B2 Channel Connect - a client integration solution
- 1. Payment Solutions B2 Channel Connect Client Integration Solution Overview B2 TDI Limited, 60 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9EA, T: +44 203 178 5910 E: info@b2-tdi.com
- 2. Content • B2 TDI - Client Integration Vision & Strategy • Enabling Technology • Delivery Options • Business Model
- 3. B2 Channel Connect Strategic Vision for Client Integration • To radically reform the process of integrating corporate customers to a bank’s global transaction network
- 4. B2 Channel Connect Strategy for Client Integration • To reduce the timescales for client integration from months to weeks or days • To significantly reduce the costs of customer integration • To provide a single integrated channel between a bank and its customers for all cash management and other electronic value added e-business services • To support all current and future standards (SEPA, ISO20022 etc.)
- 5. B2 Channel Connect How Are Cost & Time Savings Achieved? • Very high levels of re-usability • Ability to process file formats the client uses now • 10 years of payments & ERP knowledge & experience encapsulated in the B2 Client Integration offering • Leverages proven FX technology where integrations take days not weeks • Advanced graphic development tools enable rapid adaptor development • B2 TDI’s structured methodology
- 6. B2 Channel Connect Enabling Technology for Client Integration • B2 Firebird messaging & workflow platform • Asset class agnostic • 4th Generation Messaging Technology • Massively scalable • Highly resilient • ‘Lego Brick’ reusability • Graphical adaptor development tools • Supports current & future standards The Firebird platform is significantly deployed in the FX and Funds markets carrying large volumes of mission critical transaction each day
- 7. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options for Client Integration • One stop software as a service (SaaS) & client integration consultancy services – fixed monthly fee • On site license with or without client integration consultancy services – fixed monthly fee • Traditional software licenses plus training and support
- 8. B2 Channel Connect Where Does the Hub Technology Fit In? • Between the customer and the bank • Behind the bank’s channels • As part of the bank’s infrastructure
- 9. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options: - Client Connection to the B2 GTS Hub
- 10. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options: - Bank Connection to the B2 GTS Hub
- 11. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options: - B2 Firebird Technology Integrated into Bank Infrastructure
- 12. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options – SaaS Data Centers • B2 Hub CSSF* regulated • Dual live/live data centers • Gigabit fiber link between centers • CSSF regulated data centers • Full Luxembourg banking data security *The CSSF is the Luxembourg financial regulator, similar to the FSA and the SEC. B2 Hub’s operations are considered to be systemically important to the financial services community and are subject to regulatory control in Luxembourg
- 13. B2 Channel Connect Delivery Options – SaaS Data Centre Architecture Data Centre 1 Data Centre 2 Agents UI FIX Others Data Centre 1 Data Centre 2 Communications Infrastructure Interface Interface Interface Interface Multi server architecture for scalability, designed to Clustered Messaging Bus work across multiple data centres. Messaging Messaging Messaging Messaging Clustered Database Access VMWare ESX Database Database
- 14. B2 Channel Connect Integration Scenarios 1. Customer already has integration with another bank 2. Customer requires complex SAP/Oracle integration 3. Client uses multiple ERP systems over a number of locations 4. Customer requires SEPA or other standards compliance
- 15. B2 Channel Connect Scenario – Client Has Existing Bank Integration • Client sends their existing format payment files to the hub • The Hub transforms these to Standard Bank format • The Hub receives statement files and transforms/enriches them to match the format the client expects from their previous bank • The client makes only data changes • Integration process is very quick
- 16. B2 Channel Connect Scenario - SAP/ORACLE Integration • Thin ERP Integrator layer sends/receives files in standard format • The Hub performs country/payment type specific transformations • Client side process ‘lighter’ than standard approach • High levels of re-usability • Integration process is quicker and cheaper than standard approach
- 17. B2 Channel Connect Scenario – Multiple Site Integration • Each site is integrated individually • Hub can receive and consolidate balance data from subsidiaries for cash management purposes • Allows the client to build a central ‘payment factory’
- 18. B2 Channel Connect Scenario – SEPA Standards Conversion
- 19. B2 Channel Connect Comparison with Conventional Integration Conventional B2 TDI Time to complete integration Months Weeks Typical cost for large corporate >$100k up front $70k over 3 years Re-usability level Minimal >90% Client resource requirement Significant for on site solution Minimal using any file in/out facilities File formats supported Limited to Bank supported Any file format in/out formats Support for other bank’s No Yes formats Support for other value added Typically no Yes service messages/files
- 20. B2 Channel Connect Benefits • Instant access to a market leading range of integration services and experience • Rapid migration of clients from other banks • Fixed integration costs • Lower integration costs • Shorter time to market • Significant competitive advantages • Eases client and bank resource constraints • Increased client integration capacity • Provides a channel for other value added services in future
- 21. B2 Channel Connect Business Model • Customer Integration Service Contract • Software License & Support • Bank Support Contract
- 22. B2 Channel Connect Business Model – Customer Integration Service (CIS) B2 TDI Provides Cost Integration of up to an agreed maximum The contract is based on a fixed monthly 1 2 number of clients using the hub. fee over a 3 year period, which includes: This is an end-to-end service from initial • Project scoping client engagement through to on-going • Integration set-up production support. • On-going support • Operating cost The bank provide logistical services such • Project Management as account opening and testing facilities (There are no up front integration or licencing costs in addition to this)
- 23. B2 Channel Connect Business Model – Software License and Support B2 TDI Provides Cost License to use the B2 Firebird software Annual license and support charge 1 2 as part of the Bank’s IT infrastructure dependent on the number of clients licensed and the level of integration Implementation support support required BA Training Remote Support Client Integration Support
- 24. Contact: B2 TDI +44 203 178 5910 info@b2-tdi.com