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EMI Due Reminder Bot for Banking/NBFC

A few days before an EMI is due, the bot checks in automatically — "pay now," "need more time," or "already paid" each lead somewhere genuinely different, so the collections team only has to personally handle the cases that actually need it.

Option 1

Build it as a Manual Bot

A TemplateTrigger fires automatically off the EMI due date, then a three-way Quick Reply split routes borrowers into a payment link, a collections-team escalation for extensions, or a transaction-reference capture for already-paid cases — all three reconverge at tagging and a closing message.

1.LogicTrigger3 days before the EMI due date (CRM loan record)
2.CommunicationQuick Reply — branches into 3 paths: Pay Now / Need More Time / Already Paid
3.LogicSet Tagemi-reminder-done
4.CommunicationQuick Reply

START

Trigger

Fires On (Required)

3 days before the EMI due date (CRM loan record)

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Quick Reply

Header (Optional)

Image

OR

Paste image URL…

Body Text (Required)

Your EMI payment is due soon. How would you like to proceed?

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Buttons (Max 3)

Pay Now

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Need More Time

14/20

Already Paid

12/20

IF PAY NOW

Quick Reply

Header (Optional)

Image

OR

Paste image URL…

Body Text (Required)

Here's your payment link — it's valid for 48 hours.

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Set Tag

Tag (Required)

emi-link-sent

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IF NEED MORE TIME

Text Input

Prompt (Required)

No problem — could you share a bit about the situation? Our collections team will follow up.

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Team Assignment

Assign To (Required)

Collections Team

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IF ALREADY PAID

Text Input

Prompt (Required)

Great! Could you share the transaction reference or receipt number?

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Set Tag

Tag (Required)

payment-verification-pending

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Set Tag

Tag (Required)

emi-reminder-done

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Quick Reply

Header (Optional)

Image

OR

Paste image URL…

Body Text (Required)

Thank you for the update!

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Advanced settings

Option 2

Build it as an AI Agent Bot

The assistant handles genuine payment-difficulty conversations with care — restructuring options, partial payments, documentation for a hardship request — rather than a borrower just tapping "Need More Time" and waiting for a callback.

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Banking/NBFC & Lending

Online
Hi Deepak, this is a reminder that your EMI of ₹18,500 is due on the 25th. How would you like to proceed?10:00 AM
hi, actually lost some income this month, can i get an extension10:00 AM
I'm sorry to hear that. We can offer a short extension — typically 7-10 days without penalty if requested in advance, which you're doing right now.10:00 AM
that would really help, thank you10:00 AM

Unlike the manual bot above, this isn't one node in a flow — it's a separate AI assistant mode that takes over the entire conversation and replies in natural language until it's switched off.

Which fits this use case?

Manual bot: fast, consistent split into Pay Now / Need More Time / Already Paid, but a borrower needing a payment extension or restructuring gets only a generic "collections team will follow up" message with no immediate resolution.
AI agent: processes a real extension immediately, explains hardship restructuring options, and clarifies credit-score impact — a meaningfully better experience for a borrower in genuine difficulty.
Best fit here: manual bot for the majority of borrowers who pay on time or need a simple payment link; AI agent specifically for the "Need More Time" cases, where empathetic, judgment-based conversation genuinely helps and reduces defaults.

Frequently asked questions

How does the lender know when an EMI reminder should fire?+
A TemplateTrigger fires a fixed time (3 days here) before the EMI due date stored in the CRM loan record, so reminders go out consistently across every active loan.
What happens to a borrower who needs more time?+
They're asked for context and routed directly to the Collections Team via a Team Assignment node — not left waiting in a generic queue.
Can "Already Paid" claims be verified automatically?+
The manual flow tags them payment-verification-pending for a human to confirm against the transaction reference; this could be automated further with a payment-gateway integration node if the lender uses one.
Does the AI agent version actually approve extensions or restructuring?+
It can process standard, policy-defined short extensions (like the 7-10 day grace period shown above), but any longer-term restructuring still requires a human collections officer to finalize terms.

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