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Business intelligence
Abraxsys

integrated banking software

System
Admin and
Security

Central
Accounting

Central
Database
Information
Processing

Transaction
Processing

Interfaces

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Contents
Intelligence for banking

Effective infrormation

Integrated BI for banking

Rapid access to accuracy

Banking-specific BI

Always current data

BI tailored for banking

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Abraxsys solution summary

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System
Admin and
Security

Central
Accounting

Central
Database
Information
Processing

Transaction
Processing

Interfaces

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Business intelligence
for better banking
COR Financial Solutions (COR-FS) sets high
standards. Our staff are drawn from more than
a dozen countries worldwide and are among the
finest professionals and specialists to be found.
Our clients include commercial banks, private
and investment banks, investment managers and
corporates.
Abraxsys offers a powerful integrated banking
solution with a complete portfolio covering
central accounting, corporate banking, retail
banking, treasury, payments, business intelligence,
and compliance. The software is delivered as
a complete package, and each business area
component can be enabled as your banking
activities expand.
There are no complex upgrade or migration paths,
and the modular, modern software build allows
very rapid implementation and go-live. Abraxsys
makes it possible to introduce new banking
services quickly, comply with regulatory and
compliance demands, and offer real-time business
and profitability insight.

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Intelligence for banking

Abraxsys is a comprehensive, integrated suite of
banking applications offering extensive functionality,

Abraxsys business intelligence:

from treasury operations through compliance and anti

money laundering to internet banking. The software
provides real-time, multi-user, multi-currency and

intelligence with a simple browser-based

multi-branch banking operations that automate all

user interface, enabling timely and accurate

aspects of a financial institutions business activities.

reporting

The advanced Abraxsys business intelligence solution

Tailored banking solution, with pre-built

enables rapid and easy analysis of precious customer

inquiries and reports designed specifically for

data for sales and business management purposes.

banking, delivering flexible and exceptionally

From within Abraxsys, critical marketing, trend

cost-effective analysis

and forecasting information can be presented for

immediate action, offering faster business response
and clear competitive advantage.

Integrated banking-specific business

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Effective information
Jewels of precious information

Clarity amid clutter

Buried within customer transaction data are jewels

Gaining clarity from the data trapped in millions of

of business information. Being able to extract and

customer transactions may seem a daunting or even

present useful analysis to executives rapidly and at

impossible task. Once built, links to external systems

acceptable cost is a critical challenge.

may be difficult to alter, and changing report timings,

content and presentation involves time and cost.

Obtaining a consolidated view of customer and deal-

In these situations, delivering reports to users in a

based information from banking systems frequently

manner that genuinely solves their business needs

involves IT department support. Other demands

can be a costly exercise.

on personnel time and the technical difficulties of

exporting the data can introduce delays, which may

With a fully integrated business intelligence solution

reduce the value of the extracted information.

available within the core product, Abraxsys eliminates

almost all of the technical challenges and costs

The Abraxsys banking suite offers a self-contained

associated with analysis and reporting.

business intelligence solution, immediately available

to users.

Abraxsys business intelligence connects directly

with core banking transaction data, and provides

The Abraxsys business intelligence component

an easy to use, intuitive interface for authorised

provides direct analysis of current transaction data

users. Valuable trend analysis, benchmarking,

and delivers very rapid results and it requires

key performance indicators and much more may

no technical knowledge to operate. Executives

be monitored using browser-based screens with

are presented with timely information at very low

intelligent information filters. Specific reports can be

operational cost, enabling fast reactions to new

delivered straight to executive inboxes.

trends and enhancing business response.

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Integrated BI for banking

ATM/teller
terminals

Retail
branch office

SWIFT

Reuters
Dealing 3000

Other
front office
systems

Internet
banking

User deal
input

Deal capture
Transaction processing
Corporate
lending

Retail

Trade finance

Treasury

Payments

Operational controls and compliance

Payments, settlement and clearing
Consolidated risk management
Accounting
Report/extract
generator

Asset/Liability
Management

Reconciliation

PC extracts,
report archiving

ALMeter

Corona, Tram,
Intellimatch

Abraxsys

integrated banking software

Gateway

SWIFT

Local
clearing

Other
interfaces

Business
Intelligence

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Rapid access to accuracy

Easy to use

Simple search and navigation

At the close of each business day, data is

With external business intelligence systems, the

automatically consolidated from the banking systems

training curve can be steep. Differing screen layouts,

to the business intelligence database. In a multi-

menus and methods can hinder the transition

branch environment, data may be extracted from

between activities. With the underlying data held in

each branch and consolidated in the central database.

an isolated database, it may not be possible to drill

The transfer is incremental and intelligent, and runs

down from charts generated by external business

overnight when system resources would otherwise

intelligence tools back to the banking transactions.

be idle.
Abraxsys built-in business intelligence offers webPre-written reports, many of which are provided as

like search and navigation screens, with the same

standard within the Abraxsys business intelligence

terminology as the core banking application.

solution, are generated without user intervention,

ready for review the next morning. Ad-hoc queries

The familiar layout makes it easy to locate and select

can also run on the stored data, and new reports can

data for inquiry with very strong user authentication

be created for the next run.

to control access to authorised data sets only.

The business intelligence database stores all static

Abraxsys business intelligence enables speedy

and transaction data, and the volume of historic

access to related information such as customer,

data held is virtually limitless. The data is summarised

account, deal information and associated underlying

and indexed during overnight processing, making

accounting entries through embedded links.

searches very rapid, despite the enormous wealth of

information.

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Banking-specific BI
Cost-effective implementation

Reports right out of the box

Third-party business intelligence tools certainly offer

Pre-built reports, developed in close association with

outstanding functionality and delivery. To make

many banking customers, are available right out of

this possible, data must be extracted, normalised

the box.

(transformed) and loaded into a database or

warehouse ready for analysis. The implementation

The Abraxsys business intelligence solution is not

process requires a very great deal of planning, and

intended to replace generalist third-party tools

can be a lengthy and costly process.

where these are appropriate. For the vast majority of

banking analysis and enquiry, Abraxsys offers highly

As an integrated component of the core banking

specialised and very powerful reporting that answers

suite, the Abraxsys business intelligence solution

in truly comprehensive fashion the needs of the

requires little more than user configuration to enable

financial community.

immediate productive use.

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Always current data

Reliable corporate compliance

Information and reporting

Managing corporate data and business intelligence

Understanding profits, expenses and margins at

also concerns compliance officers and executives

multiple levels is critical to business success. Being

responsible for risk management and business

able to review operations analyzed by location,

strategy.

department, team, banking activity, instrument and

a host of other possible slices will offer tremendous

Where business intelligence is generated by industry-

business insight and competitive advantage.

standard tools at the corporate level, Abraxsys

provides extensive functionality for data export.

The Abraxsys business intelligence solution contains

a large number of displays and standard reports

External data from other applications within and

designed to enable very close business activity

outside the corporation may be incorporated in the

monitoring. From interest accrual and income analysis

Abraxsys database, which can then be analysed in

by client, department profit centre and division, to

an integrated fashion with the banking transactions.

exposure and position analysis, Abraxsys delivers

External data might come from remote branches,

accurate and timely performance and profitability

geographic and demographic systems, credit scoring

intelligence, based on data that is always current.

information and a variety of related sources.

For example, FX deals and positions can be revalued
The ability of the system to incorporate external

and compared to the previous days revaluations to

information allows Abraxsys users to gain a more

isolate sensitivity caused by the days dealing, spot

complete customer picture, based on both banking

rate changes or points fluctuations.

and non-banking data.

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BI tailored for banking

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Abraxsys enables individual profit centres to be

Abraxsys offers an outstanding solution, offering a

defined by almost any term or group. Using this

very wide range of customer-focused services from

technique, the profitability of a funding department,

within a single highly integrated package.

such as Treasury, can be compared with the lending

and borrowing transactions from other profit centres.

With modular components for corporate finance,

retail banking, treasury and internet banking,

Any long or short currency position in each profit

Abraxsys is the ideal starting point for all new and

centre will automatically be funded using overnight

refurbishment banking projects.

rates by the funding profit centre. Individual profit

centre trial balances can be produced, which correctly
apportion the cost of funding, thus identifying each
departments real profitability.
The Abraxsys business intelligence solution provides
a highly flexible, integrated environment that delivers
accurate, timely information of immense business
value at a fraction of the cost of third-party tools.

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Abraxsys solution summary

User profiling

General ledger

Audit trails

Multi-branch accounting

Secure access

Profit-centre accounting

System
Admin and
Security

Central
Accounting

Compliance

Revaluation
Profit taking

Know your customer

Fee amortisation

Anti money laundering

Central
Database

Regulatory reporting
Information
Processing

Transaction
Processing

Corporate banking

Interfaces

Business intelligence

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Interest accruals

Risk analysis

Retail banking

Profitability

Treasury

Audit reporting

Internet banking

Document management

Market data

SWIFT

Management information

Reuters

Domestic clearing

Asset/liability management

Generic accounting API

OFAC

Nostro and confirmations matching

About COR Financial Solutions

COR Financial Solutions creates software packages

Experienced staff, many of whom have previously

exclusively for the financial services industry, focusing

worked on the client side, understand the challenges

on banking and transaction management, risk

facing financial institutions. All COR Financial

management, and straight-through-processing (STP).

Solutions software is designed to enhance business

processes through information delivery, using the

With offices and partner offices in Boston, London,

benefits of automation to increase accuracy, speed

New York and Singapore, COR Financial Solutions

and reliability.

offers global coverage and support. COR Financial

Solutions enjoys the confidence of more than

To learn more about COR Financial Solutions,

200 institutional clients, some with relationships

please visit www.cor-fs.com or email

extending beyond 20 years.

info@cor-fs.com

Copyright COR Financial Solutions Limited 2002-2009. All Rights Reserved. Abraxsys and COR-FS are trademarks of COR Financial
Solutions Limited or its subsidiaries. COR Financial Solutions Limited, 11th Floor, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7RS, United Kingdom.