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8x8 XCaaS Deployed by Darlington Building Society 

8x8, Inc has announced that Darlington Building Society has deployed 8x8 XCaaS as part of their wider digital transformation effort. Due to the sensitive and...

8x8 XCaaS Deployed by Darlington Building Society

8x8, Inc has announced that Darlington Building Society has deployed 8x8 XCaaS as part of their wider digital transformation effort. 

Due to the sensitive and high-value nature of daily calls, the Society needed a robust communications and customer engagement system that could reliably handle steep call volumes, facilitate employee collaboration, and provide secure payment options, regardless of where employees and customers were located. 

Darlington selected 8x8 XCaaS, which includes integrated contact centre, voice, video meetings, and chat capabilities. The Society implemented 8x8 across the entire business, ensuring that callers are quickly directed to the correct person. Staff can communicate and collaborate from anywhere. Additionally, with 8x8 Secure Pay, the Society’s employees can provide reliable and secure payment options to their members. 

Darlington selected 8x8 XCaaS, which includes integrated contact centre, voice, video meetings, and chat capabilities. The Society implemented 8x8 across the entire business, ensuring that callers are quickly directed to the correct person. Staff can communicate and collaborate from anywhere. Additionally, with 8x8 Secure Pay, the Society’s employees can provide reliable and secure payment options to their members. 

Sara Robinson, Savings Support Operations Manager at Darlington Building Society, said: “We chose 8x8 because of their single, integrated cloud platform, and deep financial services industry expertise and experience, in order to deliver on our goals.  

“We deployed in July 2021 with head office and branch numbers staying the same, ensuring a smooth transition as members are still able to communicate with us easily. Through this and more, 8x8 was able to demonstrate that they were the right partner for us, and we are excited to be working together as we continue to enhance customer and employee experiences at the Society.” 

Jamie Snaddon, Managing Director, EMEA at 8x8, added: “As organisations shift to new work requirements, maintaining and enhancing employee communications and customer engagement is fundamental to future success.  

“Providing Darlington Building Society with the 8x8 XCaaS integrated cloud contact centre and communications product enables their employees to communicate and collaborate from anywhere while delivering a differentiated level of customer experience.” 

 8x8 XCaaS is built on the resilient, secure, and compliant 8x8 eXperience Communications Platform that offers the highest levels of reliability with the industry’s only financially-backed, platform-wide 99.999 percent SLA across an integrated Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution. 

 

 

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