TCS BaNCS Customer Newsletter TCS BaNCS #32 (Spring 2020) | Page 26

payments A few examples of some of the forthcoming value-added services include: l Request to Pay l Account Assurance Services l Common Nordic Proxy Services l Pan-Nordics Direct Debit TCS BaNCS for Payments To meet the visionary goals, significant technical challenges and ambitious timetable for deployment of the P27 platform, banks in the Nordics will find the perfect fit with TCS BaNCS for Payments, a state-of-the-art solution offering extensive capabilities for multi-product payments within a single platform and a modern API-based architecture enabling seamless integration with customer channels, internal systems and market infrastructures. TCS BaNCS for Payments has been deployed in more than 25 countries for global and regional organizations and supports more than 40 clearing systems. Built with native support for ISO 20022 standards, TCS BaNCS for Payments includes easy-to-configure configuration options that enables out-of-the-box support and high levels of flexibility for dashboards, pricing structures, reporting, accounting rules and payments routing. As a proven multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-country solution with extensive experience in SEPA deployments for multiple banks across Europe, TCS BaNCS for Payments is the ideal fit for the P27 deployment. TCS BaNCS for Payments will be used for end-to-end payments processing for P27, including: l Receiving real-time payment instructions through web and mobile interfaces l Handling batch payment instructions through APIbased links with participating financial institutions and commercial customers l Clearing and settlement l Supporting banking needs for both private and corporate customers TCS BaNCS for Payments is entirely aligned with the P27 roadmap and ready to meet the migration challenges for participating banks. Furthermore, the microservices architecture of TCS BaNCS for Payments will enable participating banks to support P27 within the context of their existing application landscapes. Following the initial migration, banks may also enable a centralized hub for payment processing that will support credit transfers, direct debits, and real-time payments for multi-currency, multi-entity payments through a single application, powered by TCS BaNCS. The modern architecture of TCS BaNCS will allow for rapid rollout of new offerings through continuous delivery, ensuring that participating banks in the Nordics will enjoy fast time-to-market and competitive advantage through the P27 initiative. "The P27 initiative will trigger many innovative projects and result in phenomenal changes to the operations of financial institutions, corporates, and other key market players in the Nordics ecosystem,” said S Prahalad, Head–Europe, TCS Financial Solutions. “TCS is intensely engaged with these developments, and with our latest enhancements to TCS BaNCS for Payments, we are helping market participants throughout the region to rapidly integrate real-time, cross-border payments into their existing channels, operations, and business processes.” l istockphoto 26