Secure IVR Payments
Interactive Voice Response Payments (IVR Payments) is a method that allows callers to enter their card data via touch tones. This self-service process enables debit and credit card payments to be handled 24/7.
Achieve more by paying less and use an automated system in your contact centre. Accepting credit and debit cards via IVR is a cost effective and secure way of taking payments. It allows customers to make payments quickly and accurately while reducing agent transaction time and improving security both for you and your customers. Using this method to accept payments is an easy way to achieve PCI DSS SAQ-A.
IVR automation that answers incoming calls and provides voice directions to customers has been a part of the contact centre toolkit for many years. IVR payments allow customers to make payments 24/7 without speaking to an agent or accessing a website.
When choosing IVR payments, the best solutions offer enhancements to traditional favourite technologies such as the cloud, CRM integration and omnichannel capabilities.
The latest IVR payments solutions enable contact centre customers to enter their debit and credit card data via touch tones any time of the day or night, quickly and securely. For organisations using the technology, the return on investment (ROI) against an agent servicing the same call can be significant with automated self-service payments typically costing as little as 50p per call*.
Additionally, these payments are far more secure, available 24x7x365 without any agent involvement and can be configured to reconcile automatically with your accounting systems. Encoded’s payment gateway integrates with all providers, carriers, telephony systems and CRM systems to provide total flexibility for omnichannel payments.
Automated systems are perfect for callers with a unique number i.e. invoice or customer reference to authenticate them prior to taking their payment. The solution is also ideal for seasonal spikes in calls normally requiring temporary staff or costly overtime.
*According to Contact Babel, a leading analyst in the contact centre industry, the average call into a contact centre costs an organisation £4.27. This figure is made up of staffing costs and overheads. An automated system enables customers to self-serve their payments for as little as 50p per call.
Encoded only charges for successfully processed transactions. This pricing policy keeps prices transparent. It rewards both Encoded and its customers on success therefore maintaining an active working relationship focused on service improvements.
What are the Key Features of IVR Payment Services?
Make the most of agent time, maximise resources
Freeing agents from boring and repetitive work reduces staff attrition and improves staff morale. Automation provided by Encoded allows agents to spend time providing value added services such as up-selling and cross-selling, complex customer care and loyalty work therefore ensuring better utilisation of critical talent and resources. While improving the customer experience (CX).
Security
Typically, these telephone payment systems are far more secure than the traditional method of agents noting down credit or debit card details manually. With Encoded, everything is fully automated and confidential client data is stored centrally and securely within Encoded’s secure cloud infrastructure.
Personalise the customer experience
Capturing customer data via IVR enables personalisation, screen-popping and skills-based routing in the event of a request to speak to an agent. The most pertinent up-to-date client information means that calls are automatically distributed to agents with the best knowledge and expertise. This accelerates first contact resolution and boosts CX.
Round-the-clock business operations
Available 24x7x365 without any agent involvement, customers can self-serve using IVR to find the information they need and pay at all times of the day and from anywhere.
Seamless integration
Encoded’s system can interface with an organisation’s accounting and other critical business systems to ensure agents always have the latest information to deliver a joined up and exceptional customer experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an IVR payment?
Interactive Voice Response Payments (IVR payments) enable customers to make payments without the need for human intervention or involvement. Encoded IVR payments allow customers to make payments 24/7 without speaking to an agent or accessing a website.
What does IVR stand for?
IVR stands for Interactive Voice Response and IVR payments use interactive voice response to enable payments. IVR is computer technology that replaces human interaction in contact centres. The use of IVR payments means that payments can be used simply using touch tones via a telephone.
What are the benefits of IVR payments?
There are many benefits of IVR payments. Primarily these include round-the-clock business operations, security, personalised customer experience, seamless integration and freeing agent time to allow them to focus on more productive services to add value to customer experience.
What are IVR payments used for?
IVR payments are used for multiple purposes. IVR payments are used to enable 24/7 payments to be made without any agent involvement. Customers can self-serve using IVR payments to find the information they need. IVR payments allow customers to make payments from anywhere at any time of the day or night using a telephone.
What is IVR authentication?
It is important to identify a customer using IVR payments and the first place to start is a telephone number. Using a customer’s telephone number for IVR payments authentication is a speedy method of Identification & Verification (ID&V) and improves the customer experience. The second method of authentication is a customer ID number (ie invoice or customer reference) which is entered using touch tones on the telephone into the IVR payments system to authenticate a customer prior to taking their payment.
What are the best IVR payment solutions?
Costing for IVR payments
IVR payments are perfect for companies which experience seasonal spikes in calls, normally requiring temporary staff or costly overtime. IVR payment costs can be a fraction of the equivalent costs of an agent taking a payment. According to contact centre analyst Contact Babel the average call into a contact centre costs an organisation over £4. Whereas an IVR payments can be just a matter of pennies.
Reducing payment processing costs with IVR payments
Encoded only charges for successfully processed transactions. In terms of IVR payments this pricing policy keeps prices transparent. It rewards both Encoded and its customers on success therefore maintaining an active working relationship based on customer experience. As IVR payments can cost as little as pennies payment process costs are immediately reduced.
IVR payments and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Accepting credit and debit cards using IVR payments is a cost effective and secure way of taking payments. Encoded is Level 1 PCI DSS certified and with IVR payments, everything is fully automated and confidential with data being stored within Encoded’s secure cloud infrastructure. Using IVR payments is an easy way to achieve PCI DSS SAQ-A.
What is needed for IVR payments?
Most business telephone systems can route calls to IVR payments by way of recorded voice prompts therefore avoiding connection with a live agent. Integration with other business systems means that Encoded IVR payments can be configured to reconcile automatically with accounting and other systems.
IVR payment integration
IVR payment integration is made possible by Encoded’s payment gateway which integrates with all providers, carriers, telephony systems and CRM systems to provide total flexibility for secure omnichannel payments. Integration with other critical systems ensures agents have the latest information at their fingertips to deliver a joined up and exceptional customer experience.
Secure IVR payments
Typically, IVR payments are far more secure than other traditional methods which might include agents noting down credit or debit card details manually. With Encoded IVR payments, everything is fully automated and confidential client data is stored within Encoded’s secure cloud infrastructure.
Why Encoded?
Encoded is a Level 1 PCI DSS accredited supplier – which means that contact centres and their customers can rely on Encoded’s technology with absolute confidence.
Key benefits of IVR
Reduced cost in comparison to agents taking payments
Level 1 PCI DSS accreditation with Attestation of Compliance (AOC) from Encoded
Seamless integration with existing business working methods
The option to have comprehensive reporting including user behaviour analysis
Full system redundancy backup with a 99.99% uptime SLA
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