Case study · Banking

Behavioral models that moved acquisition and engagement

At a major bank: a Markov model of app behavior, marketing-mix analysis, and PIX fraud detection — lifting activation and credit-lead quality.

  • Markov chains
  • Marketing-mix
  • Fraud analytics
  • Python

At Banco Safra, growth depended on two questions: how to activate more app users, and how to attract the right credit customers — not just more of them.

+45%high-quality credit leads
+15%app activation
PIXfraud-pattern detection
The problem

More users, not better ones

Blunt acquisition and generic messaging brought volume, but activation lagged and credit-lead quality was uneven — while instant-payment fraud was a growing risk.

The approach

Model the behavior, then act on it

Renan built a Markov-chain model of app-user behavior to retarget communication to where it mattered, plus executive-level analyses that pivoted credit policy and marketing. He also led fraud-pattern analysis on PIX instant payments.

The result

Activation and lead quality up

App activation rose +15% and high-quality credit-card leads rose +45% — with fraud patterns surfaced on the instant-payment stream.

For you

What BIS would do

BIS builds behavioral and risk models with a decision attached — and reports the honest uncertainty around them. If acquisition, engagement, credit, or fraud is where your numbers live, this is the work.

Have a problem worth solving?

We start with a conversation, prove the value on a focused POC with your real data, then ship it — measurable ROI, not a model demo.