Columbia Ultimate Releases The Collector System 2007.1

Columbia Ultimate, the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money, today announced the release of The Collector System 2007.1. The newest release includes a number of key enhancements to the core system as well as the CU•CONVERSE Dialer.

The Collector System is an industry standard collections tracking and management system that simplifies and automates tasks to make the collections process easier and faster. Collection agencies, debt buyers, banks, and healthcare and retail organizations use The Collector System to increase cash flow, reduce operating costs, and streamline collections and debt recovery.

“By working closely with our clients who use The Collector System on a daily basis, we have responded to their feedback and enhanced the system’s functionality in several key areas,” said R. Fred Houston, president and CEO, Columbia Ultimate. “This release includes a new interface with Experian Collection Advantage and expanded dialer functionality to further assist clients in making right party contacts.”

The Experian Collection Advantage interface is a unique, cost-effective add-on feature enabling users to purchase specific data elements needed to efficiently collect on accounts.  The data can be mapped into debtor or user-defined fields allowing the system to perform automated actions on the data.

In addition, Columbia Ultimate has expanded the functionality of the CU•CONVERSE Dialer for The Collector System. The  CU•CONVERSE enhancements include configuring outbound call campaigns with a specific caller ID name and number, interactive voice messaging to assist in contacting the correct party, and inbound skills based call routing to direct incoming calls to the appropriate collector.