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Mar 28, 2015
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What is Multibanking?• Using many banks for cash management• Use one bank as lead cash management bank• Use only lead bank’s electronic banking• All banks report balance and transactions into
lead bank (using MT940s)• Lead bank passes on information in standard
format• Use lead bank’s EB system to initiate payment
instructions to all banks (MT101,198 or 103)
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Advantages of Multibanking
• Able to use the best bank in each country for local cash management needs
• Only one EB system to manage all bank accounts
• Lower systems/software costs
• May use best EB system or use third party system
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Problems with multibanking - Reporting• MT940 is an end of day message• Normally only one transmission available
per day• Intra-day reporting can be difficult or
impossible on a multibank basis• Most banks are able to do intra-day
updates internally (MT941 942) but cannot send to other banks
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Reporting (cont)
• Bank delivering service not responsible for– Non-delivery– Late delivery– Quality of information
• Lack of privacy?
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Problems with multibanking - reporting• Some banks will not cooperate• Extra cost – paying two banks for information• Some banks cannot report via MT940s
– At all (a few)– Automatically– To a good standard
• May be better off buying independent software– Poll parser– May get intra-day or real-time information
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Problems with multibanking – payments
• Paying two banks to make a payment
• Need bilateral agreements in place
• Liability issues. There may be a lack of clarity as to whom is responsible – Logically– Morally– legally
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Problems with multibanking - payments• Standard bank to bank message (MT103)
– Auto processing?– Designed to debit sending bank’s nostro account
• MT198 message– Old standard few banks can auto process
• MT 101– Newer standard – not all banks can handle fully
automated– Automated triggering of MT 101s based on MT940
series
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Problems with multibanking – Payments
• In some banks means all payments received– Fall into repair queue– Processed with manual intervention– Subject to delays- missed cut-offs– Subject to input errors?– Cost more to process than an auto payment
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• Multibanking – payments
• Not suitable for treasury settlements with manual intervention
• Is it good enough for third party payments
• No end to end authentication
• No confirmation of execution
• Often no ‘non-urgent’ option
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Problems with multibanking – payments• Who do we call when it goes wrong?• Who sorts it out?• Who pays the compensation• What is covered in the service level agreement
with lead bank?• What documentation will need to be signed• Who is legally liable for what?
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• Caveat
– not all banks are members of SWIFT– Not all banks can send and receive all
message types (e.g. MT942)
• Message standards not always applied in a consistent manner
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• SWIFTNet – SWIFT’S Internet Protocol based platform. Secure and interactive
• Messaging consists of– SWIFTNet Fin, store and forward– SWIFTNet Fin Copy, clearing and settlement– SWIFTNet InterACT, real time message exchange– SWIFTNet FileACT, bulk messages– SWIFTNet Browse, e.g. correspondent banks may
look at their Nostro a/cs
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• MT101’s Credit Beneficiary a/c
MT101
Debit
Customer a/c
Customer
SWIFT
CM Bank
Receiving Bank
Receiving Bank
Local clearing
Local clearing
Beneficiary Bank
Beneficiary Bank
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
Multibank reporting
Customer
Corporate Electronic
banking system
Multibank reporting
MT940/1/2
MT940/1/2
MT940
MT940/1/2
Lead bank’s own customer A/cs at other banks A/cs at own
a/cs In country In country and o/s branches o/s
Lead CM Bank
SWIFT Network
SWIFT Network
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
Corporate Access to SWIFT
• MA-CUG
Co A
Co B
Co C
SWIFTNet
SWIFTNet
SWIFTNet
SWIFTNet
MACUG Sponsor
Bank
Bank 1
Bank 2
Bank 3
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• But a company may need to join multiple MA-CUGs to cover all its banking needs
• Have been criticised as being– High cost– Administratively cumbersome– Preserves a restrictive, proprietary
relationship
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• So SCORE, Standardised Corporate Environment
Company A
SWIFTNet
SWIFTNet
Bank A
Bank B
Bank C
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SCORE
• Company must be listed
• Countries must support FATF
• Companies must comply with corporate governance and reporting requirements
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Multibanking Swift Involvement
• Benefits for Corporates• Co can use SWIFT secure network• MA-CUG membership improves STP• Rationalised infrastructure• 24/7 availability• SWIFTNet may be used as standard for bank
communications• Browsing for intra-day leads to better global
liquidity management
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• So what are cash management benefits?
• Enhanced cash reporting
• Bulk payments processing
• Online payments initiation