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Consumer Trust in Fintech Sustainability Claims

Measures consumer trust, believability, and willingness to pay for sustainability features in fintech and banking. Designed for consumer panels to assess greenwashing risk and identify which green claims drive provider preference.

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29 questions · ~12 min
Q01
Message

Welcome! This survey takes approximately 13 minutes and asks about your banking habits and views on sustainability claims from financial services providers. Your participation is voluntary—you may exit at any time. There are no right or wrong answers; we are interested in your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. By continuing, you agree to participate.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the financial providers you currently use for everyday money management?

  • Traditional bank or credit union only
  • Fintech or neobank only
  • Both traditional and fintech/neobank
  • None of these
Q03
Multiple Choice

In the past 3 months, have you noticed any sustainability or climate-related claims from banks or fintechs?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
Q04
Opinion Scale

Overall, how much do you trust sustainability claims made by banks and fintechs?

Scale: 17
Min:Do not trust at allMax:Trust completely
Q05
Ranking

Please rank the following sustainability claim types by how important they are to you, with the most important at the top.

  1. Carbon-neutral or offset card
  2. Lower carbon footprint per transaction
  3. ESG-screened investments
  4. Recycled or biodegradable card materials
  5. Donations tied to spending
  6. Emissions tracking in app
Drag to rank
Q06
Multiple Choice

If you had to choose between these two cards today, which would you select?

  • 1.5% cashback, standard card (no sustainability features)
  • 1.25% cashback, verified carbon-neutral card that plants trees with your spending
  • No preference
Q07
Opinion Scale

How appealing is a "Green Features" bundle that includes personal impact tracking and verified carbon offsets?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all appealingMax:Extremely appealing
Q08
Long Text

What proof or information would most increase your trust in sustainability claims from financial providers?

Q09
Dropdown

What is your age?

  • 18–24
  • 25–34
  • 35–44
  • 45–54
  • 55–64
  • 65+
  • Prefer not to say
Q10
Message

Thank you for completing this survey—your insights are valuable and will help improve how financial services communicate sustainability efforts. You may now close this page.

Q11
Multiple Choice

In the past 30 days, how often did you use a mobile banking or fintech app?

  • Not at all
  • A few times in the past month
  • About once a week
  • Several times a week
  • About once a day
  • Multiple times a day
Q12
Multiple Choice

Where did you notice these sustainability or climate-related claims? Select all that apply.

  • In-app messages or banners
  • Email from provider
  • Advertisements (online, video, or outdoor)
  • Company website or blog
  • Social media
  • News or press coverage
  • Receipts or statements
  • Friends or family
  • Other (please specify)
Q13
Opinion Scale

How believable is the following claim: "Our card is carbon-neutral through verified offsets"?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all believableMax:Completely believable
Q14
Opinion Scale

To what extent do you agree or disagree: "I would accept lower rewards or cashback if the sustainability impact were independently verified."

Scale: 17
Min:Strongly disagreeMax:Strongly agree
Q15
Ranking

When choosing a financial card, please rank the following factors from most to least important to you.

  1. Rewards rate
  2. Fees
  3. Verified sustainability impact
  4. Customer service
  5. App features and usability
  6. Brand trust
Drag to rank
Q16
AI Interview

We'd like to understand more about your views on sustainability in financial services. An AI moderator will ask you a few follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.

Q17
Dropdown

In which region do you currently reside?

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Prefer not to say
Q18
Opinion Scale

How believable is the following claim: "We screen all investments using ESG criteria"?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all believableMax:Completely believable
Q19
Opinion Scale

How likely are you to choose or switch financial providers specifically because of stronger sustainability practices?

Scale: 17
Min:Very unlikelyMax:Very likely
Q20
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or feelings about sustainability features from financial services providers.

Q21
Multiple Choice

What is your gender?

  • Man
  • Woman
  • Non-binary
  • Prefer not to say
Q22
Opinion Scale

How believable is the following claim: "Track your personal carbon footprint directly in the app"?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all believableMax:Completely believable
Q23
Multiple Choice

Would you be willing to pay an extra monthly fee for verified sustainability features (e.g., carbon offsets, impact tracking)?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
Q24
Dropdown

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

  • Less than high school
  • High school or equivalent
  • Some college or trade/technical
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctorate or professional degree
  • Prefer not to say
Q25
Opinion Scale

How important is independent third-party verification (e.g., certified labels) when evaluating sustainability claims from financial providers?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all importantMax:Extremely important
Q26
Dropdown

What is the most you would be willing to pay per month for verified sustainability features?

  • $1–$2
  • $3–$5
  • $6–$10
  • $11–$20
  • More than $20
Q27
Dropdown

Which of the following best describes your current employment status?

  • Employed full-time
  • Employed part-time
  • Self-employed
  • Student
  • Homemaker or caregiver
  • Unemployed and seeking work
  • Unemployed and not seeking work
  • Retired
  • Prefer not to say
Q28
Multiple Choice

If expected returns were equal, which option would you choose for your savings or investments?

  • ESG or impact option
  • Conventional option
  • No preference
  • I don't currently save or invest
Q29
Dropdown

What is your approximate annual household income? (Optional)

  • Under $25,000
  • $25,000–$49,999
  • $50,000–$74,999
  • $75,000–$99,999
  • $100,000–$149,999
  • $150,000–$199,999
  • $200,000 or more
  • Prefer not to say

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Includes belief-testing opinion-scale items on three specific green claims (carbon-neutral card, ESG screening, carbon footprint tracker) rather than generic preference questions
  • Captures willingness-to-pay directly with a dedicated fee-tolerance question and a dropdown price ceiling, letting teams quantify the green premium
  • Adds a ranking exercise for sustainability claim types and a separate ranking of card-choice factors, isolating which specific claims actually drive preference
  • Closes with an AI follow-up interview and open-text reflection to probe trust and proof requirements qualitatively, something static form builders can't replicate

Jotform

Consumer Preference Survey Form Template

A generic consumer preference form template, not built for fintech, sustainability, or greenwashing topics — it would need substantial rewriting to fit this use case. It's a fielding-ready static form rather than a research instrument tailored to trust or willingness-to-pay analysis.

What it does well

  • Easy drag-and-drop customization
  • Broad library of general-purpose form templates
  • Simple deployment for basic preference capture

Where it falls short

  • No fintech/sustainability-specific content or claim-belief testing
  • Static form with no adaptive follow-up questioning
  • No automated quality scoring or AI-generated reporting on responses

SurveySparrow

Consumer Brand Preference Questionnaire Template

Framed around measuring advertisement effect on brand preference generally, not sustainability trust or fintech willingness-to-pay. Its conversational chat-style UI is a plus, but the content would need a full rebuild for greenwashing research.

What it does well

  • Conversational, chat-style survey format
  • Templated structure for brand preference research
  • Likely supports basic skip logic

Where it falls short

  • No sustainability claim believability testing or WTP pricing questions
  • No adaptive AI probing beyond scripted logic
  • No transparent prompt methodology or automated per-response scoring

Typeform

Consumer Preference Survey Template

A polished, generic consumer preference template aimed at broad audience use rather than fintech sustainability specifically. Good for quick fielding of simple preference questions but lacks any greenwashing, trust, or pricing-sensitivity content out of the box.

What it does well

  • Well-known clean, conversational UI/UX
  • Fast to launch for simple preference studies
  • Flexible question types for basic surveys

Where it falls short

  • No fintech/sustainability claim content or ranking exercises
  • Static question flow with no adaptive AI follow-up or voice interview option
  • No automated report generation tied to response quality

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