Bankers almanc

1. Helping banks access banking information that is trusted for over 130 years

2. Contents Introduction How we are used in: Financial Institution departments Payment Processing departments Compliance department Contact details

3. Bankers Accuity has a combined strength of banking information from the well respected “Bankers Almanac” and “Accuity”. We have been helping banks globally with information that saves time and enable operations to be more efficient Please refer to the department that is of concern for you and you can see how we have helped over 25,000 clients globally to date. Introduction

4. Financial Institutions Case study Problem Solved: Bank A is seeking new correspondent relationships in new markets. The FI team is not sure who to look for, and also need to obtain documents for KYC purposes. Time zone was an issue and it was difficult to get hold of anyone. How we solved the problem: The Bankers Almanac platform contains information on who to contact for such relationships, and also KYC documents as well as a correspondent/counterparty relationship platform for you to manage this information well and save time going through everything manually. Increasing c orrespondent relationships Perform due diligence on correspondent banks Checking credit risk of correspondent banks

5. Type of data Helps to verify bank information Research on banks globally Understand rankings Obtain credit ratings See ownership and branches

6. Payment processing Provide data that fixes payment failures Provides information for payment routing method that is cheapest Provides necessary information for customers to use when integrated with banking system Case study Problem Solved: Bank A received fees from correspondent banks/counterparties and have been billing the customer for such exception. Bank A was losing customers to another bank because of the lack of customer service and would like to improve the payment success rate for international banking. They want to avoid the costs and also able to fix the payment faster before the transfer is made. How we solved the problem: Bankers Almanac provides banking data that can be used in banking systems to fix the data so that it is not transferred and fixed before it is sent to prevent such payment failures. The data was used by both the payment processing team as well as a direct feed into the system that helped all transfer sources such as internet banking, front-office without delaying and increasing customer satisfaction.

7. Type of data Obtain SSI details Understand routing preferences Obtain correspondent banks Find the best payment route Obtain local clearing codes Subsidiaries Correspondents

8. Compliance Department Provide consolidated KYC data on correspondent banks Provide data for KYC on customers and employees Provide screening solution for anti-money laundering obligations Case study Problem Solved: Bank A has over 100 counterparties and correspondents. Not only do they need to review their risk level, they also require to screen their shareholders and ensure compliance on all levels. How we solved the problem: Bankers Almanac is the official provider of banking due diligence documents that was created in collaboration with the Wolfsberg Group. Also, Bankers Almanac is able to provide reports that saves time on periodic reviews that covers the entire KYC requirement on correspondent banks.

9. Type of data Bank License Ownership details Due diligence documents as recommended by Wolfsberg Group

10. Contact Us Today Jeanne Lee 李卉評 Key Account Manager 香港帳戶經理   BANKERSAccuity 3 Killiney Road, #08-01, Winsland House I, Singapore 239519 Hong Kong Toll-Free: 800 966 835 Telephone : [phone] (GMT + 8) E-Mail :  [email protected] Web :  bankersalmanac.com / bankersaccuity.com