Anti-money laundering software saves $1M

Anti-money laundering software saves $1M

Banking

Unified AML proves to be a game changer

Global bank overcomes Anti-Money Laundering monitoring challenges and saves $1M in infrastructure costs with a unified front end.

Client

A top 5 global bank

Goal

Create a unified platform for anti-money laundering functions, analytics, and compliance implementations

Tools and technologies

Angular 5, Java, Open Shift, and DevOps

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The client expanded its fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring functions, involving multiple lines of business and 15,000 employees. The scaled system led to the lack of standardization of frameworks and resultant adoption of disjointed, manual-intensive, and high-cost AML technology. The ongoing disconnect hindered the efforts of automating, consolidating; and implementing AML functions, enterprise analytics, and regulatory compliance efficiently throughout the organization.

SOLUTION

Iris optimized existing operations and technology investments by developing and implementing a unified point of access for the discrete AML functions, featuring micro-front-end architecture. Engineered to be horizontally scalable through containerization with common authentication and authorization gateways, the single user interface (UI) allows onboarding and control of multiple extended AML functions, including visualization of metrics.

OUTCOMES

The solution amplified efficiencies and reduced costs through the automated system and seamless exchanges of information. Significant outcomes included:
  • Hassle-free transition from multiple to a single UI
  • Unified, streamlined user experiences with more effective sessions
  • Creation of standardized deployment procedures for AML rules and applications
  • Saving of nearly $1M on infrastructure costs
  • Reduced infrastructure maintenance time
  • Frictionless migration of applications to the cloud

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A legacy portfolio gets a makeover

Mobility | Software product companies

Conquering the cloud

Iris developed a multi-device mobile ticketing and permitting application that seamlessly integrated with local government systems using cloud technology for more efficient law enforcement.

Conquering the cloud
Iris developed a multi-device mobile ticketing and permitting application that seamlessly integrated with local government systems using cloud technology for more efficient law enforcement.
Conquering the cloud
Iris developed a multi-device mobile ticketing and permitting application that seamlessly integrated with local government systems using cloud technology for more efficient law enforcement.
Conquering the cloud
Iris developed a multi-device mobile ticketing and permitting application that seamlessly integrated with local government systems using cloud technology for more efficient law enforcement.
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A legacy portfolio gets a makeover

Advisory & Consulting

A legacy portfolio gets a makeover

How one of the Big Four advisory firms turned around an under-performing, high-cost application portfolio to meet growing business needs.

Client

The client is one of the Big Four advisory firms.

Goal

Modernize the legacy application to meet growing business needs.

Tools and technologies

MS SharePoint, MS .Net and MS SQL Server.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The client had multiple legacy applications, deployed over the years. Its business needs had grown with time and the applications were falling short of required service levels. The client faced the following challenges:
  • Lack of integration: Most of the integration with upstream and downstream systems was manual, resulting in common data getting obsolete quickly.
  • The client was finding it difficult and expensive to hire and retain resources to maintain the legacy apps.
  • The legacy system was prone to security breaches and couldn’t be deployed on the enterprise-level stack.
  • The existing system supported only single-user applications, and it wasn’t possible to roll them out to multiple users.

SOLUTION

After a comprehensive analysis, we rationalized, classified and distributed the client’s applications portfolio in four areas: 1) upgrade and continue to maintain; 2) rewrite to modernize; 3) consolidate overlapping applications using a framework approach; and, 4) retire. The idea was to deliver maximum value at the lowest cost possible and ensure the system complied with security standards. Here’s what we did for the client:
  • Upgraded the technology stack for the application(s) to lower maintenance costs, improve efficiency and meet growing business needs.
  • Used an in-house technology modernization framework to reduce development and maintenance costs.
  • Consolidated applications that were doing similar tasks and had similar features and modernized them.
  • Retired applications, whose features were available through other applications.
The success of our solution was based on our ability to quickly gather complete information about the existing applications. To do that, we used a questionnaire that we have developed and refined over the years that helps us gather information in a structured and comprehensive manner about the architecture, user base, maintenance methodology, etc.

OUTCOMES

  • With the legacy modernization and application consolidation process, we reduced the client’s application portfolio from 45 applications to less than 10.
  • Reduced the resources required for maintenance from six to two.
  • The framework-based approach accelerated time-to-market, a critical differentiator for the client.

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An agile sprint for financial data

An agile sprint for financial data

An agile sprint for financial data

How Iris helped a mega sportswear brand’s global operations and financial reports go flexible, agile, and analytical.

Client

Among the world’s largest manufacturers of sportswear, the client sells its products in more than 120 countries and employs more than 13,000 people.

Goal

To significantly reduce turnaround time and ease associated with report creation.

Tools and technologies

Microsoft SQL Server’s Analysis Services (SSAS), Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Boomi AtomSphere, and Power BI.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The client’s finance department was using standard SAP reports which limited the flexibility to slice and dice data or add fields to reports. Modifying or creating new reports was either difficult or expensive. Top management, including the CFO and financial controllers, were finding it difficult to create a high-level, integrated view of the company’s finances. The existing process required data transposition between various systems, including the SAP and Oracle systems. Much of this data was extracted and consolidated manually, which was time-consuming, and took around a week.

SOLUTION

Iris executed a distributed Agile framework for the client’s global delivery model. Our solution pulled data out of the client’s SAP ERP system using Dell Boomi adapters, and leveraged SSIS (SQL server integration services) to transform it into enriched data. This data was mapped and made actionable through interactive PowerBI Tableau dashboards. With the help of a custom-made finance data model, a data warehouse was created. The easily shareable data cubes not only replaced all legacy reports, but also reduced the number of SAP user licenses.

OUTCOMES

With the availability of Power BI dashboards and the capability to slice-and-dice financial data, client managers now have a better view of operations and accounting flows. The data consolidation allows users to create need-based reports without additional licenses. The automation of the entire process from data extraction and transformation to publishing of analytical cubes has enabled the client teams to significantly reduce time required to produce reports – from days to a few minutes. They have been able to achieve a 95% reduction in time and effort.

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A playbook for banks on managing M&A integration

A playbook for banks on managing M&A integration

Banking

A playbook for banks on M&A integration

Efficient management of the complexities of disparate systems and data after an acquisition saves time and money.

Client

Banks that have merged or acquired new businesses.

Goal

Manage migration and integration complexity post M&A.

Tools and technologies

The Iris business acquisition playbook for banks.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

In a low-interest rate regime, achieving scale is the only way for banks to stay profitable. The top 25 banks are growing at a rate faster than rest of the pack. The search for profitability from scale is predicated upon their ability to ensure that operational costs do not grow linearly with business. A significant part of this growth will come inorganically. Apart from M&As, brownfield expansion comes with banks selling off their books of business for reasons ranging from realigned strategic priorities to the more mundane need of raising cash. Any IT costs in absorbing the new book of work will negate the advantages of size.

Solution

Iris has been working with banking clients to create a business acquisition playbook outlining steps to insource with a migration and integration strategy. We have enabled clients to deal with post-merger integrations and create a single source of truth for transactional data and positions. The Iris team delivered solutions specifically tailored for applications in the loan origination and servicing space. We have helped our banking clients:
  • Consolidate multiple acquisition playbooks to create a single standardized framework for their lending business
  • Define insourcing steps for business and technology teams and create a migration strategy with quantifiable recommendations and a reusable checklist for insourcing activities.
  • Assess capability and readiness and help them choose from insourcing options:
  • Achieve full migration of data and systems
  • Achieve partial migration of systems and data migration and integration
  • Manage data integration and connectivity for lending business.

Outcomes

We have helped clients achieve 50% savings in cycle time and cost for post-merger integration of business processes, application and data.

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An API ecosystem expedites customer onboarding

An API ecosystem expedites customer onboarding

Transportation & Logistics

How APIs help in rapid customer onboarding

A global leader in logistics created an API ecosystem that significantly transformed its customer experience.

Client

The client is a leading logistics and transportation services provider, ranked among the top 10 in the world.

Goal

Rapid onboarding of partners and customers; improve customer experience.

Tools and technologies

Azure, Dell Boomi APIM and oAuth 2.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The growing volume of business required the client to respond faster to market demands. On their current systems, it was a challenge for the support staff to onboard new clients and service their requests.

The client needed a solution that would help it respond quickly to diverse business needs, including:

  • Last mile shipment tracking and alerts across carrier networks
  • Quotes for multiple shipment options
  • Special fulfilment orders
  • Order personalization for seasonal surges

SOLUTION

We proposed and developed a comprehensive API layer that allowed customers and partners to access client systems using APIs.

Customers and partners could easily track shipments and get quotes on their own. This reduced the need for support personnel to service routine requests. The team configured these APIs on Boomi’s API Management to enable seamless real-time integration.

OUTCOMES

  • Improved onboarding speed: 20+ partners per month
  • Enabled client to handle large volumes of requests, with a service capacity of 35,000 API requests a day
  • Improved customer experience through real-time rates and quotes

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