Reinventing loyalty in European banking

Customer loyalty in European banking is facing a critical test. From The Netherlands to Spain, as digital challengers redefine engagement and customers spread their financial lives across multiple institutions, long-term relationships are becoming increasingly fragile. Banks can no longer afford to assume loyalty; they must actively earn it.

37%

of European customers have been with their primary bank for more than 10 years, however


62%

show some level of switching intent or recent switching behavior, despite long tenure with their primary bank

Source: Zafin first-party survey of retail banking customers (n=475) conducted across Europe in Oct 2025 (Sample: 100 respondents from the UK and 75 each from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain)

And the threat isn’t just from traditional competitors. Across Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and the UK nearly 1 in 4 customers say they would switch to a digital-first neobank like Revolut if they were to move banks.

Tenure no longer guarantees loyalty. European banks must evolve from assuming loyalty to actively earning it.

Download the whitepaper to discover how your bank can turn fragmented relationships into deeper engagement, and loyalty into a powerful growth engine.

What the data reveals about customer loyalty in European banking

Fragmentation is the defining challenge. A majority of European customers now use more than one bank for different products — and the data reveals a clear disconnect between how long customers stay and how valued they actually feel. Learn how customer loyalty in European banking is evolving beyond its traditional foundations in our whitepaper, featuring:

  • Exclusive insights from a survey of retail banking customers across Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and the UK revealing shifting behaviors and expectations market by market
  • Key loyalty trends that banks must monitor as fragmentation, switching intent, and customer expectations continue to rise across Europe
  • How leading institutions, from ING in the Netherlands to BBVA in Spain, are already rethinking how loyalty is earned
  • Modern strategies that make customer loyalty a powerful engine for a sustained, long-term growth

Looking for insights beyond Europe? Explore our dedicated reports for the US, the UK, and the Canadian markets.

Ready to turn loyalty into a growth engine?

Talk to a Zafin expert to discover how your bank can move beyond tenure-based loyalty and build programs that reward real engagement — across every product, behavior, and relationship.

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