Trusted by leading credit managers handling £15B+ in assets

AI Agents for Debt Collection

Autonomous agents that handle payment arrangements, answer balance inquiries, detect vulnerability, and make decisions - all Consumer Duty compliant. 42% of interactions resolved without humans.

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Agentic AI Specialist | AWS Advanced Partner | Amazon Connect Delivery Partner | Multi-Agent Architecture

Ready for Collections

Production Ready
Fully Autonomous
FCA, Consumer Duty Compliance
GDPR Compliant
42% Interactions Handled Autonomously
£576K Annual Savings (12K contacts/month)
35% Reduction in Handle Time
0 FCA Compliance Breaches

The Challenge in Debt Collection Operations

Routine queries drowning agents

60-70% of contacts are payment confirmations, balance inquiries, and arrangement updates—simple interactions consuming majority of agent time.

High cost per manual arrangement

£3-5 in agent time per arrangement. At 12K contacts/month = £576K annually, plus opportunity cost of neglected complex cases.

Every interaction is high-risk

Manual processes = inconsistent outcomes. One missed vulnerability or compliance breach = thousands in fines and reputation damage.

Can't scale without hiring

30-40% annual turnover, 6-8 week training. Portfolio growth requires headcount you can't recruit or retain.

What Our AI Agents Do

Multi-agent architecture: specialized agents working together - not a single chatbot answering questions

Outbound Voice Agent

Apex Collect

  • Autonomous outbound dialling campaigns
  • Right-party contact verification
  • Payment negotiation and arrangement
  • Works millions of unworked accounts
  • Turns 1.5% RPC into resolved cases

Payment Arrangement Agent

  • Inbound arrangement requests
  • Affordability assessment integration
  • Automated approval workflows
  • Amendments and rescheduling
  • Reduces £3-5 cost per arrangement

Consumer Vulnerability Agent

  • Real-time NLP vulnerability detection
  • FCA Consumer Duty compliant screening
  • Immediate escalation to specialists
  • Full context transfer on handoff
  • 100% of contacts screened, not samples

Compliance QA Agent

  • 100% call audit capability
  • Automated compliance scoring
  • Script adherence monitoring
  • Regulatory breach detection
  • Replaces <5% manual QA coverage

Skip Tracing Agent

  • Contact data enrichment
  • Phone number verification
  • Address validation and updates
  • Gone-away detection
  • Fixes 30-40% stale contact data

Dispute Resolution Agent

  • Automated document review
  • CCA request handling
  • Dispute classification and routing
  • Response generation
  • Cuts 15-30 day cycles to days
Payment Arrangement AI Agent

How Europe's Leading Credit Manager Deployed AI Agents for 10,000+ Monthly Interactions

Real numbers from a real client

Before Rel8:

  • 12,000 payment arrangement contacts/month
  • 12 minutes average handle time
  • 32 agents required
  • £115K monthly cost
  • 45+ minutes wait times during peaks

After Rel8:

  • 5,040 interactions handled by AI agents (42%)
  • 0 minutes handle time (autonomous)
  • 21 agents required
  • £67K monthly cost
  • 8 minutes average wait time
£48K Monthly savings
£576K Annual impact
4.7/5 Customer satisfaction
0 Compliance breaches
"Our agents are HAPPIER. They're not burned out on repetitive contacts. They're doing the complex, meaningful work they were hired for - financial hardship negotiations, vulnerability assessments, complaint resolution. That's the real win."
— Operations Director, Leading European Credit Manager

Built for FCA Consumer Duty Compliance

Not bolted on - baked in from day one

Automated Vulnerable Customer Detection

Our AI agents use natural language processing to detect vulnerability indicators: confusion, financial stress language, mental health mentions, cognitive impairment signals.

Result: 847 vulnerability flags correctly identified last month at one client - all escalated to trained specialists.

Fair Outcomes Tracking

Every AI interaction is measured against Consumer Duty outcomes: appropriate forbearance offered, vulnerable customers protected, fair treatment delivered.

Result: Real-time compliance dashboards showing outcome metrics for FCA reporting.

Complete Audit Trail

Every decision the AI makes is logged: why it approved an arrangement, why it escalated a customer, what data it accessed, what it communicated.

Result: Full audit trail available within seconds for complaints or FCA inquiries.

Human Escalation with Context

When complex cases need human judgment, the AI transfers with full context - no customer has to repeat themselves.

Result: Better customer experience + compliance with vulnerability requirements.

Our Compliance Guarantee

"What if the AI makes a mistake that costs us £50K in FCA fines?"

We maintain Errors & Omissions insurance covering FCA fines arising from AI agent decisions. Across 15+ clients since 2023, we've had:

0 FCA compliance breaches
0 complaints upheld against AI agent decisions
847 vulnerability flags correctly identified last month alone
100% audit trail for every interaction

Coverage: £5M E&O insurance specifically for AI agent regulatory compliance

What Could You Save?

Quick ROI calculator for collections operations

Example Scenario:

If your operation handles 50,000 contacts/month and 40% are routine (payment arrangements, balance inquiries):

Current State:

  • 20,000 routine contacts/month
  • 10 minutes avg handle time
  • 67 FTE agents required (@ 25 hrs/week productive)
  • £2.4M annual agent costs (@ £35K/FTE)

With 42% AI Containment:

  • 8,400 contacts automated
  • 39 FTE agents required
  • £1.36M annual agent costs
  • £1.04M annual savings

ROI Timeline: Most clients with 50K+ monthly contacts see positive ROI within 4-6 months

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Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly can we deploy?

Most deployments go live within 2-4 weeks. We integrate with your existing systems—no rip-and-replace. Pilot with a subset of accounts, prove ROI, then scale.

What does it cost?

We offer success-based pricing: you pay per resolved case or contained interaction, not per seat. Typical range is £2-8K/month per agent type depending on volume. No ROI, no cost.

Do we need to replace our existing systems?

No. We integrate with Latitude, Amazon Connect, Salesforce, and most collections platforms via API. Your CRM stays, your telephony stays—we add AI on top.

How do you handle vulnerable customers and FCA compliance?

Every contact is screened for vulnerability indicators using NLP—not just samples. Vulnerable customers are immediately escalated with full context. Complete audit trails for FCA reporting, Consumer Duty outcome tracking built in.

Do customers know they're talking to AI?

Yes—we're transparent. Customers are informed they're speaking with an AI agent. This is both an FCA best practice and, surprisingly, often preferred by customers who want quick resolution without judgment.

What about litigation holds and statute-barred accounts?

Our agents check account status in your CRM before every interaction. They'll never chase statute-barred debt, contact customers under litigation holds, or breach contact frequency rules.

Need Outbound AI Agents?

The AI agents on this page handle inbound interactions - when customers contact you. If you have unworked accounts that need proactive outreach, see Apex Collect.

  • AI voice agents that dial out to customers
  • £2,500/month per agent equivalent
  • Work accounts humans can't economically touch
See Apex Collect - Outbound AI
90%
Cost reduction vs human agents

Ready to Deploy AI Agents for Collections?

We'll analyze your operations and show you exactly what AI agents can handle autonomously - and what it will save you.

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