Technology savvy Ethiopian bank partners with Profinch for an OFSAA implementation, goes live in 2.5 months.

Banking Analytics And Regulatory Compliance

The client is a leading financial services provider and a pioneer of multi-channel banking in Ethiopia. The bank extensively employs technology and has fashioned various channels to offer a range of banking services to a large customer base.

Challenge Ahead

The client was looking at streamlining the process of meeting regulatory reporting requirements to ensure accuracy and timeliness of delivery through OFSAA implementation. The bank was intent upon partnering with a vendor with know-how and experience in delivering OFSAA projects on time. The client had stringent timelines and wanted to ensure the vendor delivers as per these.

Project Scope

The scope of the project was finalized to implement the following modules:

Highlights

The project was successfully completed within the agreed timelines. This ensured that the bank was equipped to fully comply with the whole range of regulatory guidelines.

End-to-end implementation achieved in record 2.5 months including complete handovers.
Stage set for all future OFSAA projects which would be important for the bank to keep pace with the ever-changing regulatory climate.
Data Mapping with the source systems achieved and all inaccuracies corrected within the stipulated time.
Helped the bank significantly cut efforts and risks with the automation of Customer Due Diligence and Risk Scoring processes.

Conclusion

Completing the project in very taut timelines was challenging in more ways than one. However, a seamless end-to-end implementation as promised was duly achieved. The client has been highly appreciative of the timelines being met on all fronts and how it has contributed to chalking out the future roadmap. For Profinch, it was an insightful experience as it helped the team further understand the nuances of collaborative effort and how it scripts client success stories.