PR - Columbia Ultimate Continues Steady Growth into 2008

Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia Ultimate, the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money, today announced that it is entering 2008 with a record-growth of 61 new clients. The company is poised to continue this growth and drive new revenue streams through business analytics offerings as well as its newest suite of collection software – Ajility – currently entering into the early adopter phase.

New product innovations such as the launch of Collector Logic for mid-sized agencies and continuous improvements to solution offerings for the government sector have contributed to the company’s steadfast growth. Moreover, Columbia Ultimate has increasingly differentiated its offerings in the marketplace by delivering solutions with integrated analytics and providing clients with the ability to better strategize their collections efforts and generate maximum ROI.  The Ajility Agency Suite of software, services and client care is slated to launch later this year to provide a complete, end-to-end solution for debt collection process.

Currently, more than 550 collections agencies, debt buyers, government, banks, healthcare and retail organizations rely on Columbia Ultimate’s collection solution through business strategies to collect more, more effectively and  streamline collection and debt recovery. 

“Our consistent achievements and strong financial standing have helped usher us into the new year on a very solid ground,” said R. Fred Houston, president and CEO, Columbia Ultimate. “This year, we have aggressive plans for new product offerings and innovative client services and support programs, and are continuously employing new methods and approaches to determine how we can generate more value to our clients.”

Columbia Ultimate’s latest bi-annual customer survey indicated a 92 percent client satisfaction rate. Areas of “understanding client business” and “providing tools and services to maintain competitive edge” were some of the most common client responses for overall satisfaction.