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TEEP

FinTech · 4 to 6 weeks, scoping to production

99.9% Uptime Knowledge System for 3,500+ Users

A production knowledge retrieval system serving 3,500+ active users in the FinTech payments space, built for scale, compliance, and sub-300ms speed.

  • 99.9% uptime in production across 3,500+ active users
  • Sub-300ms response time under full daily query load
  • Payment-domain guardrails ensuring every answer stays on scope
99.9%
uptime
<300ms
response time
3,500+
active users
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TEEP
99.9%
uptime
<300ms
response time
3,500+
active users

“Customers now get instant, accurate guidance inside the payment flow, fewer handoffs, faster resolutions, and greater tr…”

Chika Ibegbu

The situation

The starting point

TEEP processes 2,500 to 5,000 customer queries per day across its digital payments platform, covering airtime top-ups, cable subscriptions, tuition, and ticketing. Support teams were fielding the same policy and process questions repeatedly. Existing search returned imprecise or outdated results, answers were inconsistent, and every unnecessary handoff was eroding customer trust in the payment flow.

  • Support teams spending significant time answering the same process and policy questions on repeat
  • Keyword search returning imprecise or outdated answers to legitimate customer questions
  • No guardrails: search could surface out-of-scope or potentially misleading information
  • Scaling query volume meant scaling headcount, with no intelligent alternative in place
  • Customer trust was tied directly to the speed and accuracy of every single support interaction

What was delivered

What the System Does

A production-grade knowledge retrieval system embedded directly into the payment flow, giving customers and staff immediate, accurate answers with no handoff required.

  1. Intelligent Query Resolution

    Customers ask questions in plain language. The system finds the most relevant answer from the knowledge base and returns it in under 300ms. No keywords, no guessing, no waiting.

  2. Payments Domain Guardrails

    The system only answers within its defined scope. Questions outside the payments domain are handled appropriately, protecting both the customer and the business from off-topic or unsafe responses.

  3. In-Flow Integration

    Embedded directly into the web and mobile payment experience. Customers get answers without leaving the transaction, reducing drop-off and increasing payment completion rates.

  4. High-Volume Reliability

    Built to handle thousands of queries per day without performance degradation. 99.9% uptime in production means support is always available exactly when customers need it.

  5. Compliance and Audit Logging

    Every query and response logged in structured format. Full audit trail for quality review, regulatory compliance, and continuous system improvement over time.

  6. Cost-Efficient Architecture

    Enterprise-grade retrieval performance without the overhead of managed vector database services. The same capability at a fraction of the infrastructure cost.

The outcome

The Outcome

A system that eliminated the repeat-query burden on support teams and put accurate answers inside the payment flow, where customers actually need them.

  • 99.9% uptime maintained in production across all query volume
  • Sub-300ms average response time under the full daily load of 2,500 to 5,000 queries
  • Significant reduction in support handoffs and manual escalations
  • Seamless integration into existing web and mobile payment surfaces with no new app required
  • Full compliance logging and audit trail operational from launch

“Customers now get instant, accurate guidance inside the payment flow, fewer handoffs, faster resolutions, and greater trust in every transaction.”

Chika Ibegbu

CEO, TEEP

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