seeks the speed and
and past performance. In particular, convenience of a short duration and low
however, the focus discussion groups contact form of transaction. In Figure 2, P1
revealed the importance of trusting a third refers to transactions typically associated
party. In a sense, the purchase decision and with a current account, such as standing
the subsequent monitoring of performance is orders, direct debits and even money from an
delegated, in many instances, to a third ATM where the consumer has high levels of
party. This third party could be an confidence, but low levels of actual or
institution, but the research reveals that in ``intellectual'' involvement.
many instances trust is personalised, being
based on having a relationship with a Rational-Active
reliable and respected financial adviser. In this context, the consumer has high levels
of involvement and confidence. In Figure 2
this is illustrated by P2 which represents the
Consumer behaviour and delivery purchase decision over basic car and house
channels contents insurance. In this instance
The results of the focus discussion groups consumers have fairly high levels of
also enable us to examine further the role confidence and involvement; however,
which the choice of delivery channel has in because the delivery channel is more likely
the context of explaining consumers' to be at-a-distance, such as through a
decision-making behaviour for financial telephone, or increasingly through a
products. The importance consumers place computer, they are able to focus upon the
upon the ``how question'' in the decision- price of the ``commodity''.
making situation, that is the context in which
they decide and the degree of personal Relational-Dependent
contact they appear to desire, means that we In this context, as in the rational-active
can add a third dimension to the previously quadrant, the consumer has high levels of
outlined consumer behaviour matrix. This involvement, but in contrast to the rational-
third dimension encapsulates the importance active mode they prefer face-to-face contact to
of the type of delivery channels consumers counter low levels of confidence. The
appear to want to use for each of the delivery mode must, therefore, be conducive
previously outlined consumer behaviour to a protracted discussion which engenders
ideal types (see Figure 2). trust and the formation of relationships. This
Gronroos (1984) in his examination of is typically resolved by discussions in which
service quality distinguished between consumers are able to gain information on
technical and functional dimensions. The the complexity of different products, get their
term ``technical quality'' referred to what the questions answered but perhaps more
customer gets from the service, whereas importantly establish the trustworthiness of
functional quality relates to how the service the financial provider or adviser. In Figure 2
is delivered to the customer. This focus upon this scenario is shown by P3 which
[ 22 ]
Antony Beckett, Paul Hewer represents the purchasing of complicated within the repeat-passive quadrant (at least
and Barry Howcroft investment products. in the short term) through improvements in
An exposition of consumer product/service provision. In the financial
behaviour in the financial
services industry services markets, it had been possible to
International Journal of Bank Strategic implications of consumer retain large numbers of consumers within
Marketing
18/1 [2000] 1526
behaviour ideal types this quadrant simply because the perceived
benefits of switching were low and the costs
Each of the ideal types described in the
high, thereby making changes in the pattern
consumer behaviour matrix has implications
of buying behaviour prohibitively expensive.
for financial providers' organisational and
However, increased competition and
marketing strategies, in that they give rise to
consumer willingness to use new delivery
contingencies which demand a strategic
channels will reduce switching costs and
response. The following section accordingly
erode inertia, making it increasingly difficult
attempts to articulate these strategic to retain consumers in the repeat-passive
implications by emphasising the common quadrant.
and recurrent themes of the focus discussion
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No Purchase
No current strategic contingencies flow from
this quadrant, but the consumers within it
represent an important source of potential
new business. Banks need to adopt strategies
which raise levels of involvement and
increase consumer confidence so as to
encourage purchases of financial
instruments. One way to increase consumer
involvement may be to introduce delivery
channels which consumers feel comfortable
using.
Relational-Dependent
In strategic terms the relational-dependent
quadrant offers a potential basis for the
creation of differentiation. By forming a
relationship with a bank or individual, the
consumer prefers that relationship to
alternatives. The relationship enables the
[ 23 ]
Antony Beckett, Paul Hewer banks (or an individual) to differentiate itself An approach which is based on the premiss
and Barry Howcroft from competing alternatives. Companies that consumers create relationships with
An exposition of consumer frequently use brands as the basis for companies on the basis of loyalty and trust
behaviour in the financial
services industry relationships between themselves and and this encourages them to make multiple
International Journal of Bank consumers. Brands embody a cluster of cross-purchases from a single supplier.
Marketing values and meanings which through Moreover, loyalty and trust create barriers to
18/1 [2000] 1526 consumption are transferred to the entry, thereby making it more difficult for
individual. A relationship exists between a new players entering the market (Goodwin
brand and an individual, where the and Gremler, 1996). Historically, this
individual consumer prefers a particular approach has not been widely explored or
brand to all others and is prepared to pay a used in the financial service industry as
premium for that choice. choice was traditionally limited and
Creating such brand loyalty demands that consumers had little incentive to switch
the brand is in some sense unique, either in between bank providers. However, this
terms of its physical properties or through situation no longer prevails as competitive
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the values it communicates about those who forces increasingly enable and encourage
consume the brand. Brands and brand consumers to adopt rational-active forms of
loyalty are the basic building blocks of buying behaviour.
differentiation advantage and this advantage
can only be created where consumers
recognise and value the features of the Conclusion
product. If this is not the case, as is common
for products where low levels of involvement This paper has discussed and examined a
exist, establishing brands and brand loyalty consumer behaviour matrix in the light of
is difficult. This problem of a lack of research data obtained from focus group
differentiation in the marketplace affects discussions with a range of consumers on
banks and financial products and services their purchasing and monitoring of financial
generally and, therefore, makes it difficult to services. The research findings have
create consumer relationships. Direct demonstrated that consumers' purchasing
providers of insurance and banking services behaviour is greatly influenced by the type of
have generated differentiation by changing financial product being purchased, and this
the channel of distribution and this may is in keeping with the research of Bateson
partly explain their success in entering the (1977), Shostack (1977), McKechnie (1992) and
industry. However, over a longer period their Betts (1994). This has enhanced our
success is likely to be imitated and their knowledge of how consumers purchase
differentiation advantages eroded. Moreover, different financial products but perhaps
as we have seen, they are attracting more significantly it has drawn our attention
consumers who are acting on the basis of a to the role of delivery channels. In the light of
rational-active rather than a repeat-passive these findings we can postulate that one
heuristic to guide their actions. important unintended consequence of the
Given that the contractual nature of introduction of new electronic-based delivery
individual finance products is easily channels may be to engender new at-a-
imitated, creating and sustaining meaningful distance exchanges which will impact
differentiation on the basis of a ``good considerably upon the ``process of service''.
product'' is likely to be extremely difficult. The emphasis on trust and having a
An alternative approach might, therefore, be relationship, especially in particular
to focus on the ``process of service delivery''. contracting contexts, is also highly pertinent
As we have been able to demonstrate, to the strategies of financial service
consumers have a predisposition to create providers. Increased competition and
relationships and emphasise trust and developments in new delivery channels are
loyalty when they find it difficult to make commoditising bank products and changing
rational choices on the basis of available consumer behaviour by increasing
information (Doney and Canon, 1997). In this consumers' propensities to switch banks and
manner, complicated ``investment services'' make rational decisions in the purchase of
appear to fall naturally into this relational- certain types of financial product. The ability
dependent quadrant. Bank providers, to retain customers and increase customer
however, need to focus on the dynamics of profitability by cross-selling high margin
this quadrant in order to generate basic insurance and investment products is,
sustainable competitive advantage. therefore, very important. In this respect, the
Such an approach is implicit in the paper has made a contribution to our
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