Innovative solution capable of handling massive Forex trading volumes
The client is one of the top banks in the world in the Forex market with operations in over 160 countries and territories around the world.
In order to sustain growing foreign exchange trading volumes the client needed to replace its existing FLEX product processor that was unable to scale up to volumes. The existing system lacked the ability to differentiate between deals that required automation and those that required manual processing.
The client needed a portal to overcome the shortcomings of the existing product processor and scale up to higher trading volumes. The system should have the capability to accommodate new rules and validations on the go, without affecting performance. The FX trades coming from different sources should be consolidated and routed properly to back-office systems. All these improvements should reflect in increased profitability and trade volumes.
Intellect deployed its Quantum FX solution whose components were used as accelerators to enable the Treasury operations team to scale up their capacity to handle massive FX trade settlement volumes and minimize manual interventions.
The implementation enabled high volume Straight Through Processing (STP) and minimized routing to non STP systems thereby reducing dependence on manual processes. Post implementation General Ledger (GL) entries, confirmations and other accounting related entries could be generated in a standardized format that ensured seamless integration with existing back-office systems. Due to these improvements operational costs were reduced and the client could now source huge volumes of low value FX transactions without impacting profit margins. The Quantum FX enabled system, could process 500,000 FX deals in 15 minutes with a total settled value of USD 600 billion per day!