Credit Unions get talented, trained team members!
CU*Answers, via its Lender*VP and Xtension Call Center business units, recently announced the formation of a Collections Services team to assist clients in their daily collections efforts. This service is already being provided to five clients utilizing the CU*BASE processing system. Unlike traditional third party offerings, this service utilizes the same CU*BASE collections tools, and optimizes how these tools interact with a credit union team.
A big client benefit is that all notes, communications and collection activities are embedded within CU*BASE, so credit union teams may instantly interact with the data without conversions, re-keying, or hassles often associated with third party solutions. Clients may even un-plug the product as desired!
As opposed to being an outsourced replacement, this collections offering is designed as an extension of a credit union staff. Many clients will benefit by adding another “team member” to their collections efforts — at a very low price point!
Other benefits include:
- Free up internal staff for working with members; other “action” items
- Relieve member Tension — Lender*VP experts do this for a living; work with members in professional manner
- Reduce Inbound/ Outbound Phone Calls
- Increase Cross Selling efforts; relationship management building
“With the Lender*VP collection team we are able to provide additional team members to a credit unions collection department. Team members that never call in sick, never take a day off, and always work evenings, say Geoff Johnson, CU*Answers Lending VP. We combine our depth of staff experience with best practices in tools and technology to compliment a credit unions collection team.”
Lender*VP collections features a variety of services including automated letters and notice mailings, online banking and audio collections messages, e-mail payment reminders, freezing of delinquent accounts and much more.
The service also includes a battery of reports as related to delinquency monitoring, monthly call/ contact summary and an executive summary of collections work performed.