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Financial difficulty

Help customers who are struggling to pay.

More customers pay or agree a plan they can afford without waiting to speak to someone, with AI agents that guide them through it online, by chat or by phone. Anyone who needs a person reaches your team, and every step is recorded.

Financial difficulty

Help customers who are struggling to pay.

More customers pay or agree a plan they can afford without waiting to speak to someone, with AI agents that guide them through it online, by chat or by phone. Anyone who needs a person reaches your team, and every step is recorded.

THE PROBLEM

Financial difficulty and payment journeys

Customers who are struggling often avoid contact until the debt has grown. When they do get in touch, they face a wait and a difficult conversation. Agents must capture circumstances, check what the customer can afford and agree a plan consistently, and regulators expect you to show that each customer was treated fairly.

WHAT SYNTERIS BUILDS

We build a secure journey, reached by a personalised link or from your website, where customers confirm who they are and choose to pay or to explain why they cannot. A decision tree captures their circumstances and any vulnerability, such as a lost job or ill health, and offers the right option. Customers can pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa Click to Pay or automated voice, set up a Direct Debit or agree a payment arrangement, all through PCI DSS compliant payments. Everything is written back to your billing system and recorded as evidence, including FCA Consumer Duty evidence for lenders.

Illustrative worked example - not live customer data
01
Contact
 
Understand (not used in this journey)
02
Verify
03
Assess
05
Route
06
Integrate
04
Pay
 
Survey (not used in this journey)
07
Report
  1. ✓ContactSMS with a personalised link
  2. ✓VerifyIdentity verified without a login
  3. ✓AssessCircumstances and support needs captured step by step
  4. ✓PayAffordable arrangement agreed and first payment made
  5. ✓RouteOption to speak to an adviser offered
  6. ✓IntegrateArrangement written back to billing
  7. ✓ReportAffordability and support evidenced
ACTION COMPLETED
Payment made or affordable arrangement agreed
CLIENT SYSTEM UPDATED
Arrangement written back to billing
OUTCOME MEASURED
Arrangement take-up rate (customers on an affordable plan)
Illustrative worked example - not live customer data
01
Contact
 
Understand (not used in this journey)
02
Verify
03
Assess
05
Route
06
Integrate
04
Pay
 
Survey (not used in this journey)
07
Report
  1. ✓ContactSMS with a personalised link
  2. ✓VerifyIdentity verified without a login
  3. ✓AssessCircumstances and support needs captured step by step
  4. ✓PayAffordable arrangement agreed and first payment made
  5. ✓RouteOption to speak to an adviser offered
  6. ✓IntegrateArrangement written back to billing
  7. ✓ReportAffordability and support evidenced
ACTION COMPLETED
Payment made or affordable arrangement agreed
CLIENT SYSTEM UPDATED
Arrangement written back to billing
OUTCOME MEASURED
Arrangement take-up rate (customers on an affordable plan)
Illustrative worked example - not live customer data
01
Contact
 
Understand (not used in this journey)
02
Verify
03
Assess
05
Route
06
Integrate
04
Pay
 
Survey (not used in this journey)
07
Report
  1. ✓ContactSMS with a personalised link
  2. ✓VerifyIdentity verified without a login
  3. ✓AssessCircumstances and support needs captured step by step
  4. ✓PayAffordable arrangement agreed and first payment made
  5. ✓RouteOption to speak to an adviser offered
  6. ✓IntegrateArrangement written back to billing
  7. ✓ReportAffordability and support evidenced
ACTION COMPLETED
Payment made or affordable arrangement agreed
CLIENT SYSTEM UPDATED
Arrangement written back to billing
OUTCOME MEASURED
Arrangement take-up rate (customers on an affordable plan)
Bring us one problem. We'll show you what it would take.
Bring us one problem. We'll show you what it would take.
OUTCOME

More customers engage early and agree a plan they can afford, without waiting to speak to someone. You can track arrangement take-up and show how each customer was treated.

£1.5bn+
overdue revenue collected across all clients
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£1.5bn+
overdue revenue collected across all clients
Read a case study →
HOW WE DELIVER

Free discovery, then live in 4-8 weeks from sign-off of the solution design. Then we host, monitor and improve it. See how it works

WORKS ALONGSIDE YOUR SYSTEMS

Kraken, SAP, Salesforce and in-house billing systems, through file exchange or API. No replacement programme.

QUESTIONS
By card through secure payment pages, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa Click to Pay or automated voice, or by setting up a Direct Debit or payment arrangement. All payments are PCI DSS compliant.
QUESTIONS
By card through secure payment pages, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa Click to Pay or automated voice, or by setting up a Direct Debit or payment arrangement. All payments are PCI DSS compliant.
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Synteris
ISO 27001:2022 · PCI DSS · UK hosted · GDPR
© 2026 Revive Management Solutions Limited, trading as Synteris. Registered in England and Wales, company number 07881882. Registered office: Walker Begley, 207 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 2QL.
Synteris
ISO 27001:2022 · PCI DSS · UK hosted · GDPR
© 2026 Revive Management Solutions Limited, trading as Synteris. Registered in England and Wales, company number 07881882. Registered office: Walker Begley, 207 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 2QL.
Synteris
ISO 27001:2022 · PCI DSS · UK hosted · GDPR
© 2026 Revive Management Solutions Limited, trading as Synteris. Registered in England and Wales, company number 07881882. Registered office: Walker Begley, 207 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 2QL.