Process automation

Shriram Finance

Independently reportedBanking & financeIndiaIn productionEnterpriseClassical ML

Independently reported. An independent or peer-reviewed source reports this result, alongside the vendor.

Reported by enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com (independent reporting). Checked against the source page on 2026-09-05. 9 of 9 figures below appear on that page word for word.

The problem

Onboarding for two-wheeler loans was paper-heavy, involved multiple systems, and took 24-48 hours.

What was deployed

Products
Ziva 2.0, Shriram One
Technique
Classical ML
Build or buy
Built in-house or to order
Deployment
Custom build
Data used
KYC data, credit bureau checks, thousands of customer data points for dynamic pricing (rate, LTV, tenure)
Scale
Shriram One: 2 crore downloads, 1.4 crore active users; Ziva 2.0 live across two-wheeler branches, now extending to Green Finance and Commercial Vehicles

What changed

Each row is quoted from the source. Figures we could not find on the page in those words are marked — they are kept, not deleted, so you can judge them.

less than 3–4 hoursOnboarding Turn-Around-Time (TAT)from 24–48 hours

Ziva 2.0 has reduced the onboarding TAT (turn-around-time) to less than 3–4 hours.

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Disbursal throughput per executive

a 15–20% jump in disbursal throughput per executive in branches where Ziva has gone live.

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2 crore (~20 million)Shriram One app downloads

2 crore downloads and 1.4 crore active users

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1.4 crore (~14 million)Shriram One active users

2 crore downloads and 1.4 crore active users

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40:60 (existing:new)Customer mix (existing vs new)from 80:20 (existing:new)

shifting the mix from 80:20 (existing:new) to 40:60 in favour of new customers

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20-25 minutesPaperless eKYC journey processing timefrom 24–48 hours

Paperless, eKYC-led journeys have also reduced processes that earlier took 24–48 hours to just 20–25 minutes.

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5%Digital channel contribution to disbursals

Digital channels now contribute 5% of total disbursals across products driven by higher-quality, pre-screened leads

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NPA (non-performing asset) performance improvement

early results “show a 20% improvement in NPA (non-performing asset) performance.”

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Chatbot-driven reduction in team workload

Our AI-enabled chatbot now manages a large portion of customer queries, reducing team workload by nearly 60%

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ROI as stated: The hard numbers underline the ROI: higher straight-through approvals, faster disbursals, and a 15–20% jump in disbursal throughput per executive in branches where Ziva has gone live.

Ziva 2.0 has reduced the onboarding TAT (turn-around-time) to less than 3–4 hours.
Vinod Kumar, Chief Digital Officer, Shriram Finance

Difficulties and limits

Sources

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