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Stickiness Coming Apart: Why Life-Event Relationships Keep Deposits Where They Belong

Devon Kinkead August 22, 2025 0 Comments
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By Devon Kinkead

For decades, banks and credit unions relied on “stickiness” to hold onto customers. The assumption was simple: switching accounts was such a hassle—updating direct deposits, bill payments, and apps—that customers would stay put. But in today’s digital world, where fintechs and forward-thinking banks make switching frictionless, the glue of inconvenience is, well, coming unglued.

This shift raises the urgent question: If deposits are so easy to move, what keeps them from leaving?

Stickiness Is Fragile, Relationships Are Enduring

Stickiness was never real loyalty—it was inertia. And inertia is easily disrupted when customers see higher rates, faster apps, or more personalized experiences elsewhere. But when life events occur—a first job, a wedding, a child’s birth, an inheritance—customers face decisions that shape their financial future. In those moments, they don’t want a faceless account; they want a trusted guide.

That’s where institutions using Micronotes win. Relationships formed during life events are “deposit anchors”—emotional and practical connections that create genuine loyalty far stronger than the fading grip of hassle.

Micronotes: Turning Life Events into Loyalty

Micronotes helps institutions spot and respond to these life-defining financial moments. Its Exceptional Deposits technology identifies outlier deposits—like a tax refund, bonus, or home sale—and immediately engages the customer with relevant, personalized offers to help. Instead of watching those dollars drift to competitors, banks can say:

  • “What’s the plan for this $50,000 deposit?”
  • “Would you like to explore a CD, wealth account, or college fund to make the most of it?”

By engaging at the exact moment customers are making big financial choices, banks position themselves as partners, not just providers.

Real Loyalty, Not Friction Loyalty

The difference is clear:

  • Stickiness loyalty = Customers stay because moving is hard.
  • Life-event loyalty = Customers stay because their bank was there when it mattered most.

The first dissolves with a new app download. The second lasts through seasons of life.

The New Deposit Strategy

Citizens Bank’s recent move to eliminate switching hassles shows that the era of stickiness is over. The winners in this new era will be those who replace friction with connection, and stickiness with service.

Micronotes enables that shift—helping institutions seize life-event opportunities, build relationships that matter, and retain deposits not because customers have to stay, but because they want to stay. Learn more here.

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