A Diverse and Effective Retrieval-Based Debt Collection System with Expert Knowledge

Jiaming Luo, Weiyi Luo, Guoqing Sun, Mengchen Zhu, Haifeng Tang, Kenny Q. Zhu, Mengyue Wu


Abstract
Designing effective debt collection systems is crucial for improving operational efficiency and reducing costs in the financial industry. However, the challenges of maintaining script diversity, contextual relevance, and coherence make this task particularly difficult. This paper presents a debt collection system based on real debtor-collector data from a major commercial bank. We construct a script library from real-world debt collection conversations, and propose a two-stage retrieval based response system for contextual relevance. Experimental results show that our system improves script diversity, enhances response relevance, and achieves practical deployment efficiency through knowledge distillation. This work offers a scalable and automated solution, providing valuable insights for advancing debt collection practices in real-world applications.
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2025.naacl-industry.11
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Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track)
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April
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2025
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Weizhu Chen, Yi Yang, Mohammad Kachuee, Xue-Yong Fu
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Jiaming Luo, Weiyi Luo, Guoqing Sun, Mengchen Zhu, Haifeng Tang, Kenny Q. Zhu, and Mengyue Wu. 2025. A Diverse and Effective Retrieval-Based Debt Collection System with Expert Knowledge. In Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track), pages 129–137, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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