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  • Multi-product lending
  • Meta
  • India
  • 12 months

A multi-product lender went from referrals to a paid engine, scaling ad spend 75× in 12 months

A lending platform offering personal loans, business loans and used-car finance relied on outbound calling and referrals, with no paid acquisition. We built its Meta advertising from scratch, compliance first, and scaled it over 12 months.

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The challenge

Leads came only from outbound calls and referrals, so volume was unpredictable. There was no Meta account structure, no tracking, and no way to tell a good lead from a bad one.

  • No paid system

    No campaign structure, funnel or retargeting.

    Fixed in step 02

  • Compliance exposure

    Lending ads without platform-safe messaging risk restriction.

    Fixed in step 01

  • No quality data

    The CRM wasn't connected to the ad platform.

    Fixed in step 04

What we did

  1. Compliance infrastructure

    Set up verification and platform-safe messaging for lending ads before launch.

    Fixes: compliance exposure

  2. Meta built from scratch

    Designed the campaign hierarchy, funnel logic and retargeting across each loan product.

    Fixes: no paid system

  3. Team trained on video

    Trained the in-house team on video content and messaging so creative could keep pace with spend.

  4. CRM connected to Meta

    Linked the CRM to Meta's Conversions API so campaigns optimised for qualified borrowers, not form fills.

    Fixes: no quality data

Before and after

  • Monthly ad spend

    Before₹40K
    After₹30L

Monthly ad spend, indexed to the starting month.

What drove the result

  • Foundations first.

    Compliance and tracking were in place before spend grew.

  • Structure that scales.

    A clear campaign hierarchy handled several loan products at once.

  • In-house creative.

    A trained team kept fresh video coming as budgets rose.

  • Quality signals.

    CRM data told Meta which borrowers were worth finding.

A lender can't scale paid acquisition on a weak foundation. Build compliance, structure and quality signals first, and spend can grow with confidence.
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