| Siebel eService Administration Guide Addendum for Industry Applications > Siebel eBanking and Siebel eBrokerage >  Purposes of Siebel eBanking and Siebel eBrokerage
 Siebel eBanking and Siebel eBrokerage are designed to serve as front-end applications to core bank processing systems. Enterprise application integration connects the core bank processing systems to the Siebel applications. Table 3 defines the different purposes of the two applications. 
Table 3.  Purposes for Siebel eBanking and Siebel eBrokerage
    |  | Core Banking System Purposes |  
    | Serve as customer relationship management system, keeping track of customer profiles and interactions. | Serve as system of record for financial accounts balances and transactions. |  
    | Request data from bank processing system and display it to the end user, integrating and personalizing it using the customer relationship database. | Maintain financial data and provide data to Siebel eBanking when requested. |  
    | Capture financial transaction requests and forward them to bank processing system. | Receive, process, and fulfill financial transaction requests. |  
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