Collections and recovery

We have made collections calls since 1955. Now our agents make them too.

Collections is the work Bill Gosling was built on, and it is the hardest test for conversational AI: strict rules on what can be said, to whom and when, with real money on every call. Our voice agents run the right-party contact, the promise to pay and the payment plan. Our specialists own hardship, disputes and every arrangement the policy does not clear on its own.

spine·voice · collections outbound
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VoiceAI · Early-stage auto loanlive
Agent

Thank you for confirming your date of birth. This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Customer

I know I missed the car payment. My hours got cut. Can I pay half now and half on the 15th?

tool · account_summary(verified) ✓ 160 ms
write gate · split payment checked against policy C-4
right partymini-Miranda readplan gated
call #40317 · consent ✓ · time of day ✓ · frequency 2/7 ✓ · identity ✓ · disclosure ✓ · plan proposed · audit:chained ✓ ·
Early-stage collections call, simulated · rendered by spine·voice
then the arrangement is checked and signed →
SPINE · ARRANGEMENT · call #40317live
step 01Pre-dial checksconsent, do-not-call, local time, frequencyAuto · check
step 05Book two-part paymentpolicy check, then specialist if outside limitsHeld · gate
✓ policy pass · confirmation sent · audit entry signed
Built for the most regulated call there is Since 1955 in collections FDCPA and Regulation F rules built in Consent checked before every dial 0 unapproved arrangements
What we automate and assist

The collections conversations we run every day.

Our collections flows are live as a production-grade demo today: promise to pay, payment plans and hardship. Each one adapts to your placement types, your settlement authority and your tone of voice in Agent Studio.

01

Right-party contact

The agent confirms who it is speaking to before it says anything about the account, and ends politely with a third party. Why it matters: the single biggest source of disclosure risk is removed from every call.

02

Early-stage reminders

A friendly call in the first days past due, with a payment link at the end. Why it matters: many early balances cure with one easy conversation, so your people can work the harder ones.

03

Promise to pay

A date and an amount agreed on the call, confirmed back and written to your system of record. Why it matters: promises are captured the same way every time, and broken ones trigger follow-up automatically.

04

Payment plans

Installments proposed inside your policy limits, with anything outside them held for a specialist. Why it matters: more balances move to a plan without anyone exceeding their authority.

05

Hardship and vulnerability

Job loss, illness or a bereavement is recognized in the conversation and routed to a trained person with the details already captured. Why it matters: fair treatment of vulnerable customers is a regulatory expectation and a reputational one.

06

Disputes and validation requests

A dispute is logged, collection activity pauses on that account and the validation workflow starts. Why it matters: the rule is followed on the call where it is raised, not days later.

07

Inbound payment line

Customers call back at any hour to pay, check a balance or move a date. Why it matters: 24/7 coverage without night shifts, and card numbers never reach a human ear or a transcript.

08

Settlement conversations

The agent gathers the facts and the customer’s proposal. A specialist with settlement authority makes the offer. Why it matters: the decision that costs money always sits with a named person.

09

Post-call follow-up

Confirmation by SMS or email, the disposition and CRM notes written for the collector to review. Why it matters: less wrap time and a clean record for every account.

Compliance we handle

The rules are part of the agent, not a script taped to the monitor.

Spine is designed to support the US debt collection rules (FDCPA and Regulation F), TCPA dialing rules, PCI DSS for card payments and UK expectations on treating customers in financial difficulty fairly. Controls run before the dial, during the call and on the record afterwards.

  • Before the dialConsent, do-not-call status, the customer’s local time window and contact frequency limits are checked on every attempt, so a call that should not happen never starts.
  • Required disclosures, every timeThe mini-Miranda and recording notices are part of the flow, and LiveAssist reminds human collectors when one is still due.
  • Identity before disclosureNo balance, creditor name or account detail is shared until the right party is verified. Wrong-party calls end without leaking a thing.
  • Dispute and cease handlingA dispute, a request to stop calling or a request for written contact updates the account and blocks further attempts.
  • Redaction and a signed recordCard numbers and personal data are redacted from transcripts and logs, and every action lands on a tamper-evident audit chain.
spine·voice // liveassist · call #4038806:41_
LiveAssist · Credit card recoverylive
Customer

I don’t think I owe this. I closed that card years ago.

Collector

Thanks for telling me. I’ll note that you dispute the balance and we’ll send you the details in writing.

tool · flag_dispute(verbal) ✓ attempts paused
Next best action

Confirm the mailing address for the validation information. Do not ask for payment on this call.

Compliance
  • Mini-Miranda ✓ read
  • Dispute logged ✓
  • Validation notice due
redaction on · audit chainedApprove note
Verbal dispute on a human-handled call, simulated · rendered by spine·voice
How AI and people split the work

Agents take the volume. Collectors take the judgment calls.

Seven decades on the collections floor taught us where a conversation needs a person. We built the handover around those moments.

01 · VoiceAI

The repeatable conversations

Reminders, right-party checks, promises to pay, in-policy plans and inbound payments, in English and Indian languages, day and night.

02 · Your collectors

The consequential ones

Hardship, disputes, settlements and anything outside policy move to a person in LiveAssist with the transcript, the verified identity and the reason already on screen.

03 · Your leaders

The whole book, scored

Auto QA scores 100% of calls, AI and human, against your collections scorecard. NEQQO shows why promises break and which teams need coaching.

Want the people as well as the software? Bill Gosling can run the collections floor for you, with supervisors, QA leads and specialists who own the outcome.

Products for collections

One platform from the first reminder to the audit file.

01

VoiceAI agents

Inbound and outbound collections calls with barge-in, natural voices and warm handover.

02

LiveAssist

Disclosure nudges, next best action and hardship options beside every human collector.

03

Auto QA

Every call scored against your scorecard, with disputed scores routed to a QA lead.

04

Insights (NEQQO)

Drivers of broken promises, sentiment and compliance risk across the whole portfolio.

05

Trust and governance

The write gate, the audit chain and a compliance center covering 15 frameworks.

06

Integrations

Your dialer, collections system and payment processor, connected over API and SIP.

Book a demo

Hear a promise to pay taken, checked and signed.

Bring a placement type and your payment plan policy. We will run the call live, hand a hardship case to a person and show you the audit record it leaves.