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As a Debt Recovery Officer, your job isn’t just to collect, but to collect without breaking trust. Which is why AI in collections must be human-first: it speeds recovery while keeping customers treated fairly and your bank protected. For better context, here’s how to go about it: Empathy coined into every script.   AI should use simple, respectful language and match the customer’s preferred channel and tone. That means letting the system send a friendly WhatsApp nudge in the customer’s language, then escalate to a phone call with a human agent if the case needs negotiation.  These small choices lower complaints and keep customers willing to engage. Make human-in-the-loop the rule, not the exception.  Let AI handle high-volume routine touches — reminders, payment links, auto-debit enrollments — but route disputes, identity issues, and large balances to trained collectors. When a human agent takes over, provide full context: last messages, payment attempts, and recommended ...

  Debt recovery is entering a new operational era. Instead of relying only on field visits and manual calling lists, banks can now use AI to reach far more customers, tailor messages in local languages, and complete payments in the same interaction while keeping strict audit trails and regulatory controls.  What “AI in debt recovery” really means  At its core, AI-enabled debt recovery automates and optimizes customer outreach and payment collection across channels (voice, WhatsApp, SMS, email). It combines predictive scoring (who is most likely to pay), personalized messaging (tone, language, offer), smart timing (when a customer is most receptive), and instant payment flows (one-click links or auto-debits).  The result is scale and consistency: platforms report the ability to contact tens of thousands of customers daily instead of a few hundred per agent. Why this matters to you  Far greater coverage. AI systems can automate 30,000+ contacts per day, improving...