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Banco Azteca (Grupo Elektra)

Google Ads AI features for digital loan campaigns

Banco Azteca's digital loan acquisition rose 75% after it moved to Google Ads AI bidding, Google says

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Problem

Banco Azteca wanted its digital channel to move from a minor role to a main source of loan growth.

Approach

With the agency Zenith, the bank used three Google Ads features: broad match for related searches, value-based bidding that favors higher conversion value, and a flexible budget that adjusts to campaign performance. The bank moved resources from other channels into Google Ads.

Results

75%increase in loan acquisition through digital campaigns, per GoogleVendor case study[1]
9%increase in cost per loan, per GoogleVendor case study[1]
29 percentage pointsrise in the digital channel's share of total loans, per GoogleVendor case study[1]

Takeaway

Loan volume grew much faster than cost per loan, and the digital channel's share of all loans rose sharply.

Categories

Business function
Marketing and sales
Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Vendor case study

Sources

Source summaries

[1]GoogleJun 2025

Google's case study describes how Banco Azteca and the agency Zenith used broad match, value-based bidding and flexible budgets in Google Ads. It reports loan acquisition up 75%, cost per loan up 9% and a 29-point rise in the digital share of total loans.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 2 Nov 2026 · Updated 2 Nov 2026
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