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  iTOPS Based Warranty Solution
Manufacturers need to re-evaluate their approach to warranty in today’s highly competitive and
tough economic conditions. Given that companies spend anywhere between 2-5 % of sales on warranty
and that warranty is a direct cost component, all savings carved out of warranty adds directly to the
bottom line. It is time to use warranty management as a strategic weapon that drives innovation....Read more
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  Payments Hub & Process Outsourcing
As the world grows more integrated, the traditional barriers to business, such as geography and technology have
also dissipated. With the popularity of electronic payments solutions, there has been an increase in demand for
lower processing costs, better customer service, and better compliance to anti-fraud legislation. To satisfy these
requirements, Payments Hub is increasingly seen as a solution. Payments Hub can be defined as a business capability
within a bank that provides a single window through which all the payments of the organization are processed.
Several banking product companies have already started....Read more
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  The Future of Payments in SSC Model
The charges from payment processing are an important source of revenues for the banks and financial institutions.
The hints of the global recession, the introduction of SEPA in Europe and increasing new payment compliance norms
across the world has lead banks to think of not only alternate ways of maximizing their sources of revenues but also
to optimize the capacity of their payment processing applications through different banking technologies. This whitepaper
talks about new ways in payment processing in a shared services model, that will help banks to reduce their costs
and in optimizing the capacity of their payment processing applications....Read more
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  Core Banking Software- Data Migration
The purpose of this document is to provide some fundamental understanding on Data Migration activities
to be undertaken during the Core Banking Software (CBS) Implementation at a Bank. This includes the details
of planning and finalizing the approach for converting data from existing system(s) of the bank into the CBS
system. This whitepaper describes the activities involved in conversion, pre-requisites of conversion,
the methodology to be followed, the module-wise strategy for converting the data and the post conversion
activities that would to be performed.... Read more
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  Trade Finance Re-Evolution
Trade financing is evolving owing to ever changing global patterns as well as alterations in supply and demand.
The banks’ trade finance activities have had a significant impact with the emergence of trade finance growth
in Asia and Latin America including banking technologies. According to Celent, “In the year 2008, world trade
growth decelerated to 4.5%, down from 5% in the third quarter of 2007.” Consumer and business demands,
in developed economies, have been falling continuously along with the weakening of the industrial growth. It is
contrasting to note however, that in developing countries, the growth rate is currently around 7 %, with more
than 40 % contribution to global output growth in 2007.....Read more
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  Loyalty Circle A BSP Model for Rewards Management
As merchant partnerships in the retail world expand, the opportunities to earn reward points and redeem them
are increasing for the end customers. While point-of-sale redemption programs have proved popular for some
time moving away from the traditional redemption programs, it only benefits the large individual retail companies
that run their redemption systems over an in-house, closed network. Customers are expected to own a credit
card or loyalty card and enroll themselves with the loyalty program being offered by the individual retail company
or financial institution. Reward points are earned based on the dollar value or currency spent through the card.
Needless to say customers find themselves tied up in multiple loyalty programs offered by multiple players in the
market. Though some recent initiatives like points.com aim to address this issue of consolidating the reward points
spread across multiple players, it falls short in addressing the issue of earning the reward points & their real-time
redemption. ....Read more
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  Core Banking Solution on ASP model for US Community Banks
Core banking is nothing but the core functions of a bank. These functions represent the essential (core) business
of banking. Because of the plethora of services banks now provide and the ever expanding banking technologies,
it is easy to forget that the root of banking is accepting deposits and lending money. The definition of core banking
may have been muddied by the emergence of packaged computer solutions which combine core banking functions
with other elements of a bank’s operations but at the most basic level core banking manages financial transactions
and their impact on the accounts of its customers.....Read more
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  Six Imperatives for Managing the Transition Phase of Outsourcing
With outsourcing gathering momentum, organizations are outsourcing their fairly complex processes with
people and technology to in turn get a steady state of efficiency. However, the transition from the client to the
vendor involves a period of intense change.  This phase involves the highest risk. Firms have recognized this
and are taking step to de-risk this phase. This paper talks about this process of identification of operational,
regulatory and financial risks....Read more
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