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Contact center for banks and insurance companies
With CONTACT.WORK, any kind of financial company spends less on its phone lines and takes on less regulatory risk. The whole system runs on your servers, so your security review doesn't turn into a debate about where customer data lives. The AI consultant answers routine questions, so you need fewer agents. Past-due calls go out only during permitted hours, so borrowers repay faster. And speech analytics catches script violations before they become regulator complaints. There are no per-seat fees.
Productscard, loanfrom core bankingPaymentNov 15, $412on scheduleSegmentpremiumpersonal bankerBookingencryptedon your serversChallenges
Where financial companies lose money and sleep
Solution
What the platform does for a financial company
Infrastructure
Your security team can relax
We install the whole stack – the phone system, the AI consultant, speech recognition, and recording storage – on your company's servers, so the question of where customer data lives is settled before launch. You decide whether to encrypt recordings. Each employee opens only their own sections, and an audit log shows who viewed which customer records. While a customer enters sensitive details, recording pauses and keypresses aren't stored, which helps with PCI DSS. Documents for the security review are ready in advance.
- Your own server room
- Optional encryption
- Who opened what
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Fewer agents on routine questions
The AI consultant or the IVR tells customers their application status, payment schedule, and nearest branch address, with data pulled from your core banking or policy system. Before answering, it checks that the account holder is on the line: by passphrase, the last four digits of their SSN, the phone number on file, or their voice. Agents keep money disputes and complex questions, so a smaller team can cover the line.
- Your bank's data
- Verify the customer first
- Money disputes go to a person
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Loans get paid on time
A few days before a payment is drawn or a policy expires, the customer gets a call or message, triggered by an event in your system of record. Borrowers remember to pay, there are fewer late payments, and policies renew without a sales rep. Calls go out only during permitted hours in the customer's time zone, and anyone who opted out stays off the lists, so regulators have nothing to flag.
- Event in your system
- Permitted hours
- Opt-outs honored
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More sales without hiring
Loans, deposit accounts, and insurance are offered only to people who agreed to be called and aren't on a do-not-call list. Numbers are dialed automatically, the agent joins once someone answers, the AI assistant shows the product terms, and the call outcome goes to your CRM. The hours you pay for go to selling, not to waiting through rings.
- Consented contacts only
- Automatic dialing
- Terms on screen
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Mistakes surface before complaints
When the agent and customer are recorded on separate channels, speech analytics reviews every call: were the required disclosures made, was there any rudeness or overpromising. Calls with signs of fraud – an unknown number, pressure on the agent, common scam tactics – get flagged too. A supervisor reviews the issue without waiting for a regulator complaint, and a disputed call can be found by the customer's number in a minute.
- Required disclosures
- Tone and promises
- Search by number
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Card, policy, loan, collections
Typical calls to financial companies.
Cardholder, borrower, depositor
A customer calls about a card. The IVR sends them to the card queue, and a high-net-worth client goes straight to their private banker. The AI consultant answers from core banking data, an agent gets complex cases with the customer's history, and branch questions go directly to the branch. Complaints are tracked, and the owner gets a reminder about the deadline.
- Routing by product
- Private bankers
- Complaints tracked
Cards3 waitingown queueLoans1 waitingown queuePremium0 waitingpersonal bankerComplaints3 to answer tomorrowreminderInsurance company
A customer reports an auto insurance claim, and the agent fills in the claim form. Later, the customer checks claim status in the IVR by entering their policy number, if that data is available through the API. When a policy is about to expire, the AI consultant offers to renew it. Fewer “any update?” calls come in.
- Claim form
- Claim status
- Policy renewal
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A loan application comes in late at night. The AI consultant explains the terms, and a loan officer gets the application in the morning. Before the due date, the borrower gets a call or text, and anyone who already paid gets no reminder – the platform takes payment status from your system.
- Applications at night
- Call before the due date
- Paid – no reminder
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The AI consultant phones the debtor, reminds them what is owed, agrees on a payment date, and logs the promise. Disputes go to a human agent. You define the compliance rules collection calls follow, including the debtor's local time. All calls are recorded, and analytics flags rudeness or pressure, giving you the facts if a complaint comes in.
- AI arranges payment
- Calls recorded
- Pressure monitored
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Capabilities
What bank and insurance customers call about
From a card question to collections – where a financial company's contact center does the work.
Inbound inquiries
- Product questionsRates, fees, and limits – answered without a transfer to a specialist.
- Loan or policy applicationThe customer applies by voice, and the form is filled in during the call.
- Application statusWas the loan approved, was the claim reviewed – by case number.
- Product matchingThe right deposit account, card, or insurance plan for the customer's needs.
- Complaints and inquiriesLogged with tracking of regulatory response deadlines.
- App helpLogging in to online banking, transfers, and settings – step by step.
- Card blockingA lost or stolen card is blocked right away, even in the middle of the night.
- Branch callsOne number routes the customer to their own branch or office.
- CallbackThe next available specialist calls the customer back.
- After-hours requestsThe AI consultant answers balance and payment questions while offices are closed.
- Partner lineAgents, brokers, and car dealers get their own queue.
- Ad performancebuilt for youSee which ad channel brings in loan and policy applications.
Outbound calls
- Payment reminderThe date and amount of the next payment, sent ahead of time so it isn't missed.
- Past-due accountsThe AI consultant calls in early delinquency and records the promised date; complex cases go to a specialist.
- Lead callbackA customer submits a form on your website, and a specialist reaches out within minutes.
- Pre-qualificationIncome, purpose, and amount are known before the loan officer's call.
- Offers to new customersCalling contacts who agreed to hear about your bank or insurance products.
- Win-backA new offer for customers who closed an account or didn't renew a policy.
- Cross-sellingInsurance with a loan, a cashback card with a deposit account.
- Abandoned applicationA specialist calls customers who didn't finish the online application.
- Policy renewalA reminder that the policy is ending, and renewal during the call.
- Service ratingThe customer rates the call right away, and a manager sees complaints.
- Data updatesConfirming the customer's phone, address, and ID on file.
Messaging
- Messaging appsCustomers message you on WhatsApp and other apps, and staff reply from their workspace.
- Online banking chatCustomers ask questions from a product page or the customer portal.
- EmailCustomer emails are stored with the rest of their history.
Loyalty
- Rewards and cashbackPoint balances and program terms in one answer.
- Email campaignsNew products and promotions for customers who opted in.
Security and service
- Identity verificationPassphrase, personal details, or voice biometrics – before discussing the account.
- Working with partnersInsurers, appraisers, and auto repair shops – emails and messages kept in the case history.
- Script complianceEvery call is checked for required statements and disclosure of terms.
Modules
Contact center modules
Launch
Implementation at a financial company
- 01RequirementsWe ask your security team where data must live and how long to keep call recordings.
- 02DeploymentWe install the system on your servers or in the cloud and set up permissions, encryption, and the audit log.
- 03Core bankingWe connect your core banking system, CRM, and policy system, so agents see the customer instantly without searching across apps.
- 04ScriptsWe turn scripts into call forms and required statements into speech analytics rules.
- 05AI consultantWe train the AI consultant on your materials, so routine questions come off your agents in the first few weeks.
- 06LaunchWe open lines in stages and review the first reports and recordings with your QA team.
Preparation
What to decide up front
Q&A
Frequently asked questions
Can everything, including the AI, run on our own infrastructure?
It can. The phone system, the AI consultant, speech recognition models, and recording storage are installed on your hardware. Nothing leaves your network, and no features are cut.
How does the platform get through a security review?
You get the documentation package in advance. Permissions are role-based, connections are encrypted, backups run on a schedule, and the audit log records every view of a customer record.
Are call recordings encrypted?
If you choose. Keep in mind that an encrypted recording takes longer to open for playback.
Will customers know the call is recorded and they're talking to a bot?
Within the first few seconds: the AI consultant says right away that the call is being recorded and introduces itself as a virtual assistant.
How does the platform confirm it's really the customer calling?
Before discussing money, the AI consultant verifies the caller: passphrase, the last four digits of their SSN, the phone number on file. With voice biometrics, customers are also recognized by voice – it's faster and protects against impostors.
A customer disputes a charge with the AI – who handles it?
The AI consultant transfers the call to an employee: money disputes are part of the transfer rules you set. The employee sees the transcript, a summary, and the customer's data, so there's no need to ask again.
How do we make collection calls without breaking calling-time rules?
Debtors are called in their local time, within the calling hours you set to stay within the law. No one has to track it by hand.
A customer asked us to stop calling – how is that handled?
The request is logged in your CRM right away, and the number drops out of future campaigns. Marketing calls go only to people who gave consent.
How do we know an agent didn't skip a required statement?
Speech analytics checks every call against your required disclosures; this needs agent and customer on separate recording channels. Missed statements and a harsh tone appear in the supervisor's daily report. If all-party consent applies in a state, open calls with a recording disclosure.
Does it connect to our core banking system?
We set it up through the API at launch. Agents see the customer's products and payments right away, and the call outcome goes back to core banking.
How do we avoid missing a complaint response deadline?
A complaint has a response deadline: the platform reminds the owner before time runs out, and a manager sees complaints that are getting close to the deadline.
A customer calls back to check whether the bank really called them – what does the agent see?
The history of outbound calls to that customer: whether there was a call, when, and from whom. If the bank didn't call, the agent warns the customer about fraud right away.
Can the AI handle the first call to a debtor?
It can, while the delinquency is still early. It politely states the amount, finds out when the person can pay, and records that date. It hands disputes and requests for a person to an agent, so your staff work only the difficult accounts.
Can we switch contact center systems without a break in service?
In stages: we move lines one at a time, and service never stops. Moving your database and case history is included in the Standard plan and above.
Do we keep an AI consultant trained on our data?
You do, if you paid for the training: the fine-tuned model, reference answers, and collected materials belong to you.
What does the platform cost a bank or insurer?
The system itself is free. You pay for a support plan, which starts at $180, plus cloud hosting if the system doesn't run on your servers, and AI usage: the voice agent is billed by the minute, the text agent by conversation.
Glossary
Terms on this page
- Encryption
- Encrypted data can't be read without the key. Learn more →
- Speech analytics
- The system analyzes recorded calls automatically: topics, script adherence, customer emotions. Learn more →
- IVR (interactive voice response)
- A phone menu: the caller hears a greeting and picks the right department. Learn more →
- CRM – customer relationship management
- Where a company keeps its customers, deals, and full communication history. Learn more →
- API (application programming interface)
- The way programs exchange data with each other without a person in the loop. Learn more →
- Cloud deployment (cloud)
- The platform runs on the vendor's servers, and agents connect over the internet. Learn more →
- Speech-to-text
- Turns spoken conversation into text. Learn more →
- Customer record
- The screen of customer data an agent sees during a conversation. Learn more →
- Supervisor
- Leads a team of agents: watches the queue and quality, helps and coaches. Learn more →
- Callback
- The customer doesn't wait on hold but asks for a callback – and gets one when an agent is free. Learn more →
- Backup
- Data is regularly copied to a separate place so it can be restored if something goes wrong. Learn more →
- Call recording
- Calls are saved so they can be replayed and disputes settled. Learn more →
- Contact center quality management
- Calls and chats are scored against a scorecard to find mistakes and coach agents. Learn more →
- Customer portal
- A secure area of the website where customers track their requests. Learn more →
- Call script
- A call playbook: what to say, what to ask, and how to handle objections. Learn more →
- Call queue – callers waiting to be answered
- Callers waiting for an available agent. Learn more →
- Model fine-tuning
- An existing model is trained further on company materials so it speaks the company's language. Learn more →
- Hosting
- You rent a server from a provider instead of buying one. Learn more →
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