AI-native auto loan collections

AI built by experts to resolve even the most complex delinquencies.

Meet Cara — the next-generation digital AI agent that handles full conversations, takes payments, captures promises, and works the channel your customers actually use. 24 hours a day. Across every stage of delinquency.

Digital engagement vs. voice-only
24/7 Always-on, any-time conversations
0–120 Days past due, fully covered
100% Monitored for compliance
The shift

Customers went fully digital. Collections didn’t.

Phone-based collections were designed for a world that no longer exists. Today's borrowers ignore unknown numbers, screen voicemails, and want to handle their finances on their own time.

  1. Calls go unanswered

    Delinquent customers have never been less likely to pick up the phone — and right-party-contact rates are still falling.

  2. Auto payments keep climbing

    With monthly payments at record highs, delinquent customers need real personalized assistance, planning, and guidance — not a script.

  3. Compliance risk is everywhere

    Every interaction is a potential exposure. Reg F, UDAAP, and state-level rules demand consistent, monitored, auditable conversations at scale.

  4. Cost-to-collect keeps rising

    Live agent capacity is finite. Hiring, training, and turnover compound the problem. The economics don't work without intelligent automation.


Introducing Cara

A purpose-built AI agent for the conversations that matter most.

Cara is built with intense focus by industry experts to deliver a top-decile negotiation strategy across even the most complex, edge-case delinquencies — any item, any time, anywhere.

2× digital engagement

Deeply personalized outbound messaging on a low-friction channel — best-in-class customer engagement.

Quality & consistency, 24/7

The highest-quality conversation, anytime, anywhere — not just during call-center hours.

Personalized end-to-end

Personalized reminders and full conversation history at every touchpoint — Cara remembers everything.

Truly optimized

Cara opens the door for constant strategy and language optimization — truly tune your strategy to each customer.

The conversation

Cara handles the complicated stuff.

Asking the customer the right way at the right time for a little more cash. Leveraging extensions to capture a current-month save. Educating customers on when to save an extension for a rainy day. Repo timing. NSFs. The full negotiation surface.

Promise to pay Extensions NSF resolution Repo timing Payment plans Q&A Regulatory Broken promises
— Sample conversation
Hi Maria, this is Cara from First Horizon Auto Finance. I see your March payment is past due. I’d love to help you sort it out — totally on your schedule. Want to chat now?
I can’t pay the full amount this month. Can I do half now?
Absolutely. Based on your account, $187.50 today and the rest by April 14th would keep you out of the next stage. I can text you a secure payment link — does that work?
Yes please, send the link.
Sent! Tap when ready. I’ll log this as a partial promise and check in on the 14th.

Featured partner

PayNearMe

Cara is integrated with PayNearMe to deliver secure, seamless payment capture inside every conversation — covering cards, ACH, cash, and all the alternative payment rails your customers actually use.

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Ready to see Cara work?

Bring us your toughest, most complex delinquency files. We’ll show you what Cara does with them.

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