Given Facebook’s pervasiveness, it’s not entirely surprising to learn the ‘Facebook in real life theme’ is already pretty fertile comedic territory, like this one from Idiots of Ants on BBC or this simple but rather perceptive cartoon. And ASB’s new agency Saatchi & Saatchi, with Thick as Thieves on production duties, has tapped into that idea for its first major piece of work for the bank, an online-only campaign to promote the new Facebook payments platform that shows what such a transaction might look like ‘IRL’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ih9RWtVFjA
From mid-July, ASB Mobile users have been able to send and receive money via Facebook, the next step in the bank’s social evolution that started when it opened the e-doors of its Facebook branch in 2010.
“Kiwis are increasingly engaging with friends, family and businesses through social media and on average they have more Facebook friends than the typical Facebook user globally,” said Anna Curzon, ASB’s general manager of brand experience and digital channels when it was launched a few weeks back. “We know from talking to our customers that they are seeking out quicker, more convenient, and safer ways to make payments that reflect their lifestyle. The next step in this evolution is being able to seamlessly make payments from their smartphone, using Facebook as a channel.”
ASB Mobile users are able to pay anyone with a New Zealand bank account if they are Facebook friends, or have an active email or mobile phone account (not just ASB to ASB). Curzon has claimed the platform is safe, with the latest encryption technology being employed, and any un-retrieved funds are credited back to the payer after 14 days.
More information about ASB Mobile Facebook Payments is available here.
Credits:
Saatchi & Saatchi
Art Director – Arnya Karaitiana
Copywriter -Phil Hickes
Creative Director – Slade Gill
Digital Director – Fee McLeod
Producer – Anna Kennedy
Ken Buist – Digital Account Manager
Actors
Tim Carlsen
Maaka Pohatu
Crew
Thick as Thieves
Director – Zoe McIntosh
Exec Producer – Nik Beachman
Production Assistant – Luke Martin
Director of Photography – Dan Max
Gaffer – Fraser McKay
Sound/DIT – Clint Rarm
Props – Michael Williams
Makeup/hair – Nikki Milna
Editor – Julian Currin