Banks · Sales process
Give a loan officer a fixed sequence between an enquiry and a disbursed loan.
A sales process for a bank is the defined sequence between a customer enquiry and a disbursed loan or an activated account. It covers who asks what, when documentation is collected, and how follow-up happens at each stage. GullySales writes this with your team and shows you where enquiries currently drop out.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What sales process means
A sales process is the fixed sequence of steps, such as enquiry, site visit, quote and order, that every deal is expected to pass through in the same order. GullySales writes this sequence down for your business and checks that every salesperson actually follows it.
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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“A clear document checklist prevents most process delays”
A loan officer working from a complete, upfront checklist of required documents avoids the repeated back-and-forth that a piecemeal request process usually causes.
“Each stage needs an owner and a deadline”
An enquiry sitting unassigned between the branch counter and the loan desk is a common, preventable failure point. A clearly defined handoff with a named owner and a deadline removes it.
“The process should end at activation, not disbursal”
A loan disbursed but never actively used, or an account opened but never activated, represents an incomplete sales process. The final step should confirm genuine usage, not just the paperwork.
What we do
What we deliver for banks.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
Upfront document checklist
A complete, upfront checklist of required documents for each loan type, avoiding a piecemeal, repeated request process.
Result: A customer submits documents once, not in frustrating rounds.
Named owner and deadline per stage
A defined owner and deadline for each stage between the branch counter and the loan desk.
Result: An enquiry never sits unassigned between departments.
Process extended to activation
A final process step confirming genuine usage, such as an activated account or a loan actually drawn down, not just paperwork completion.
Result: A disbursed loan or opened account is confirmed as actually being used.
Written process as a short checklist
The whole sequence written as a short, clear checklist a small branch team can run without a complex system.
Result: Any team member can follow the same process correctly.
How the result is measured
- Deals following the process
- Time spent at each step
- Drop-off rate by step
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Steps of a sale
Move a loan enquiry from the counter to a drawn-down loan with one owner at each step.
- Enquiry at the counter or from a DSA
- Ask the product, amount and purpose, and whether the customer is salaried or self-employed. Log the source, whether walk-in, DSA, website or WhatsApp, before passing it to the loan desk.
- Eligibility check
- With the customer's consent, run the bureau check and look at income against existing EMIs. If the answer is no, note the reason and what would need to change for a later application.
- Document collection
- Hand over the list for that loan type in one go: KYC first, then income proof, then property papers for a home loan. Mark each paper received on the file, with the date the set was complete.
- Sanction letter walk-through
- Go through the sanctioned amount, rate type, processing fee and prepayment terms from the sanction letter itself. Record any term the customer questioned for the officer who follows up.
- Disbursal and first EMI
- Confirm the disbursal date, the account the EMI debits and the date of the first instalment. Note whether the NACH mandate is registered, so the first EMI does not bounce.
- Activation and the next product
- After disbursal, check the account is in use. Offer a second product only when it fits what the customer said at enquiry, and note what was offered and the answer.
Who it is for
This is written for these banks.
- Private sector bank branches
- Public sector bank branches
- Regional rural banks
- Cooperative banks
- Small finance banks
- Business correspondent networks
- NRI-focused branches
- MSME-focused branches
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the sales process work runs
- 1
Study current deal flow
We trace how deals actually move today, comparing across reps and outcomes.
- 2
Define the stages
Clear stages and criteria are designed to match how deals genuinely progress and close.
- 3
Configure the CRM
The process is built into your CRM so it is enforced structurally, not just documented.
- 4
Train the team
Reps are trained on the new process and why each stage exists.
- 5
Review adoption
We check after rollout whether the process is being followed and adjust where it is not.
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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Can a small branch team run a formal process like this?
How do we know where our current process is losing customers?
Should a DSA-sourced case follow the same steps as a walk-in?
A customer only asks which bank has the lowest rate. How do we handle that?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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