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RPA, ML, API, DLTLearning to appreciate alphabet soup
Alex Yang2019‐09‐18
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History of innovation in financial services
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Allowed the replacement of
physical recording by digital data
Enabled batch overnight processing
Automated banks and branches and facilitated offline remote banking
Enabled data centers, intranets and corporate
systems
Facilitated the global exchange of data and
enabled a series of international businesses
Created a new medium to interact with
clients and collect data
Spearheaded frictionless payments
Internet MobileSemiconductor microprocessors Mainframes Terminals
and PCs Local networks Smart Devices
Credit cards Messaging (e.g. SWIFT)
ATMs e‐trading Digital banking
futureEmerging technologies
Biometrics
Cloud computing
Cognitive computing
Distributed ledger technology
Machine learning / predictive analytics
Quantum computing
Robotics
Technology innovation has been fundamental to financial services industry transformation
World Economic Forum 2016 – The future of financial services infrastructure
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Exponential growth of data
Moore’s Law Exponential advancement
Revolutionin machine learning & AI
Quantumcomputing
Systems of recordData creation & storage
Automation & big dataSystems of intelligence
1950 1970 1990 2010 Today Beyond
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What is Artificial intelligence?
AI includes several rapidly evolving technologies that increasingly perform human‐like functions, providing the ability to reinvent everyday activities.
Natural languageAbility to
understand text and voice with the intent to retrieve or act on
information
Machine learning
Systems learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human
intervention
Robotics automationReplicates the
actions of humans operating computer systems in order to
run processes
Predictive analytics
Provides a best assessment of future
possibilities and trends by computing
large data sets
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Artificial intelligence: How it can be used in banking
AI can enhance the client experience across treasury.
Access account information and make payment & service requests using a
chatbot
Real‐time access to account information,
relevant market intelligence and
analytics
Insight to help you determine the best
payment schedule for your liquidity and capital needs
Help improve cash forecasting, balance sheet optimization
and risk management
DashboardAdvisory Automation Insight
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Improved processing of information – for example in credit decisions, business
contracts and customer interactions – may create a more efficient financial system.
As emerging technology providers bring capabilities to market, their role within large organizations becomes critical and may give rise to more dependency on third parties.
Testing and training of new AI technologies based on unbiased data and feedback
mechanisms may help ensure applications do what they are intended to do.
Evaluating the uses of AI and machine learning is important to identify risks,
including adherence to rules on data privacy, conduct risks and cybersecurity.
AI is reinventing the client experience for nearly all industries, especially financial services. By 2025, as many as 95% of all customer interactions with banks will be through channels supported by AI technology. This rapid shift requires financial institutions to refine business practices to deliver a successful client experience.
Artificial intelligence: What to expect
More efficiencyMore efficiency Dependence on third partiesDependence on third parties
New auditing methods New auditing methods New risk modelsNew risk models
| Source: Servion Global Solutions 2017
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Potential benefits
Increased rate of straight‐through processing
Reduce days sales outstanding (DSO)
Accounts receivable team efficiencies
Enhanced customer experience
Innovation example: Intelligent Receivables®
AI‐driven data capture, customizable matching rules and multi‐source remittance processing.
Remittance data received from
multiple sources
Paymentinformation processed
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Automated matching
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Online exception management
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Enhanced file returned
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Use case
Payer identification Invoice reconciliation Deepens P2E efficiencies
Compared to less than 20% for majority of companies
80‐90%AUTO ‐POST INGTHE I NNOVATORS
TOP 19Named in the Top 19 financial innovations of the year ‐ Global Finance’s The Innovators 2018
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What is an API?
| Source: MuleSoft
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Potential benefits
Real‐time access
Unbundledbanking services
Supplementexisting channels
Reduce time spent on integration projects
Innovation example: API Gateway
Enable capabilities outside of traditional banking channels for clients, their trusted service providers and banks to communicate in new ways.
Initiate a payment from an ERP system
Use caseBank productsand services
TradeFX
CardPayments
Reporting Liquidity
View account data from multiple banks in one place
Download account activity to workstations
Bank of America Merrill LynchAPI Gateway
Banks & payment networks
Fintech providers
CashPro Assistant
Treasury management
systems
Analytics software
Traditional bank
channels
Vendor alliances
Forecasting tools
Client ERP integration
Ex: Transaction Inquiries API provides real‐time access to current and prior day data for clients (vs. 4‐6 month file integration project)
Real‐time access
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What is DLT?
What does blockchain mean for financial services?Solving complexity, enabling efficiency and creating trust.
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) A record of consensus maintained and validated by multiple parties, or nodes.
BlockchainA form of DLT comprised of immutable, digitally recorded data stored in packages called blocks.
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Traditional process Blockchain process
Each participant has his own ledger Single, shared ledger; tamper‐evident Greater transparency Reduced fraud
Relies on third parties for validation No third party – participants must validate before transaction is added
Improved efficiency Increased control
Paper‐intensive process Eliminates or reduces paper process Faster processing Reduced costs
Why blockchain is relevant
Virtually any asset of value can be tracked and traded on a blockchain network, which can help reduce risks and cut costs for all involved.
“The blockchain lets people who have no confidence in each other collaborate without having to go through a neutral central authority.”
‐ The Economist
Potential benefits
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Blockchain: How it can be used in banking
Ease transaction friction and open the ecosystem to new
nontraditional players
Program contract terms & obligations into blockchain, maximizing adherence (e.g., final contract, signatures, claims)
Record and notarize any type of data, whose meaning can be financial or otherwise
Shared master data repository for common industry info, allowing members to query data
Track true ownership of a product across the supply chain using immutable &irreversible source of info
Transfer payment across currencies almost instantly at
lower costs; access to unbanked and remote areas
Create auditable source of info, shared & verified across network of organizations
(e.g., KYC compliance)
Drive efficiency in clearing & settlement of digital assets
Provenance Multi‐party aggregation Record keeping Re‐insurance
Trade finance Cross‐border payments Digital identity Clearing & settlement
Key value drivers
Counterparty riskRegulatory efficiencyOperational simplification
FraudLiquidity & capitalClearing & settlement time
Use cases
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Potential benefits
Simplified correspondent banking model
Transparency in payments
Potential U.S. liquidity provider
Reduced investigations & repairs
Innovation example: Ripple cross‐border solution
Ripple’s distributed ledger solution remedies legacy correspondent banking infrastructure challenges and provides bi‐directional messaging to enhance payment tracking, data transmission, and enables enhanced certainty in settlement.
Proof of concept use case
Cross‐border treasury payments
Foreign exchange market maker
Cross‐bordertreasury receipts
Proof of Concept
TodayLinear model
Potential futureSimultaneous settlement
FX(SGD/USD) (USD) (USD) (USD)
FX(USD/EUR)
Sanctions Balances STP
OGB’s correspondent Sanctions Balances STP
BBK’s correspondent Sanctions Balances STP
Sanctions Balances STP
BeneficiaryOriginator
(SGD)
Sanctions Balances STP
BeneficiaryOriginator
(EUR)
Sanctions Balances STP
DLT Prevalidation Approval Confirmation Settlement
FX Market Maker
Sanctions Balances STP
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