FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview Operational excellence in trade finance Trade automation to transform service
To ensure continued success in Asia and to support our domestic clients more effectively we needed greater collaboration, automation and operational consistency across our trade finance business. The implementation approach allowed us to get up and running on the platform very quickly across our Asian business and is enabling us to have a standard operating model across the region and for the global business. We are constantly looking to improve the way we deliver new products and services to our clients. Misys gives us the flexibility to do this. Tier-one Australian Bank Head of Product Management, Global Transaction Banking
Translate efficiency into growth FusionBanking Trade Innovation promises more than efficiency gains. It combines centralised control and straight-through processing (STP) for trade and supply chain finance to deliver superior service level agreement (SLA) management. It can help you transform trade operations to improve margin, win on client service, and capture new opportunities in working capital finance. New trade dynamics, capital and funding pressures, and evolving corporate supply chains are redefining trade finance. How can you deliver a new operating model to improve margin and capture new global opportunities? FusionBanking Trade Innovation supports the broadest range of traditional trade and supply chain finance instruments, on a single platform for business transformation. More than 200 banks use it to reduce costs, increase productivity, broaden their product range, and improve client retention. With FusionBanking Trade Innovation you can achieve a single, global view of all customer dealings with the bank and use this insight to offer best-in-class service and risk management. With improved automation and transparency you can define SLAs for individual clients to gain a competitive advantage. Trade banks with multi-regional processing requirements can relocate operations to lower cost centres to achieve cost reduction and economies of scale. The system s customisation toolkit allows local adaptations to be made to augment and extend preconfigured and centrally managed workflows. The solution is fully integrated with the trade and supply chain finance modules of Misys FusionBanking Corporate Channels to achieve complete STP from front-end online and mobile channels, to back-office operations. Many users have increased trade volumes by more than 50% and reduced costs by 80% across their trade finance operations. Misys reduces time to market and project risk with its proven model bank implementation methodology and trade finance expertise. Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview 3
FusionBanking Trade Innovation in action Tier-one bank transforms front-to-back trade operations across 26 countries The unique model bank methodology allowed Misys to demonstrate a structured best practice approach to the automation of bank trade finance business. Global Head Trade and Working Capital Solutions, Tier-one European bank A global bank wanted to centralise governance of its trade finance business, relocate processing to lower cost hubs and reduce IT and staff overheads. It was struggling to meet client SLAs and needed to find a proven solution that had sufficient flexibility to meet local requirements and the scalability to support its expansion into Asia. The bank chose FusionBanking Trade Innovation, along with the trade module of FusionBanking Corporate Channels. To accelerate results, the bank adopted the Misys model bank implementation approach. The system went live at the Asian hub within a year. As the bank deploys the solution across multiple geographies, IT costs are projected to be cut by 25%, along with an 80% reduction in operational overheads. 4 Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview
FusionBanking Trade Innovation Advanced workflow management Software development kit Global/regional processing Workflow orchestration Extended customisation Screen tailoring Trade and Financial Supply Chain Management Traditional trade Letters of credit Collections Standbys and guarantees Participations Shipping guarantees Cash letters Reimbursements Core platform 24/7 processing Team reallocation SLA Dashboard Financial supply chain management Approved payables finance Invoice discounting Clean payments Open Account/ Bank Payment Obligation FusionFabric Connect FusionBanking Corporate Channels Trade services Cash management FX/Treasury FusionCapital services Mobile banking Reporting Fees/charging Imaging Archiving Accounting Interfaces: SWIFT, watchlist checking etc The bank s business case for Trade Finance transformation Improved efficiency and operational margin by Global processing drives labour relocation and cost savings of Systems consolidation leading to IT costs reduction of 20-30 % 80 % 25 % Source: In-house cost-benefit analysis European tier-one bank Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview 5
The FusionBanking Trade Innovation advantage Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation transforms trade operations to drive growth in domestic and cross-border trade and supply chain finance. The system is designed with the working capital needs of buyers and suppliers in mind so you can lead the competition with service quality, focus on relevant and timely product delivery, and gain a single management view of your entire trade finance business. Reduce operational cost Eliminate operational risks and reduce the costs of manual processes with centralised resources and processing to increase operating margin. Customer service excellence Win and retain trade finance business with a reputation for service excellence. Deliver best-in-class SLAs on a clientby-client basis, manage these across your entire business, from a central location, and become more responsive to clients with total workflow control. Optimise your operating model Alter workflows quickly and easily to route transactions efficiently at each stage of the lifecycle. You can reallocate work across geographical locations to cover peak times, and implement follow the sun processing to increase productivity and deliver the individual processing requirements of your clients. Scalable working capital finance programmes Support the liquidity and working capital needs of exporters and importers. Alongside traditional trade, you can offer pre-shipment finance services to innovate in product delivery and deliver scalable supply chain finance programmes that are managed alongside your trade operations. 6 Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview
Global visibility, and risk oversight Manage risk across your entire trade finance business. Centralised trade operations combined with credit risk, limits tools and watchlist integration delivers a single platform to view and manage risk. Front to back integration FusionBanking Trade Innovation routes messages from customer channels into back office workflows with full STP. The system can be deployed in unison with the FusionBanking Corporate Channels trade portal solution, or any other in-house or third party system. Reduce time to market Benefit from our experience, with a proven implementation approach that includes off-the-shelf business workflows for trade, reflecting 20 years of successful trade services implementations. You can use standard business processes as a baseline, and our customisation toolkit to adapt as business priorities evolve. This also promotes a build once, deploy many times approach for more rapid multibranch roll-out. We chose Misys because its offering combines the strength of the back-office processing system, FusionBanking Trade Innovation, with the online delivery console provided by FusionBanking Corporate Channels trade portal. The integrated system will contribute greatly to the efficiency of our operation and assist us in maintaining the level of customer satisfaction on which we pride ourselves. Tarja Pitkänen Head of cash management, Pohjola Bank Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview 7
Product capabilities FusionBanking Trade Innovation is designed to scale with your trade finance business and puts the needs of your corporate clients at the heart of your operating model. A comprehensive set of trade finance and supply chain finance applications support traditional trade finance, open account and supply chain finance services. Core processing The core back office system delivers accounting, fees and charges, risk and limits management, custom reporting, archiving, imaging, SWIFT payments, batch uploads (automatic or manual) and interfaces to business applications and processing modules. Traditional trade finance FusionBanking Trade Innovation supports the most comprehensive set of traditional trade instruments with an intuitive interface for the management of letters of credit, standbys and guarantees, collections, participations, reimbursements, cash letters and bankers acceptances. Working capital finance With a consolidated view of your trade finance business you can also implement pre-packaged and configurable workflows for buyer and supplier centric supply chain finance programmes, covering approved payables, invoice discounting and pool based factoring. Global/regional processing This delivers the standardised processing and customisation needed to deliver best-in-class multi-region trade services, all with a single view of global operations. It ensures service consistency across countries, and allows local compliance or legal requirements to be met, while keeping costs under control. SLA dashboard Customisable and interactive dashboards allow you to take control of the SLA management process across the entire business and to monitor client programmes or transactions. Risk management With dedicated credit risk management tools for trade finance you can automate credit approvals and flag violations. Real-time services also allow integration with credit limit systems, such as FusionRisk Credit and specialist systems such as FusionBanking Loan IQ for advanced collateral management. 8 Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview
Technical highlights FusionBanking Trade Innovation is delivered on the latest technology and with a modern customisation toolkit to give you the control and accessibility you need across your evolving trade finance business. Software Development Kit (SDK) FusionBanking Trade Innovation allows you to customise workflow orchestration, for example to integrate with external workflow engines and watch lists, and include Know Your Customer and facilities checking. You can augment the platform with system tailoring tools to meet your precise local and regional client and compliance requirements. Access anywhere Benefit from a platform independent JEE-based architecture with a webbased user interface. This allows both local and remote access and supports the hubbed approach, where hardware and operational support are centralised but end users are geographically spread across branches, regions or continents. Fusion Banking Trade Innovation modules are fully integrated with the trade and supply chain finance applications in FusionBanking Corporate Channels, the client facing online and mobile platform. Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview 9
Professional services and customer support An industry proven best practice approach that s the guiding principle of our professional services and support model. Misys clients benefit from our long track record of successful implementations. We appreciated the SAG service that provides a direct and effective communication channel between banks and the system vendor (Misys). Mr. Tang Yong Feng Team leader, Treasury Systems China Minsheng Banking Corporation Best-practice delivery The delivery of FusionBanking Trade Innovation is supported by the Misys model bank approach which allows you to leverage best practice workflows in the design, development and quality assurance of your trade solution. While we acknowledge that one size doesn t fit all, we know that a delivery approach that focuses on industry proven best practice process models helps our clients to save costs and benefit from the institutional knowledge Misys has developed across thousands of successful implementations. It means: Faster implementation: Repeatable delivery means projects are shorter and more predictable. Reduced TCO: Clear focus avoids unnecessary expenditure. Less risk: A standard, proven approach means many risks have already been mitigated. Centre of excellence Co-located with our development teams, the 200-strong Misys Service Delivery Centre ensures that we share best practice both internally and with partners. It enables us to refine implementations offsite before taking them back to the client. Customer support Misys clients benefit from the expert knowledge of 1000+ resources worldwide whose primary function is to provide professional, scalable software support and maintenance. Deep domain expertise: Our technical and application support people have strong industry and product knowledge with continuous technical and industry training programs to ensure that Misys support teams can meet your evolving business needs. Scalable support model: As a Misys client, you can choose from a standard, professionalised support model or a specialised, premium support package depending on your needs. Because Misys support has a broad, global footprint that operates in all time zones and regions, Misys teams can scale to your requirements. Valuable advisory services: Our Systems Advisory Group (SAG) provides system reviews to help clients understand how to use their Misys systems more effectively and derive maximum value from their applications. SAG reviews have helped more than 80% of participating customers to identify ways to utilise their Misys software more effectively and use more system functionality. 10 Misys FusionBanking Trade Innovation Software overview
Proven award winning solutions Global Trade Review 2013 Winner: Best Trade Finance Software Euromoney Trade Finance Awards for Excellence Winner: Best trade finance tech-solutions company Trade and Forfaiting Review Gold Medal: Winner: Best trade finance software vendor Banking Technology Awards 2013 Winner: Best Payments Product or Service
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