FOR LICENSED MONEY LENDERS · SECURITIES BROKERAGES

WhatsApp for lending and brokerage enquiries

Manage permitted lending and brokerage enquiries in one shared inbox. Connect approved channels, route clients to their advisor, and use secure systems for sensitive documents and decisions. Confirm platform eligibility for your business and market.

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Illustrative service status updates workflow with authorised staff and a secure handoff; not a product interface or customer result.
Application captured
Disclosures logged
Routed to their RM
Every client, 1:1
Reply goal
Route enquiries promptly and measure completed outcomes.Set a target for your own workflow.
−24%
Cost per lead with lead optimisation versus conversation optimisation in Meta’s experiment.Meta, 116K campaigns, 4–10 Nov 2024
69%
Survey respondents prefer messaging a business to calling it.Meta/Kantar, reported August 2024

External studies describe specific samples and periods. These are not imBee customer results or a forecast.

Trusted by licensed lenders and brokerages across HK

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The licensed-lender reality

Start with channel eligibility

A lending licence does not by itself establish WhatsApp eligibility. WhatsApp prohibits debt collection and certain lending business models. Review your actual business and use case against current platform rules and local requirements before launch. WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy.

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Start with channel eligibility

A lending licence does not by itself establish WhatsApp eligibility. WhatsApp prohibits debt collection and certain lending business models. Review your actual business and use case against current platform rules and local requirements before launch. WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy.

02

Slow identity verification kills applications

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

03

Slow speed-to-lead loses the applicant

Set an appropriate response target and give permitted enquiries a clear owner. Measure qualified enquiries and completed applications for your own workflow, with staff responsible for financial decisions.

04

Client chats live on RMs' personal phones

For a brokerage, every client conversation on a relationship manager's personal WhatsApp is a supervision gap, invisible to the firm, invisible in an inspection, and gone the day the RM resigns. The book belongs to the firm only if the conversations do.

05

Fragmented channels, and no WeChat for HK borrowers

Enquiries on WhatsApp, documents on email, reminders on SMS: staff tab between tools and borrowers fall through the gaps, with no single auditable record of who said what. Western-built lending tools don't speak WeChat at all: a blind spot for the HK borrower with mainland-China ties.

06

Sensitive borrower data leaks through the cracks

Sensitive identity and financial information needs approved collection, access and retention controls. Masking a field does not establish that requesting it through a particular channel is permitted.

One borrower journey, end to end

Enquiries, secure applications and service

Manage permitted lending and brokerage enquiries in one shared inbox. Connect approved channels, route clients to their advisor, and use secure systems for sensitive documents and decisions. Confirm platform eligibility for your business and market.

Step 1

Capture & Verify

Secure identity verification

Step 2

Applications and service

Service updates through approved systems.

Step 3

Serve Investors. Brokerage

Give every client their own RM, branded, routed, alerted.

1 Capture & Verify

Secure identity verification

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

  • Approved channels and consented follow-up
  • 24/7 multilingual response, Cantonese, Mandarin, English
  • In-chat pre-qualification before any hard credit pull
  • Documents through an approved secure portal.
  • Documents via secure systems; updates in chat.
  • Application-abandonment recovery, opt-in, to applicants who started only
Capture & Verify
Illustrative application enquiries workflow with authorised staff and a secure handoff; not a product interface or customer result.
2 Apply, Disburse & Repay

Service updates through approved systems.

Provide permitted service updates and links through your configured workflow. Keep sensitive account actions and payments in approved secure systems. Use an appropriate alternative channel for activities restricted by platform rules.

  • Documents through an approved secure portal.
  • Disbursement notification + receiving-account confirmation
  • Service updates through approved systems.
  • Receipt-of-payment confirmation + statement-of-account via secure link on request
  • Early-settlement requests routed to the right team in-chat
  • Measure outcomes against your own baseline.
  • Track delivery, available read receipts and replies
Applications and service
Illustrative account support enquiries workflow with authorised staff and a secure handoff; not a product interface or customer result.
3 Serve Investors. Brokerage

Give every client their own RM, branded, routed, alerted.

Manage permitted lending and brokerage enquiries in one shared inbox. Connect approved channels, route clients to their advisor, and use secure systems for sensitive documents and decisions. Confirm platform eligibility for your business and market.

  • Custom web-chat widget in your firm’s brand, plus SDK embed in your app
  • Automatic 1:1 routing, every client to their own RM, with handover cover and supervisor visibility
  • Margin calls & fraud alerts with one-tap escalation to the RM
  • Documents through an approved secure portal.
  • Click-to-WhatsApp acquisition, account-opening & IPO interest captured as conversations
  • RM sees only their own book; the book stays with the firm when an RM leaves
Serve Investors. Brokerage
Illustrative advisor enquiries workflow with authorised staff and a secure handoff; not a product interface or customer result.

Where it starts

Every front door lands in the same inbox.

Paid, social and your own site all become a 1:1 thread with the client’s own RM, tagged with where it came from and archived from the first message.

WhatsAppThe ad opens a chat, so the enquiry is customer-initiated and carries its campaign, ad set and ad.
Comment-to-DMEvery comment on a product post gets a public reply and a private DM.
Website WidgetA page-targeted greeting on rate and account-opening pages, shown only when an RM is free.
One governed inboxRouted 1:1 to the client’s own RM, attributable to a named user and archived in full.
A complete applicationDocuments via secure systems; updates in chat.
A client bound to an RMThe relationship sits on your platform, not on a personal phone.
An attributed sourceThe ad, post or page that produced the application, reportable per branch.
The imBee Click-to-WhatsApp Ads view, each ad carrying its campaign and ad set into the conversation, with its conversion flow beside it

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Click-to-WhatsApp Ads inside imBee. Every ad keeps its campaign, ad set and ad on the conversation it opens, and conversion events go back to Meta, so the spend and the enquiry are the same record.

More use cases

More ways lenders and brokerages put imBee to work.

Distilled from how digital lenders and brokerages run acquisition, verification and client service in chat (rebuilt for licensed, supervised teams) with the audit trail to show for it.

Capture

Application drop-off retargeting

Most applications don't die: they stall. Automated nudges fire at the exact stall point (document upload, offer review, e-sign), in the same consented thread, until the file moves or the applicant opts out.

Scheduled RemindersOpt-in ManagementMasking, RBAC & AuditMedia & Documents
Capture

Event-booth QR opt-in

At fairs and roadshows, a QR on the booth opens a chat that delivers an instant welcome voucher and captures a consented subscriber, footfall becomes a broadcast-ready lending audience.

QR Codes & LinksBroadcast CampaignsOpt-in ManagementMasking, RBAC & Audit
Verify

Secure identity verification

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

Scheduled RemindersKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart RoutingContact Profiles
Verify

Controls matched to your workflow

Ground draft replies in approved product information. Authorised staff remain responsible for credit, regulated advice, claims, complaints and hardship requests. Test responses and escalation paths before deployment.

Integrations & APIReporting & AnalyticsKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart Routing
Apply / Disburse

Ad-to-application in one flow

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

WhatsAppKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart RoutingContact Profiles
Apply / Disburse

Instalment comparison and e-sign

Ground draft replies in approved product information. Authorised staff remain responsible for credit, regulated advice, claims, complaints and hardship requests. Test responses and escalation paths before deployment.

Opt-in ManagementSmart RoutingContact ProfilesTemplate Buttons
Apply / Disburse

Disbursal receipt with schedule

Provide permitted service updates and links through your configured workflow. Keep sensitive account actions and payments in approved secure systems. Use an appropriate alternative channel for activities restricted by platform rules.

CRM SyncMedia & DocumentsKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart Routing
Repay

Service updates and staff support

Provide permitted service updates and links through your configured workflow. Keep sensitive account actions and payments in approved secure systems. Use an appropriate alternative channel for activities restricted by platform rules.

Drip SequencesScheduled RemindersMessage TemplatesKotak Masuk Omnichannel
Repay

Applications and service

Provide permitted service updates and links through your configured workflow. Keep sensitive account actions and payments in approved secure systems. Use an appropriate alternative channel for activities restricted by platform rules.

Kotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart RoutingContact ProfilesMessage Templates
Retain

Approved channels and consented follow-up

Capture permitted enquiries and route them to the appropriate team. Evaluate qualified leads, service outcomes and handling time in your own pilot, with approved consent, escalation and integration arrangements.

Message TemplatesTags & SegmentsKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart Routing
Retain

Settlement letters on demand

Settlement confirmations, discharge letters and closure documents self-served via secure links in the thread and filed automatically, record-keeping your conduct-rule obligations can point to.

Chat History ExportMedia & DocumentsKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart Routing
Recover

Risk-flag escalation

Route hardship and complaint requests promptly to authorised support staff. Keep credit decisions and advice with qualified personnel. Do not use WhatsApp for debt collection; arrange an appropriate alternative channel for restricted activities.

Human HandoverSmart RoutingMultibahasaKotak Masuk Omnichannel
Brokerage

Branded widget lead capture

The website visitor reading your research becomes a WhatsApp conversation in one tap (through a chat widget in your firm’s own brand, on web and in-app) arriving in the inbox with the page context attached.

Website WidgetKotak Masuk OmnichannelSmart RoutingContact Profiles

A key stated reason HK brokerages choose imBee. (imBee client feedback)

Brokerage

Guided account opening

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

WhatsApp Flows FormsHuman HandoverDelivery & Read ReceiptsMedia & Documents
Brokerage

IPO interest capture and corporate-action notices

A click-to-WhatsApp campaign or opt-in broadcast captures IPO interest as conversations while intent is hot; subscription windows, allotment results, dividend elections and rights issues then follow as actionable notices from your verified sender, segmented by holding and consent.

WhatsAppBroadcast CampaignsOpt-in ManagementTags & Segments
Brokerage

Margin-call cascades

Where the approved systems and channel support the use case, send appropriate authentication or service alerts. Keep account details, verification and protective actions in authorised secure systems, with a clear staffed escalation route.

Proactive NotificationsSmart RoutingTemplate ButtonsKotak Masuk Omnichannel
Brokerage

Book continuity when RMs move

Client conversations belong to the firm, not the RM’s handset, role-based access, full archive, and a book that reassigns in minutes when someone resigns. The relationship survives the departure.

In-Chat BookingSmart RoutingMasking, RBAC & AuditKotak Masuk Omnichannel

Benchmarks shown are third-party industry research or published sector case results, not imBee measurements.

Governed AI

AI assistance with human oversight

Ground draft replies in approved product information. Authorised staff remain responsible for credit, regulated advice, claims, complaints and hardship requests. Test responses and escalation paths before deployment.

That's the only AI a licensed lender or a regulated brokerage can responsibly put in front of a customer, and the only one a compliance officer will let you keep there.

CantoneseEnglishMandarinWhatsApp · WeChat
The imBee Team Inbox with imBee AI drafting a reply grounded in the branch’s own knowledge base, before a person sends it

How it fits together

Every channel in. One governed thread. Your systems in sync.

Nothing is bolted on afterwards: the conversation, the AI, the automation and the audit trail are one system, wired to the tools your teams already run on.

Where customers reach you
WhatsApp
WeChat
Instagram
Facebook
LINE
SMS
Website widget
In-app live chat

imBee

One governed thread, from the first message to the system of record.
Omnichannel InboxEvery conversation and its history in one place, routed to the right team
imBee AIAnswers from your own knowledge base, with guardrails and human handover
Journeys and automationBooking, reminders, campaigns and workflows, triggered by your data
GovernanceMasking, role-based access, retention and a full audit trail
Your systems
Loan origination
Credit bureau API
Tenaga Penjualan
HubSpot
Payment gateway
300+ more
Connects withLoan originationCredit bureau APISalesforceHubSpotPayment gatewayWebhooks & API300+ more

Platform tersebut

Everything a licensed lender needs to move digital.

A lending licence does not by itself establish WhatsApp eligibility. WhatsApp prohibits debt collection and certain lending business models. Review your actual business and use case against current platform rules and local requirements before launch. WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy.

Kotak Masuk Omnichannel

WhatsApp, WeChat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, LINE, SMS and webchat in one inbox, with routing, assignment and full borrower context. WeChat coverage matters for HK borrowers with mainland-China ties.

Kampanye & Siaran Pemasaran

Confirm account eligibility, supported channels, staffed languages and integration coverage for each actual market. Platform rules and local requirements still apply; one configuration does not establish suitability everywhere.

imBee AI, governed intelligence

Ground draft replies in approved product information. Authorised staff remain responsible for credit, regulated advice, claims, complaints and hardship requests. Test responses and escalation paths before deployment.

Branded Web Widget & App SDK

A chat widget in your firm’s own brand on your website, and embedded natively in your mobile app via SDK. One consistent client experience, design and logic configurable by your team, feeding the same governed inbox.

Verification & e-Sign Workflows

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

Tata Kelola Data

Review the certification scope and the proposed data flow. Configure access, masking, audit and retention controls for your deployment, and verify encryption separately. Keep restricted identity and financial information in approved secure systems.

The imBee Team Inbox: every channel in one thread, the customer’s profile and history beside the conversation, and assignment and tagging without leaving it

Swipe the screen to see the rest.

One inbox, every channel. WhatsApp, WeChat, Instagram, LINE, SMS and your own app land in the same thread, with the customer’s history beside it and every message logged.

Review the certification scope and the proposed data flow. Configure access, masking, audit and retention controls for your deployment, and verify encryption separately. Keep restricted identity and financial information in approved secure systems.

The full toolkit

Every capability, in one view.

Available on the imBee platform today. Plan availability is confirmed during scoping.

Inbox and channels

Kotak Masuk OmnichannelMulti-Number ManagementWhatsApp CoexistenceWebsite WidgetIn-App Live Chat SDKComment-to-DMQR Codes & LinksMultibahasaWhatsApp GrupVoice Notes

AI that follows your guidelines

Agen AIAI CopilotRAG Knowledge BaseImage OCRAI Execution TraceHuman Handover

Campaigns and outreach

Broadcast CampaignsWhatsAppDrip SequencesDynamic SegmentsCarousel TemplatesMessage TemplatesTemplate ButtonsDynamic URL ButtonsDelivery & Read ReceiptsFailure Tracking

Automation and routing

Journey BuilderSmart RoutingAuto-AssignmentBusiness-Hours RoutingTicketing & SLAScheduled RemindersProactive NotificationsConversation Auto-CloseBalasan Cepat

Booking, commerce and forms

WhatsApp Flows FormsIn-Chat BookingLive Calendar SyncCatalog in ChatPayment LinksMedia & Documents

Contacts, data and systems

Contact ProfilesTags & SegmentsCustom FieldsBulk Contact ImportOpt-in ManagementCRM SyncIntegrations & APIChat History ExportSnippets & Notes

Governance and insight

Masking, RBAC & AuditSSO & IP AllowlistReporting & AnalyticsCSAT Surveys
The imBee monitor view: today’s activity, response and resolution times, volume by channel and the status of every team

Swipe the screen to see the rest.

What every team actually did. Response and resolution by team and agent, CSAT after the conversation, role-based access and a full audit trail on every thread.

Before and after

Today, and with imBee.

The same four moments, run the way they run now and the way they run once every branch shares one governed inbox.

Kemampuan
Today
With imBee
Applications
Emailed PDFs and re-keying
Documents via secure systems; updates in chat.
Client to RM
The RM’s personal phone
Automatic 1:1 routing, the book stays with the firm
Margin and fraud alerts
Unanswered phone calls
Actionable messages with in-chat acknowledgement
Supervision
No record of what was promised
Every message archived and auditable

Mengapa imBee?

Controls matched to your workflow

Confirm account eligibility, supported channels, staffed languages and integration coverage for each actual market. Platform rules and local requirements still apply; one configuration does not establish suitability everywhere.

1

Start with channel eligibility

Use approved systems to present the disclosures and acknowledgements required for your actual product and market. Your authorised team approves the content and timing. imBee supports the configured workflow; software alone does not establish compliance.

2

WeChat + Cantonese for HK borrowers

Mainland-linked borrowers don't live on WhatsApp alone. imBee covers WeChat + Cantonese natively: a channel Western-built lending tools simply don't have.

3

Approved sources. Human decisions.

imBee AI hands off to a human on hardship, complaints and any credit decision. The handoff is the product, not a workaround.

4

Verification without the drop-off

Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.

5

The widget brokerages actually want

A web-chat widget in your firm’s own brand, plus an SDK embed in your app, with every client routed 1:1 to their own RM. One experience across web and app, one governed inbox behind it: a key stated reason brokerages choose imBee (imBee client feedback).

6

ISO 27001 + message-level masking

Review collection, storage and access. Confirm display masking, encryption and retention separately for your deployment.

7

One auditable inbox, whole customer journey

Manage permitted lending and brokerage enquiries in one shared inbox. Connect approved channels, route clients to their advisor, and use secure systems for sensitive documents and decisions. Confirm platform eligibility for your business and market.

8

300+ integrations

CRM, loan-origination systems, credit-bureau APIs and payment rails, enterprise depth the SMB-oriented messaging tools can't match.

Questions

Everything you might be wondering.

Can a licensed money lender legally use WhatsApp to acquire customers? +
A lending licence does not by itself establish WhatsApp eligibility. WhatsApp prohibits debt collection and certain lending business models. Review your actual business and use case against current platform rules and local requirements before launch. WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy.
How does imBee help with the Money Lenders Ordinance (Cap. 163) in Hong Kong? +
Use approved systems to present the disclosures and acknowledgements required for your actual product and market. Your authorised team approves the content and timing. imBee supports the configured workflow; software alone does not establish compliance.
Is it safe to use AI in conversations with borrowers? +
Ground draft replies in approved product information. Authorised staff remain responsible for credit, regulated advice, claims, complaints and hardship requests. Test responses and escalation paths before deployment.
How does imBee protect sensitive borrower data? +
Review the certification scope and the proposed data flow. Configure access, masking, audit and retention controls for your deployment, and verify encryption separately. Keep restricted identity and financial information in approved secure systems.
What happens when a borrower says they cannot repay? +
Route hardship and complaint requests promptly to authorised support staff. Keep credit decisions and advice with qualified personnel. Do not use WhatsApp for debt collection; arrange an appropriate alternative channel for restricted activities.
Does imBee integrate with our loan-origination and core systems? +
Yes, 300+ integrations including Salesforce, HubSpot, and connector patterns for loan-origination systems, credit-bureau APIs, payment rails and eKYC providers such as Sumsub. Conversations sync to the systems of record your compliance team already trusts.
What's the implementation cost and onboarding time? +
Pricing is tailored to lender size, channel mix and integration depth, book a demo for a scoped quote. Standard onboarding takes weeks, not months, because document-collection, repayment-reminder and broadcast flows ship as configurable templates rather than from-scratch builds.
Which channels and languages does imBee support for money lenders? +
WhatsApp, WeChat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, LINE, SMS and webchat in one inbox. Cantonese, Mandarin and English are first-class, WeChat + Cantonese coverage is uniquely relevant for HK borrowers with mainland-China ties.
How does imBee handle document collection and verification status in chat? +
Use chat for permitted enquiries and non-sensitive application updates. Collect identity and financial documents, contracts and signatures through approved secure systems. Confirm channel eligibility and the necessary integrations before rollout.
How do borrowers get funded and repay, what does the disbursement and payment flow look like? +
Provide permitted service updates and links through your configured workflow. Keep sensitive account actions and payments in approved secure systems. Use an appropriate alternative channel for activities restricted by platform rules.
Does the WhatsApp green tick / verified sender help with borrower trust? +
Yes. A verified business sender (imBee is an Official Meta Technology Partner on the official WhatsApp Business Platform) shows borrowers the message genuinely came from your licensed entity, which matters in a sector where impersonation scams are common. It lifts open and action rates on reminders and disbursement notices, and reduces the 'is this a real lender?' hesitation.
Can imBee help us re-engage applicants who dropped off? +
Yes, but compliantly. Application-abandonment recovery is opt-in and targeted only at applicants who started a journey (never cold outreach to non-customers, which MinLaw prohibits). A gentle in-chat nudge to resume where they left off recovers partially-completed applications without crossing the advertising line.
Can each brokerage client be routed automatically to their own relationship manager? +
Configure client-to-advisor routing, team permissions and reassignment in the shared inbox. Confirm how access and conversation history are retained when an advisor changes role, and measure the handoff process in your own deployment.
Can we brand the chat widget and embed it in our own app? +
Yes: the web-chat widget carries your firm’s own branding on your website, and the same widget embeds natively in your mobile app via SDK, so clients get one consistent experience on web and app. Design and logic are configurable by your team, and every conversation feeds the same governed inbox with routing and audit.
How do margin calls and fraud alerts work on WhatsApp? +
Where the approved systems and channel support the use case, send appropriate authentication or service alerts. Keep account details, verification and protective actions in authorised secure systems, with a clear staffed escalation route.
Does imBee work for licensed moneylenders outside Hong Kong? +
Confirm account eligibility, supported channels, staffed languages and integration coverage for each actual market. Platform rules and local requirements still apply; one configuration does not establish suitability everywhere.

Ready when you are

Review your channels and workflow

Manage permitted lending and brokerage enquiries in one shared inbox. Connect approved channels, route clients to their advisor, and use secure systems for sensitive documents and decisions. Confirm platform eligibility for your business and market.