Boutique Micro-Finance Recovery CFDC 00129711/26
087 056 3119 collections@elzrecoveries.co.za

Recover Track Resolve

Specialism Post charge-off recovery
Compliance CFDC registered
Approach File-by-file, by name
Engagement No win · no fee

ELZRM is a boutique recovery firm built for one purpose:
Working the written-off book of RSA micro-finance lenders.
Every file is handled by name.

  • No call-centre treatment.
  • No volume games.

Just disciplined recovery on the accounts your team has already given up on.

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What we do

We don't chase every kind of debt.
We recover one kind, exceptionally well
written-off micro-finance accounts.

About ELZRM

A specialist partner for the accounts you've already written off.

—— 01 / About
Most micro-finance lenders carry a charged-off book that just sits there — provisioned, written down, and quietly accepted as a loss. It doesn’t have to. ELZRM exists to work that book, file by file, until every recoverable rand has been recovered.

ELZ Recoveries Management is a boutique recovery firm.

  • What we work Accounts that have already been through your internal collections cycle, written off, and parked on the bad-debt ledger.
  • How it works You hand over the book; the debt becomes our problem to solve. We trace, contact, negotiate, recover.
  • Full visibility The purpose-built ELZRM Suite tracks every file, every contact made, and every rand collected — live, not monthly.
  • Properly accredited CFDC-registered (00129711/26) and POPIA-aligned. Every step on record, every demand letter accountable.
  • Deliberately small Every file is worked by a named recovery agent — not a queue, not a script, not a robocall. We say no to mandates we can't service properly.
1

Specialist, not generalist

We only work micro-finance bad book. That focus is what makes us good at it — we know the debtor profile, the affordability constraints, and the right pressure points.

2

Boutique by design

We are deliberately small. Files are handled by named agents, not queues. You speak to the same recovery specialist every time you call about a book.

3

CFDC-registered

Properly registered with the Council for Debt Collectors. Every contact logged, every demand letter on record, every step accountable.

4

Transparent by platform

The ELZRM Suite gives you live visibility — files under management, original debt, recovered to date, garnishee status, settlements. No black box.

Our services

What we do, end to end.

—— 02 / Services
01

Written-off book recovery

The core of what we do. Once a micro-finance loan has been charged off internally, you hand the file to us. We work it from cold, find the debtor, re-establish contact, and recover — on a contingency basis, so we only earn when you do.

02

Skip-tracing & debtor location

Most written-off micro-finance accounts have one thing in common: the debtor has gone dark. We use compliant data sources, employer verification and proprietary tracing methods to locate them — lawfully and quickly.

03

Compliant collection

Structured outreach across phone, SMS, email and WhatsApp — every contact logged, every disclosure made, every Section 129 requirement followed. Compliance isn't an add-on; it's how we work, full stop.

04

Payment arrangements & settlements

Most micro-finance debtors can't pay in full — but most can pay something. We negotiate realistic payment plans and settlement offers based on affordability, then track them to completion via the ELZRM Suite.

05

Pre-legal demand & handover

When soft-collection runs out, we escalate. Formal Section 129 notices, attorney-ready file packs, garnishee preparation, and seamless handover to a panel of partner attorneys when litigation becomes the right move.

06

Live reporting — ELZRM Suite

Every client gets visibility into our purpose-built recovery platform: files under management, original debt, recovered, garnisheed, collected. No spreadsheets, no monthly waiting. Your book is always current.

How we work

From hand-over to recovery, in four moves.

—— 03 / Process
1

Hand over

Sign a mandate, transfer the written-off book to us. Files load into the ELZRM Suite within 48 hours of receipt.

2

Trace

We re-establish contact — via skip-tracing, employer verification, and a proper, compliant outreach cycle.

3

Resolve

Negotiate payment plans, settlements or full recovery — based on affordability and your mandated parameters.

4

Report

Live reporting through the ELZRM Suite. You see every file, every payment, every status — in real time.

No win, no fee
Aligned incentives
Contingency-based pricing on qualifying mandates. We only earn when we recover. Your written-off book has nothing to lose.
48 hours
From mandate to first contact
Sign the mandate, transfer the file. Within two working days the book is loaded, traced, and the first compliant contact is going out.
By name, not by queue
Boutique handling
Every file has a named recovery agent. You call once and speak to the person actually working your book — not a switchboard.
Hand over a book

Have a written-off book sitting on the ledger?

Send us a portfolio summary or pick up the phone. We respond to every micro-finance enquiry within one working day — with a confidential, no-obligation assessment of what's recoverable from your bad book.

We respond within one working day.

Accredited · Registered · Data partners
Council for Debt Collectors (CFDC)
National Credit Regulator (NCR)
TransUnion
Xpert Decision Systems (XDS)