99.7% positive CX
3.2× recovery
+130% enrichment
Customer Story

Microsoft recovers 3.2× more with AI‑powered collections—with a 99.7% positive CX score

Microsoft's Global Treasury manages one of the most complex financial operations on the planet. When they needed to recover overdue invoices across hundreds of enterprise accounts without damaging customer relationships, they turned to AgentCollect's AI.

Neil Doyle - Microsoft
99.7%
positive CX score
Across thousands of touchpoints
3.2×
recovery rate
vs. first batch baseline
+130%
contact enrichment
AI discovers decision-makers
44
US states reached
Behavioral intelligence per region
The challenge

Deploying AI where customer relationships are the priority

Collections is one of the riskiest places to deploy AI. A single hallucination, a wrong tone, an awkward phrase—and the complaint goes straight to your marketing team. For Microsoft, that risk is multiplied across enterprise accounts in 44 US states.

The question wasn't whether AI could improve collections—it was whether AI could be trusted not to damage customer relationships at this scale.

The solution

AI that adapts to every account

AgentCollect deployed a multi-channel AI engine across Microsoft's entire portfolio. Unlike traditional agencies that send identical emails to AP departments, AgentCollect's AI adapts its approach to every account:

Thousands of personalized emails

Timed by behavioral intelligence—different tone for the South vs. the Northeast, different timing per timezone.

AI phone calls

Voice AI that adapts tone to each region—empathy-first in the South, direct and efficient in the Northeast.

Contact enrichment (+130%)

AI discovers new decision-makers beyond the AP department, expanding reach dramatically.

Automated dispute resolution

86% of disputes resolved—40% with zero human intervention.

Compounding results

Every batch gets smarter

The AI learns from every interaction. Each batch outperforms the last.

Batch 1: Baseline
Multi-channel email + portal
1.3×
Batch 2: + AI Calls
Voice AI reaches decision-makers
3.2×
Batch 3: + Enrichment
AI discovers contacts + resolves disputes
5×+
Next: + Invoices
Invoice access eliminates #1 dispute
Dispute intelligence

When debtors push back, AI resolves it

86%
of all disputes resolved

Nearly 40% resolved automatically by AI—no human intervention

Without invoice access With invoice access
Resolution rate 86% 95%+
Auto-resolved by AI ~40% 80%+
Avg. resolution time 48 hours Under 1 hour
Behavioral intelligence

Same AI. Different approach for every state.

A debtor in Texas doesn't respond the same way as one in New York. The AI learns which tone, channel, and timing works best in each region—then adapts automatically. Hover any state to see how.

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Region
South Northeast West Coast Midwest Mountain/Other
Brighter = higher engagement
LowHigh

South

Warmer tone, phone-first. Phone converts 2.3x higher than email here.

Northeast

Direct and concise. Email-first—skip the pleasantries, get to the invoice.

West Coast

Self-service preferred. 68% use the portal without a single call.

Midwest

Relationship matters. Steady follow-ups with a personal touch convert best.

"Not one of them complained about the tone or the engagement. That's unheard of in collections."

Neil Doyle
Neil Doyle OTC Transformation Lead, Microsoft

AI-powered collections for enterprise finance teams

AgentCollect helps Fortune 500 companies recover overdue invoices with AI—without risking customer relationships.

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