FintechLatAm ↔ US / EU12 months

International transfers operated as an SEO product, corridor by corridor

A fintech competing in 'send money to X' queries against giants with massive paid budgets. We rebuilt the product surface as an SEO architecture organized by corridor, country and intent — and won the queries that mattered.

+217%
Qualified signups
−42%
CAC blended vs paid
120+
Corridor pages operated
Cited
In ChatGPT comparisons
The challenge

What we walked into

Massive paid spend on corridor queries (send money to X from Y) with rising CAC and falling incrementality. Product surface barely indexed, no corridor pages, no rates content. Competing against incumbents with 10x the brand authority and AIO eating clicks at the top of funnel.

The approach
  • /01

    Corridor matrix as the architecture

    Origin × destination × intent operated as a programmatic matrix: 120+ corridor pages with real exchange rate content, fee comparisons and arrival times.

  • /02

    Compliance-aware editorial workflow

    Disclosures, jurisdictional copy and regulator-friendly language baked into every page — published at fintech speed without breaking the compliance lane.

  • /03

    GEO/AEO for evaluation

    Schema, structured comparisons and authority signals so LLMs cite the brand in 'best app to send money to X' answers.

  • /04

    Activation, not signups

    Reporting tied to product analytics: SEO measured in activated users (first transfer completed), not registrations.

The outcome

Qualified signups attributed to SEO grew 217% over 12 months, with CAC blended 42% lower than paid for the same corridors. The brand became consistently cited in ChatGPT and Perplexity comparisons.

"SEO went from being a side bet to being the channel with the cleanest unit economics in the company."
Head of Growth, International transfers fintech

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