Synovate Announces Winners of 2011 Best Banking Awards

Synovate, today announced the winners of its 2011 Best Banking Awards in Canada. The annual award program recognizes Canadian financial institutions with the top ranked customer service for personal banking experience based on various key performance indicators.

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) August 30, 2011

Leading global market research firm Synovate today announced the winners of its 2011 Best Banking Awards in Canada. The annual award program recognizes Canadian financial institutions with the top ranked customer service for personal banking experience based on various key performance indicators.

Rob Myers, Executive Vice President of Synovate North America, said: “Understanding and improving the customer’s experience is one of today’s top priorities for all financial institutions. Over the past couple of years our banking industry has proven to be strong and reliable. Our study results reaffirm that Canadian financial institutions continue to focus on making improvements for their customers. Congratulations to all of the winners of this year’s Best Banking Awards.”

Established in 1987, the Synovate Customer Service Index (CSI) quarterly survey generates the winners of the annual Best Banking Awards. This year’s Awards were based on the combined results of quarterly CSI surveys ending August 2011 and conducted among a regionally and demographically representative sample of Canadians. A total of 40,353 household responses were received for the 2011 CSI program year, providing extremely robust feedback from customers and allowing for highly detailed analysis of the results nationally and regionally.

For the seventh time, the overall Customer Service Excellence award for 2011 among all financial institutions in the retail banking sector went to the Credit Unions (aggregate of individual Credit Unions), while TD Canada Trust (TDCT) took top honours among the Big 5 Banks.

Synovate Best Banking Award Recipients for 2011 among All Financial Institutions

Customer Service Excellence

• Credit Unions

Value For Money

• President’s Choice Financial

Values My Business

• Credit Unions

Recommend to Friends or Family

• ING DIRECT

Interest Rates & Service Charges

• ING DIRECT

Products & Services Excellence

• ING DIRECT

Financial Planning & Advice

• Credit Unions, RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Branch Service Excellence

• Credit Unions

ATM Banking Excellence

• Desjardins Caisses Populaires, National Bank, RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Online Banking Excellence

• ING DIRECT, TD Canada Trust

Telephone Banking Excellence

• Credit Unions, Desjardins Caisses Populaires, ING DIRECT, TD Canada Trust

Synovate Best Banking Award Recipients for 2011 among the Big 5 Banks

Customer Service Excellence

• TD Canada Trust

Value For Money

• TD Canada Trust

Values My Business

• TD Canada Trust

Recommend to Friends or Family

• RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Interest Rates & Service Charges

• BMO Bank of Montreal, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust

Products & Services Excellence

• RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Financial Planning & Advice

• RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Branch Service Excellence

• TD Canada Trust

ATM Banking Excellence

• RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Online Banking Excellence

• TD Canada Trust

Telephone Banking Excellence

• BMO Bank of Montreal, RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust

Notes:

1.    Where more than one financial institution shares an Award, it indicates that there was no statistically significant difference between the eligible FI with the highest score and that of one or more other eligible FI’s for the relevant awards category; based on top box results at the 95% confidence level.

2.    Non-subscribers are not eligible to claim an Award nor use it for communication or messaging purposes.

The 2011 Synovate Best Banking Awards compared to previous years:

•     Credit Unions received Awards in the same five categories as in 2010 among all financial institutions, including overall quality of Customer Service.
•     TD Canada Trust repeated its 2010 accomplishment by being recognized in all 11 award categories on a solo or shared bases, among the Big 5 Banks. Among all financial institutions, TDCT again received Awards in the same four categories as it did last year.
•     RBC Royal Bank shared six Award wins within the Big 5 Banks group in 2011, twice as many as last year, including a repeat of its shared Award for Financial Planning and Advice.
•     BMO Bank of Montreal shared two Award wins among the Big 5 Banks compared to one in 2010, including Interest Rates & Service Charges.
•     Scotiabank also shared this year’s Award for Interest Rates & Services Charges, for the second year in a row.

Adrian Murphy, Vice President of Syndicated Research for Synovate North America, commented: “The personal banking experience is becoming more flexible as customers continue to move to Internet banking and most recently mobile banking through apps or directly on the web. Technology is continually driving change in the way we bank, but in the end our financial institutions realize that to win they need to focus on delivering the best experience possible in their branches, through their call centers, on the web and at any other touchpoint where they interact with customers. Synovate’s personal banking survey and annual Best Banking Awards are there to help them benchmark versus the rest of the industry.

About Synovate

Synovate, the market research arm of Aegis Group plc, generates insights to help clients drive competitive brand, product and customer experience strategies. A truly borderless company with offices in over 60 countries, our approach combines best in class global research capabilities with personalised service, local knowledge and the flexibility to create teams and processes that meet clients' specific requirements. At Synovate, our clients sit at the top of our organisational chart, driving us to continually develop more innovative research solutions that predict actual business outcomes. Learn more at http://www.synovate.com.

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