ShepHyken

DECEMBER 16, 2022

He writes about ‘quiet quitting’ and how contact centers can resolve this challenge in their organization. This trend is concerning for those within the contact center industry, with employee retention and recruitment already at a record low. How can the contact center industry resolve this challenge? .

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Hodusoft

MAY 10, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Virtual Call Center and Contact Centers Even though virtual call centers and contact centers have been around for quite some time, they have gained widespread popularity in the last four to five years only. What Are Virtual Call Centers and Contact Centers?

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

Amazon Lex provides advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable self-service support for your organization’s contact center. Amazon Lex integrates with state-of-the-art contact centers including Amazon Connect, Genesys Cloud , and Amazon Chime SDK to facilitate a seamless omnichannel experience.

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HGS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ready to modernize your contact center? Tis the season for contact center trends, predictions, and “must-watch” lists. according to how hyped or mature the technologies are. Another method is to consult with contact center teams that have actually had experience with these new technologies.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 13, 2024

Optimizing Customer Support in the Financial Sector: How BPO Contact Centers Can Add Value In the present age, financial institutions are grappling with a wide range of challenges. This blog explores the challenges faced by the financial industry, the role of BPO contact centers, and strategies to enhance customer support.

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The Northridge Group

APRIL 8, 2024

But that’s only if this new technology is really understood and implemented correctly. We have a long-held belief (rooted in fact) that it’s nearly impossible to have effective processes and robust technology without trained people to manage and use them. In Part 1 of our series, we welcome Eric Ludwig from RISE Technology Advisors.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Colin Taylor The rapid advancement of conversational AI has had a profound impact on various industries, and one arena that has been significantly affected is the contact center industry. The emergence of Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRs) in the 1980s marked the initial steps toward automation within contact centers.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bank technology is shifting. Specifically, the automated customer service technology. Once only powered by human agents, the first automated technology that was introduced in the contact center acted mainly as a way to redirect calls to the right department. That all comes down to conversation design.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One way to achieve this level of differentiation is through digital self-service experiences, which empower customers to get answers to questions and complete transactions without having to engage a contact center agent. Use cases can include banking customers who […].

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TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. Computer vision is the technology that enables computers to see, recognize and process images in the same way as humans – and then some. Over the past few years, computer vision AI has emerged as a key customer-facing technology in both the B2C and B2B realms.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 24, 2019

A quick trip down memory lane reminds us that the 1990s saw a massive rise in the practice of offshoring call centers. With the convergence of economic factors and technological advancement, it was seen as the cheap alternative for companies who required basic customer support solutions. But times change – and so do customers.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. Dustin Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer at WaFd Bank.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

inContact’s research shows that banking was in the highest tier for customer satisfaction with 54% of respondents ranking it for the most satisfied recent interaction. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reported that banking customer satisfaction increased 5.3% The post What are Bank Contact Centers Doing Right?

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Momentum Telecom

JUNE 17, 2022

In the coming year, voice technology is going to take its place with team collaboration tools as it supports increasingly important areas of business management and communications. Here are Momentum’s voice technology predictions for 2022 and beyond. The New Definition of Voice Technology. Keeping Up With Voice Technology.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The challenges of the pandemic thrust banks that were struggling to remain relevant and their customers who were still digital holdouts into the same situation: learn how to shift banking activity from in person to online practically overnight. Between 2020 and 2021, financial technology adoption grew from 58% to 88% of U.S.

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Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Jim White is Senior Vice President and Director of Card Services at Santander Bank. Jim talks about the agent skill requirements they have in their financial contact center. He discusses their hiring and training practices, and addresses the challenges that come from efficient technology that handles […].

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Balto

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Contact centers are no different. Whether executives view their contact center as a profit center or a cost sink ultimately determines how much investment, or divestment, happens there. I was particularly interested in seeing the impact on buying decisions for technology. versus 21.5%).

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Revation Systems

MAY 5, 2020

As stay-at-home orders began to ripple across the nation in March, the banking industry began to shut down branches or significantly limit their hours of business to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. In the meantime, banks are shifting their communications strategies in response to the ‘new normal.’. In fact, J.D.

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Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, the pace of change is only accelerating affecting nearly every facet of our lives, from how we bank, shop and socialize to how we respond to a pandemic. These changes in consumer behavior and expectations, combined with new technologies, are starting to completely transform the contact center.

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Cisco - Contact Center

APRIL 18, 2023

In some respects, the finance industry may not seem like a prime candidate for technological innovation. After all, banks have been around for thousands of years. And nowadays, they are highly … Read more on Cisco Blogs

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a critical role in customer support, sales, and overall communication between businesses and their clientele. Unfortunately, these centers have also become a target for fraudsters looking to exploit the vulnerabilities inherent in these systems.

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Fonolo

APRIL 14, 2020

At the moment, many call centers are faced with a torrent of unexpected demand. For our banking customers, demand is related to payment deferrals, emergency loans, etc. The exigency is forcing them to move faster and be more adventurous with new technologies. The sun is shining on vendors of self-serve and automation technology.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

inContact’s research shows that banking was in the highest tier for customer satisfaction with 54% of respondents ranking it for the most satisfied recent interaction. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reported that banking customer satisfaction increased 5.3% The post What are Bank Contact Centers Doing Right?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

The author writes, “The goal of improving customer experience in financial services is to make banking services as convenient, efficient, and pleasant as possible for the customer.” This article focuses on financial services, but don’t let that deter you from taking a few minutes to read what they do to create a better digital experience.

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COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

Technological advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), fuel customer experience transformation. Companies worldwide are grappling with leveraging technology to enhance the overall customer experience (CX). The technology adoption chasm has moved us past the initial stage, where early adopters experiment with their customers.

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Interactions

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Online banking surged in 2020, with 76% of US adults logging in via their computer at least once a month to manage their finances. This pattern of self service banking is one that seems set to stay. You need to wow customers when they interact with your contact centers and allow them to speak naturally like a human.

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pindrop

AUGUST 3, 2020

Fraudulent activity in the IVR has become a tool for more sophisticated fraudsters and scammers to gain sensitive data that puts contact centers and financial institutions at risk. Forward-thinking contact centers need strategic defenses in place to prevent fraudsters from exploiting the IVR.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JUNE 22, 2018

They have no attachment to legacy systems that banks and finance companies have been holding onto for years, despite the wave of new technologies in business and communications. A 2017 report by Accenture indicated that 71% of financial services consumers are open to using “entirely computer-generated support for banking services.”

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, in the contact center space, people tend to look at the one-to-one interaction with an agent as the primary means of obtaining information about products and services. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries. You guessed it; it’s money.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

It’s just the nature of the contact center industry. Or is it time to put humanity into your contact center? It’s time to put humanity into your contact center.” Managing a contact center is fast paced and furious. Doing things the popular way in the contact centers no longer works.”

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Revation Systems

MARCH 4, 2020

Smartphones are everywhere and because of the ubiquity of technology, consumers have grown to rely on their devices with the expectation of instant communication with a business. Furthermore, a recent report by Autonomous found that traditional financial institutions can shave 22% in costs by 2030 by using artificial intelligence technology.

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Playvox

APRIL 11, 2023

Engaged contact center agents are essential to the success of any customer service operation. But disengaged agents create challenges in a customer service center. Keep contact center agents engaged and dedicated to delivering world-class customer interactions by implementing these best practices today.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Sure, if you’re hiring correctly, your contact center will be filled to the brim with the right personalities and work ethics for success—but being surrounded by the best call center agents means effective training, constant support, and strategic goal setting. Performance Evaluation Scorecard for the Contact Center. (It

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CX Global Media

JUNE 27, 2017

This has left your contact center vulnerable. To fraudsters, they see your contact center as a huge fraud opportunity. Why your contact center is a massive fraud risk” Click to Tweet. Educating Contact Centers. Fraud is an area that is affecting more segments of the contact center industry.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s going to be a big year in the world of contact center and in customer service technology. the outsourcing sector has been very quick to embrace cloud technology, with the very nature of their business is a cultural fit with the idea of letting a third-party take control of non-core…”. Who wrote it: Interactions.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

Contact center leaders are struggling to keep pace with ‘unrealistic’ demands. Contact centers are struggling to deliver much-needed CX innovation while battling against rising contact volumes, agent attrition and customer churn, according to a new survey of 1000 contact center leaders in the US, UK and Australia from Censuswide.

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