It may only be 2022, but in this decade the world is already proving to be a very different place to the decade before.

Over the past two years, Covid-19 has been a massive burden for us all for a multitude of reasons. But it’s only now that we’re truly dealing with the shock that the pandemic has caused to the world economy and the harsh financial reality that we face.

Using innovative data and insight software, we can spot the signs of customers falling into debt, provide earlier intervention support and try and prevent it from happening at all.

We tailor every collections response to the individual, through empathetic agents and technology that personalises customer journeys.

Flexibility is always a priority for any contact centre. When there are peaks in demand, we’ll provide back-up with the operational flexibility that guarantees a confident, sure-footed response. This could involve augmenting your teams with extra staff, introducing self-serve options, analysing customer segmentation to get the most from existing capacity, enabling home-working and more.

As a member of the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst community, we are pleased to support the NCSC’s Cyber Aware campaign which launched on Tuesday 21 April.

We’re releasing our new research into the issues facing people in unmanageable debtin the midst of an economic crisis triggered by Covid-19, which is tipping many people into financial difficulty through no fault of their own.

Capita has secured a three-year contract with major port group, PD Ports Ltd (PD Ports), to implement a managed security operations centre (SOC) and security information and event management cybersecurity solution.

Getting through to someone who can help is causing financial services customers the most frustration, according to the latest Institute of Customer Service report.

Our paper considers the importance of balancing customer-company effort for retention: every interaction must be easy so customers are more likely to return.