Automated payments by phone is a core capability of the Compass Automation Platform and one of its most popular use-cases. To help you understand how we help you deliver frictionless payments by phone to your customers, we’ve put together a step-by-step explanation in this blog post.

Welcome. This is a quick walk-through of our Compass Automation Platform, our managed communications platform as a service. At its core is a voice and text application server. Think of it just like the computers that run Amazon or LinkedIn, but for telephony. Our no-code/low-code studio is where we create your voice and text applications. […]

With conversational AI (artificial intelligence), chatbots allow the world’s best brands to self-serve customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. As consumers, our experiences are often either really good (simple and easy) or not so good requiring human intervention. It’s essential to focus on your customers and their journey […]

Communication with customers through contact centers is more about speed and ease than ever before. And with self-serve automation through IVR and SMS communication, contact centers can better serve customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. With the “lucky-strike extra” of doing so at a more controlled cost. Because […]

Like many customer service professionals, you’ve either adopted some form of a chatbot or are considering which solution is best for you. And by now, you’ve discovered that it’s not as easy as just turning it on. While simple “no-code” chatbots that accept yes, no, numeric or directed responses can be deployed relatively quickly, the […]

Allowing your customers to pay their bills through a quick and easy text message is the ultimate convenience and customer experience. With saved payment information and integration between your gateway and our Compass Automation Platform, making a payment by text takes less than a minute. Watch our demo video to see just how easy it […]

Conversational AI, chatbots, virtual assistants, AI, machine learning, and more have become the “hot topic” buzz words across all types of customer experience services and applications. Perhaps for a good reason, the promise of AI seems like the panacea for a litany of customer experience problems and contact center costs. Or at least, that’s the […]

September’s newsletter features a wide range of topics on delivering improved customer experiences through voice and text automation on our Managed CPaaS, the Compass Automation Platform.

To keep up with consumers’ rising expectations, today’s companies strive to provide a connected experience across an expanding number of digital, telephone, and physical channels. These expectations are why it is essential to shift from a reactive approach to a proactive model that focuses on cross-channel customer journey success. The Cost Of Bad Experiences It’s […]

The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, said: “Change is the only constant.” If Heraclitus were around today, surely he’d suffer whiplash from observing our rapid pace of change. Consumer sentiment can shift with one bad experience, one poorly phrased company tweet, or even the best intentions that ring hollow. That’s why more and more companies are augmenting […]

Profitable revenue is essential for every business. As “work from home” becomes the new normal, keeping that revenue coming in is as vital as ever. Many companies leverage automated IVR systems for collections for many critical reasons. Let’s review the top four. Notifications and Reminders While most people think of traditional IVR systems for intelligent […]

In contact centers, the customer experience happens in real-time. As a result, the acceleration from a loyal to dissatisfied customer can be mere minutes. The shift from loyal to dissatisfied is often due to a gap between understanding their actual experiences and what experiences you intended. To identify and fix the gap, you need real-time […]

Payroc, a global payment processing company, has selected IVR Technology Group to offer their merchants using RewardPay Choice with secure 24/7/365 automated payments by phone. Payroc’s RewardPay Choice is their premium processing program, processing $33 Billion in annual payments in 46 countries. Payroc, one of the industry’s fastest-growing payment processing companies, needed to expand its […]

Brands understand the importance of listening and learning from customers like never before. And because of this, the need for contact centers to offer surveys for listening and learning from customers is no longer optional; it’s essential. As contact centers begin to listen, learn, and measure customer experience, surveys are essential. Here are the ways […]

With more contact center agents working remotely, how contact centers handle payment processing has changed. Before COVID, when many contact centers were still brick and mortar facilities, controlling the environment to allow agents to take payment information over the phone was still acceptable. Not any longer. What changed? Several things have changed in this “new […]

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