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Case Study

Transforming Support Efficiency for a Major Financial Holding Company

A digital banking and credit card company had slow support workflows and poor team communication. iSERV integrated tickets with Slack and added query response time monitoring.

Engagement at a glance
Client
Digital banking and credit card company
Industry
Financial services
Solution
ITHENA Smart Service (iSERV)
Scope
Slack ticket integration, response time monitoring
Headline result
31% higher support efficiency
Opportunity for impact

Three numbers the support team moved.

Results after iSERV connected support tickets to Slack.

31%

Enhancement in support efficiency

Tickets in Slack removed hand-offs between tools.

19%

Increase in employee productivity

Response time monitoring kept the team focused on open queries.

27%

Improvement in communication

Ticket context shared in Slack improved team collaboration.

About the client

Meet the organization and understand the context behind the transformation.

A leader in digital banking and credit card services, recognized for innovative technology and user-friendly mobile experiences. To address challenges such as inefficient support workflows, communication gaps, and slow response times, the company implemented ITHENA’s Smart Service (iSERV) solution. With direct ticket integration and enhanced query response time monitoring, the company improved support efficiency, increased productivity, and delivered faster resolutions, ensuring a superior customer experience.

In their words
ITHENA’s iSERV solution significantly streamlined our support processes, improving both team collaboration and response times. This not only enhanced our operational efficiency but also allowed us to deliver a better service experience for our customers.

– Vice President, Customer Support
Key challenges faced

Support slowed by the tools around it.

Workflows were inefficient, context got lost between teams and responses were slow.

  • Inefficient support workflow leading to decreased operational efficiency
  • Lack of contextual communication hindering effective team collaboration
  • Prolonged support response times leading to slower customer issue resolution
Our solution

How ITHENA closed the gaps.

ITHENA’s Smart Service (iSERV) solution provided the client with:

Ticket Integration with Slack

Eliminated the need to switch between applications for support requests

Query Response Time Monitoring

Improved communication efficiency within the support team

Contextual Collaboration

Kept every ticket and its customer context in Slack threads, so teams could work an issue together without switching tools.

Faster Support Routing

Routed and prioritised incoming queries automatically, so customers got answers sooner and fewer tickets waited in the queue.

Inside the console

Support where the team already works.

An illustrative iSERV view: tickets flow into Slack with context, and response times fall week by week.

iserv.ithena.app/support/slack-queue
siSERV TicketsSlackResponse timesReports 3 OP
Response times/Customer support/Last 12 weeks
Query response time and tickets handled in Slack, last 12 weeksResponse time falling
Wk 1Wk 6Wk 12
First response timeTickets handled in SlackEscalations
Tickets flow into Slack with full customer context · 09:41:07
Since iSERV went liveLive
31%Support efficiency, up
27%Better communication
19%Employee productivity, up
6,200Tickets this quarter
Tickets by topic, share
Card services33%
App access24%
Payments19%
Disputes14%
Other10%
Slack queue5 open
Ticket T-8812 picked up in Slack in 2 minutes3m
Response time SLA at risk on 2 dispute tickets14m
Card team resolved a ticket in-thread31m
Weekly response time report posted to the channel1h
Escalation closed with context preserved2h

Illustrative view. Unit names, counts, shares and activity are examples; the headline results are the client's.

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