BCEE Implements SmartStream’s Corona Universal Data Solution

SmartStream, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) specialist and provider, announced today that Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE) has implemented SmartStream’s Corona Universal Data solution to help the bank to complete audit trails and meet US regulatory requirements in a timely manner.

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In order to comply with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, banks only have a few weeks to reconcile annual data before the legal cut off.

In addition, there are possible errors and exceptions that need to be taken into account and escalated. As each bank works on its own system, manual processes often involving Excel spreadsheets are common practice so operational risk remains high.

Alex Revelant, Head of Securities Department at BCEE, stated: “As a Qualified Intermediary, BCEE must fulfil the reporting obligations to the IRS. Our team needs to ensure that the data provided by BCEE (relating to US Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term) is in line with the classification of the same payments, reported by each of our custodians. Today, as a result of having Corona, the functional team can focus on the real issues rather than on the reformatting of the files received. In addition, operational risk is reduced”.

Better Control

SmartStream’s Corona Universal Data solution will automatically update the data as soon as it is received from the custodian, reconcile it and alert the bank of any errors, providing a full audit. This allows the bank to have better control over its reconciliations processing and to be ready to provide data to the regulatory authorities. Cost savings are achieved by eliminating the need to address errors due to time constraints.

The IRS Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term has meant that banks need to report and provide an audit trail of all transactions by a certain deadline.

Christian Schiebl, Executive Vice President, Corona Business Unit, SmartStream, added: “Taking this measured approach to help rce risk, gain more control of custodian data and getting better visibility of its overall reconciliations processing is a significant step in teduhe right direction. The system automatically compares the files and highlights the differences. The investigations can be followed up easily and the documentation of the process improves the monitoring of the whole flow. Overall a great success”.

Last month, Finance Magnates reported on SmartStream after it announced that Bank Mendes Gans (part of the ING Group) had implemented SmartStream's Corona Cash and Liquidity solution in order to continue meeting regulatory requirements.