Securing Buy Now Pay Later Debt Recovery Without Damaging Brand Image

Le Contexte

Installment payments have become a standard in modern e-commerce. Yet behind this apparent simplicity lies a major challenge: managing unpaid debts without damaging customer relationships.

For several years, a major player in Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and consumer credit has entrusted Armatis with its entire amicable and pre-litigation debt recovery operations.

Résultats

efficiency on debts over 5 days overdue.
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Significant reduction in cases escalating to litigation.

More pedagogical, targeted, and less intrusive approach.

Better securing of 3x/4x payment schedules.

Sector

Banking & Insurance

Scope & Channels

Debt Recovery / Omnichannel

Client Challenges

  • Guarantee an excellent recovery service in strict compliance with applicable regulations and industry best practices.

  • Maintain high standards of ethics and compliance across all interactions with customers in default.

  • Preserve brand image while securing cash inflows and the profitability of the BNPL model.

Objectives

  • Maximize collections on recent debts (>5 days overdue) without systematic recourse to litigation.

  • Limit over-solicitation risks and tense situations with debtors.

  • Transform recovery into a client re-engagement lever, especially for multi-debtors.

The Challenge

Balance financial performance (efficiency rates, cash securing) with a responsible relational posture, in a highly regulated context scrutinized by regulators and consumers alike.

Solutions Implemented

Creation of a Debt Recovery Expertise Center

A dedicated team, specifically trained in amicable and pre-litigation processes for installment payments.

Robust Training Framework

Implementation of a robust training organization, with enhanced and ongoing support to build advisor competencies.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Innovation and continuous improvement approach, co-piloted with the client: script adjustments, relaunch scenarios, debt segmentation.

Deployment of New Channels

Progressive rollout of new channels (social media, chat, etc.) to reach debtors on their preferred platforms.

Operated Activities

Amicable and Pre-Litigation Recovery

Management of all relaunch stages with B2C clients, from first defaults to pre-litigation actions, using a pedagogical, solution-oriented approach.

Securing 3x/4x Payments

Tracking and securing installment payment schedules to ensure continuity of 3x/4x plans and minimize missed deadlines.

Multichannel Interaction Management

Handling interactions across multiple channels.

Concrete Results

Improved securing of 3x/4x payment plans, with reduced volume of cases moving to litigation.

Enhanced perception of recovery through a more pedagogical, less intrusive, and better-targeted approach.

20 to 35% efficiency on debts over 5 days, depending on file typologies.

Key Success Factors

Mastered Omnichannel Mix

Calls, email, chat, social media… each channel used only when it adds value.

Claims as Regularization Levers

Every interaction becomes a negotiation and payment opportunity.

Re-engagement of Multi-Debtors

Resolution, reassurance, rebuilding healthier relationships.

Continuous Improvement Culture

Processes, targeting, customer journeys: everything optimized continuously between Armatis and the client.

The Armatis Difference

Debt Recovery Expertise Center

A center where regulatory rigor, ethics, and performance mutually reinforce each other.

Continuously Trained Teams

Teams trained on an ongoing basis, able to adapt discourse and channels to every situation.

Long-Term Partnership

A long-term partnership approach where recovery becomes a business model safeguard and loyalty driver, rather than a mere cost center.

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