Experience Better: The CX Podcast

Renewable energy and sustainable practices have become key considerations for consumers who are becoming more aware of their energy consumption and how that impacts climate change. On this episode, Francis Bradley, President and CEO of Electricity Canada, joins us to chat about the energy transition and how that could affect the customer experience for the years to come.

With growing interest from consumers to reduce the amount of water they use, access to personal data and analytics about water usage has quickly become an essential ingredient to providing an exceptional customer experience. In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast, we talk to Robb Barnitt,  Founder of Dropcountr and Vice President, Market Development at KUBRA, as he explains how providing access to water analytics helps customers make better decisions

Payment experiences have certainly changed over the past few years. Cash, check, and credit card used to be the go-to payment methods for consumers, but they’re not the norm for most these days. Innovative technology and changing consumer expectations have transformed how we pay for goods and services. Last month, in the first installment of this two-part episode, Steve Ryan, Principal Product Manager for Payments at KUBRA talked about customer expectations and hot payment trends like the demand for frictionless payment experiences and digital wallets. In this episode, we join Steve again as he discusses artificial intelligence payment channels.

It is no secret that the pandemic is impacting behaviors across the globe. But what type of imprint has it left on the payments space for both billers and their customers?  In this two-part podcast on “the future of payments”, Steve Ryan, Principal Product Manager for Payments at KUBRA, will discuss how COVID-19 has changed customer behaviors and what payment trends they are demanding and expecting

Finding the time and resources to thoroughly understand the customer journey can be difficult, but it has been shown to pay significant dividends to businesses that make the effort. Namely, the better you understand customer expectations, the easier it is to tailor the customer experience to meet their specific needs. In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast, Malina Kaija, Co-Founder of theturnlab, explains how to build a customer-centric business and create customer personas.

In our final installment of Experience Better: The CX Podcast™ for 2021, we share highlights from some of your favorite episodes. We cover everything from the importance of learning about the unique wants of needs of each generation to how business intelligence helps companies optimize performance, predict success, and identify market trends. The episode also explains how bill concierge services benefit businesses and individuals and what Mastercard is doing to drive innovation with its Mastercard BPX solution.

Improving CX doesn’t just happen in a vacuum because there’s no one-size-fits-all answer for what customers prefer or how they behave. You might think you know what is best for customers but how can you truly be sure without going straight to the source? That’s why we are talking with Schmidt Market Research about the role customer research plays in improving customer experiences at top-performing companies. Joining us on the podcast today is Michael Everhart, Vice President, and Rebecca DeFazio, Senior Research Manager at Schmidt Market Research.

Paying bills certainly doesn’t top many people’s list of favorite things to do. At best it’s a hassle– at worst, it’s an extremely stressful exercise. You can take some of the pain away by offering payment solutions that make it as quick and easy for your customers to pay their bills as possible. Digital wallets do just that. They’re a convenient, easy, and secure way to pay, giving customers those truly on-the-go payment experiences they’re looking for. In this episode of Experience Better, we talk to Yara Alatshan, Product Marketing Manager at KUBRA, to tell us all about digital wallets and why consumers prefer to use them.

 

Managing and paying bills can be a source of stress for all of us. For the elderly and their caretakers, it can be even more challenging to keep track of all the bills coming in and navigating new payment technologies to pay them. Not to mention, seniors are more vulnerable to fraud and scams. In this episode of Experience Better, we talk to Marci Esrig, Founder, CEO and General Counsel at Silverbills, to understand how concierge services like hers can help this demographic and others better manage their bills, detect fraudulent charges, and protect against overpaying.

While many consumers have embraced digital payment methods, there are still some customers who prefer cash. Who are they, why do they still like cash, and what can utilities do to help these customers? In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast, we speak with Regina Cullado, Customer Service Manager at Golden State Water, to learn more about what they have done to meet the needs of their cash-paying customers.