FORT WORTH, Texas and SAN DIEGO –

This week, Pelican Auto Finance selected Payix to provide its collections tools, including its new mobile collections application. The tools are designed to help Pelican better connect with its contract holders and improve its ability to collect installment payments.

The companies highlighted the mobile app and other tools are white labeled and integrate with Pelican’s portfolio management system in real time. They allow borrowers to make payments quickly, easily and securely — and without paying convenience fees often charged by other payment processors.

The app is now available to Pelican borrowers under the finance company’s name in Google Play and the App Store.

“The Payix mobile app is for reaching more than millennials. It’s exactly what the subprime automotive finance market needs to reach all of its borrowers,” said Joel Kennedy, chief operating officer of Pelican Auto Finance. “It allows us to seamlessly integrate consumer payments and communications into our system, and it makes it incredibly easy for our customers to engage with us, too.

“I really think any lender without an app like this runs the risk of falling behind,” Kennedy added.

In addition to providing collections tools, Payix also offers payment processing resources and business intelligence solutions typically available only to large-scale finance companies. Now providers of any size have access to a broad range of resources that are effective, affordable and easy-to-use, according to Payix president Chris Chestnut.

“We’re excited to have been selected by the great team at Pelican Auto Finance to provide our collections tools and payment processing resources,” Chestnut said.

“As a new company, we really appreciate being able to work with a lender as experienced and knowledgeable as Pelican,” he continued. “Their help and support have been invaluable to us, and we’re 100 percent committed to providing them with solutions that help their business and borrowers succeed.”