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Keep every loan and account enquiry in one record the whole branch can see.

A CRM for a cooperative bank is a shared record of each person who enquires about an account, loan or deposit, with who is handling them and what happens next. GullySales sets one up that counter staff will really use and that keeps member data inside the bank's own rules.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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For cooperative banks

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The slip in the drawer is the current system”

    A gold loan enquiry is written on a slip, a diary page or remembered by the officer. When that officer is on leave, the enquiry is gone. A shared record means the next person can pick up the call.

  • “Staff will not use a system that slows the counter”

    Counter staff serve a queue. A tool that needs ten fields per enquiry will be skipped. The record asks for name, phone, scheme, source and next step, and no more, so entering it takes less time than writing a slip.

  • “Member data is not ordinary data”

    A bank holds identity documents and account details. The CRM must not become a copy of the core banking record. It holds enquiry details only, with access limited by role, and the bank decides who may see what.

  • “The record must show the quiet ones”

    The point of a register is not the file that closed but the family that said they would think about it. A list of enquiries with no call back is the page the manager most needs to open.

What we do

What we deliver for cooperative banks.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A simple enquiry register

    Name, phone, branch, scheme, source, owner and next step, entered at the counter, on a call or from a WhatsApp message.

    Result: Every enquiry has an owner and a next step.

  2. Stages that match the bank's loan flow

    Stages such as enquiry, documents asked, documents received, sanction and disbursal, matched to how your loan desk works.

    Result: The manager can see where each file is waiting.

  3. Role-based access

    Counter staff see their own branch, managers see the branch, and the board sees summaries without personal details.

    Result: Nobody reads data they do not need.

  4. Staff briefing at each branch

    A short session and a one-page guide for entering and updating enquiries, with a named person to ask.

    Result: The staff know what to type and when.

  5. A view of enquiries gone quiet

    A list of enquiries with no update since a date the manager sets, ready to be called.

    Result: The loan desk has a list of people to ring back.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Who it is for

This is written for these cooperative banks.

  • Urban cooperative banks serving traders and salaried families in one city
  • Multi-branch urban cooperative banks across a few districts
  • District central cooperative banks working with societies and farmers
  • Employees' cooperative banks and credit societies attached to one large employer
  • Souharda sahakari credit cooperatives and other state-registered credit societies, which are not banks
  • Cooperative banks with a strong gold loan and vehicle loan book
  • Banks with a mostly senior citizen deposit base
  • Banks adding digital services and a first mobile app

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Do we need to buy expensive software?
Not necessarily. A well-set-up shared sheet or a modest CRM may fit a single branch. We recommend by what the staff will use and what the bank's IT policy allows.
Does the CRM connect to our core banking system?
We do not link to core banking. The CRM holds enquiries, not accounts. Any link to the core system is a decision for your IT head, the vendor and your auditor.
Where is the data stored?
That depends on the tool chosen and your bank's policy. We tell you where it sits before you decide, and your IT and compliance heads approve it first.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.