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REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Transform regulatory requirements from necessities to opportunities

Banks face an ever-changing flow of new laws and directives from legal authorities - from improving transparency and risk management to fighting terrorism financing and money laundering. Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, IFRS, MiFID, SEPA, AML, US Patriot Act and KYC are only a few of the more well-known regulations that may be impacting your business. Experts estimate that one-third of a bank's IT costs are spent on complying with regulatory requirements. This amounts to a huge potential for optimization and cost savings.

Achieve business results faster with Software AG

Adapt flexibly and quickly to new global, regional and local regulatory requirements.
Reduce the time-to-compliance for new regulations.
Ensure transparent process instances and exception handling.
Leverage compliance-related investments for business improvement initiatives as well.
Free up your IT resources for more value-generating activities with Business Process Management.
With Software AG’s Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), you can create new business services from existing functionalities, e.g., to identify suspicious transactions and potential fraud.
Software AG’s Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) allows you to have complete control over every process instance, a key requirement of many regulations.
Our Rule Engine contains all of the business logic and checks that are required for internal controls and regulatory mandates.
With our Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) tool, you can move beyond spot testing of internal controls to dynamically monitor the real-time performance of every business process, transaction and control point.

Our Regulatory Compliance solutions utilize the Software AG Business Infrastructure Suite, enabling organizations to achieve business results – faster. Learn More.

Recommended Next Steps

Let Software AG ensure that your institution meet all regulatory requirements cost effectively while improving your efficiency. For more information, contact: banking@softwareag.com.

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Reference Story: Commerzbank, Germany
Time-to-market is a decisive factor for financial institutions that want to have an edge over competitors. Commerzbank has significantly reduced the time-to-market for new, complex financial products based on Software AG’s XML database Tamino.
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Compliance Solution Partner: ILOG
ILOG's Business Rule Management System (BRMS), ILOG JRules, replaces hard-coded business logic and scattered policies with automated, centralized business rules for greater efficiency, lower total cost of ownership and enhanced compliance.
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MiFID Solution Partner: b-next Engineering GmbH
b-next provides an integrated, state-of-the-art platform for meeting regulatory requirements such as the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), trade control, market conformity checking and surveillance of insider trading.
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Fact sheet: Regulatory Compliance in Banking

Transform regulatory requirements from necessities into opportunities.

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Sarbanes-Oxley Event Monitoring Scenario

Learn how Software AG can help any enterprise satisfy their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements using continuous control monitoring.

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How Customers See US

Customer Quote:
“The effects of the solution are significantly shorter time-to-market and lower IT development and maintenance costs.”

Guido Stöcker
Director Data Warehouse Department
Commerzbank AG, Germany

References

Volkswagen Financial Services AG

SOA integration of established host applications for efficiency and investment protection

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