Scaling Lending Globally: Assurdly’s Role in Lendsqr’s Global Journey

Lendsqr started with a simple goal: to make lending easier in Nigeria. Today, it’s enabling lenders across continents to launch faster, lend smarter, and reach more people.

As a cloud-based digital lending platform, Lendsqr streamlines the entire loan process, from borrower onboarding to decisioning, disbursement, and repayment, using automation, AI, and real-time data. Built to address challenges like fragmented infrastructure, limited access to credit data, and high default rates, the platform quickly gained traction across Africa.

But those challenges aren’t unique to one region. In many parts of the world, lenders still struggle with outdated systems, high operational costs, and the need for faster and more inclusive credit solutions. Lendsqr’s expansion was a natural next step, driven by proven results, adaptable technology, and a mission to help financial institutions modernise and scale with confidence.

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Challenges

Lenders around the world, whether banks, microfinance institutions, or fintechs, face common hurdles: disjointed processes, limited access to borrower data, high default rates, and complex regulatory demands. Outdated infrastructure and a lack of automation only worsen the burden, resulting in inefficiencies and increased risk.

Lendsqr was built to solve these challenges head-on. It provides a modern, flexible alternative to rigid systems, empowering lenders to automate operations, manage risk more intelligently, and scale without inflated costs.

However, global expansion brought new complexities. Each market came with its own regulations, identity systems, payment preferences, and user expectations. Scaling internationally meant more than replicating success; it required re-engineering parts of the platform to stay flexible, secure, and locally relevant.

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Assurdly's Partnership With Lendsqr

When Lendsqr set its sights on global expansion, Assurdly stepped in to ensure the platform was ready for international markets, enhancing infrastructure, improving adaptability, and enabling scale. Our services during this process included:

Quality Assurance: Implemented rigorous testing processes, both automated and manual, to ensure every release was stable, secure, and market-ready.

Project Management: Coordinated timelines, deliverables, and priorities to keep the expansion plan on track and aligned with business goals.

Scrum Master Support: Facilitated agile sprint cycles, ensuring effective collaboration between teams, quick resolution of blockers, and continuous delivery of value.

By combining these services with agile practices and tight feedback loops, Assurdly accelerated Lendsqr’s global readiness, resulting in faster time-to-market, seamless rollouts, and a strong foundation for sustainable international growth.

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Core Features - Localised For Global Users

Lendsqr equips lenders with the tools to operate efficiently, manage risk, and scale across regions, all while adapting to local needs without losing consistency.

• Multi-currency support: Handle transactions in different currencies seamlessly.
• Multilingual interface: Serve customers in their preferred language.
• Fraud detection tools: Identify and block suspicious loan applications.
• Automated loan decisioning: Speed up approvals with AI-driven assessments.
• Customisable loan products: Tailor terms and products to market needs.
• Omnichannel access: Reach users via web, mobile, and USSD channels.
• Real-time analytics: Monitor loan performance and portfolio health instantly.
• Integrated identity verification (Smile ID): Securely verify borrower identities.

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Key Outcomes And Impact

Lendsqr’s expansion into global markets marked a transformative step, and Assurdly played a key role in making it possible. From extending product capabilities to strengthening the platform’s infrastructure, we helped ensure Lendsqr was ready to scale internationally with confidence.

Together, we enabled multilingual and multi-currency support, developed customisable loan products for diverse markets, and introduced seamless onboarding across web and mobile. Key integrations like Paystack and Stripe for international payments, and Smile ID for identity verification, added further depth and readiness.

The results speak for themselves. Today, Lendsqr powers over 7,000 lenders across 190+ countries, helping them serve more than 2.7 million customers worldwide. With an average 30-minute time to market, lenders can sign up and start accepting loan requests in under an hour, while still benefiting from fast, customisable features.

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The Assurdly Stamp

Assurdly’s impact went beyond delivery. By improving core systems, enabling global adaptability, and driving product velocity, we helped lay the foundation for Lendsqr’s sustainable growth. This partnership demonstrates what’s possible when the right product meets the right support- scaling smart, fast, and with purpose.