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This document includes following topics:

Overview

Banks are always known to have a trust relationship with their customers, with digitalization disrupting the conventional way of banking, this responsibility to retain the trust with customers has shifted to digital banking. In order to provide the same level of comfort to customers as of traditional banking, banks must focus on providing intuitive customer experience and maximize the degree to which the customer can perform his banking operation using digital channels in a secured manner.

The next biggest challenge for banks is to keep the pace with the rapid evolution of mobile technology and its impact on banking and especially on the payments.

Apart from the above objectives, the theme of OBDX 18.1 release was also to offer cost effective value propositions to Banks by developing features like Multi Entity Framework and in-house User Management module that the Bank can consume without incurring the additional cost.

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Highlights

This chapter gives a brief summary about the enhancements done in the four areas.

Framework Optimizing Bank’s Cost

With the idea of building OBDX as one stop shop for bank’s various needs, new frameworks i.e. Multi Entity and User management are introduced. This will not only help banks in setting up one instance of OBDX for various entities and provide the ease of using in house user management module, but it will also enable banks in lowering their total cost of ownership.

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System Configurations

These are the functions that enables System/Bank administrator to configure the various system maintenance from a front end screen. These configurations are the enablers that provide flexibility to banks in terms of various setup required for the different features and functions being offered to business users.

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Business Functions

For any digital banking platform the ultimate aim is to facilitate maximum number of services that a customer could have done by visiting the branch therefor in OBDX18.1 we increased our functional offerings to end user.

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Customer Experience

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Mobile Application Features

It is a well-known fact now that mobile banking plays a crucial role in digital transformation of Banks and the key to success is to provide value added services to increase customer engagement apart from providing the regular banking transactions.

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System Configurations

Under this area following enhancements are done as part of 18.1 release.

Multi Entity

Multi Entity capability is to have various entities of a same bank in different geographies or having different brands under a legal entity at one location and in such a set up a business user (typically a corporate customer) can have relationship with multiple entities of a same bank.

Multi Entity support built by OBDX will enable banks to deploy a single instance of OBDX platform and onboard multiple entities onto the platform. The same platform can host data of multiple entities on a single instance. The banks will have data sharing enabled across multiple entities so that users from one entity can have access to data of other entities if required.

The below diagram depicts the role of OBDX in a multi entity setup.

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Major highlights of this framework:

Entities of the bank could have varying Time zones or could be within the same Time zone. There are certain attributes/maintenances in the system that are defined for each of the entity and some of them are defined at enterprise level i.e. same across entities.

The AdministratorClosedAdministrator is a set of individuals that administer the applicant/Affiliate entity. For example, Accountants, Authorized Signatories for organizations, Power of Attorney for individuals. having access to multiple entities can onboard users of the retail and corporate by selecting the default entity and party. As part of onboarding, the user is assigned accessible entities and also the limits package for each of the entity. Application role (child role) of the user will be the same across all entities

Once the user logs in he will have an option of entity selection from all the entities he has access to which includes both the home entity and accessible entities. User can switch to the required entity to inquire or transact on accounts of the respective entity

As part of System Configuration, user can select the host along with version, bank, branch and module details for each of the created entities.

Password Policy Maintenance

Creating a strong password policy is the primary step for safeguarding the customer accounts from fraudulent activities. Password policy comprises of a set of validators to which the user’s password should adhere to.

Password policy maintenance will enable system administrator to define the set of parameters like minimum/maximum length of the password, allowed and mandatory characters, number of repetitive and successive characters allowed restricted password, number of invalid attempts allowed, expiry period of the password etc.

Bank will have the option of creating different policies for different user roles (Retail, Corporate, and Administrator).

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Print User password

This feature will enable the Bank administrator to print the password along with documents like Welcome letter, Terms & Conditions document and applicable promotional offers for new users as well as for existing users who have requested for reset password.

Channel Access Permission & User Status Change

Channel Access feature is developed in the existing User Management screen. This feature enables the bank to grant and revoke the channel access for a particular user incase the user does not want to access his channel banking (Mobile and Internet Banking).

Also the existing feature of changing the User status (Lock/Unlock) has been bought on the search screen of User Management so that it’s easily accessible to the administrator

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Approvals

Corporate Approval enhanced to support:

Transactions pending for an approval beyond the value date can be clearly distinguished from the Approver’s Dashboard

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Limits

Limits module of an Administrator users (Bank Administrator and Corporate Administrator) have been enhanced to support following features.

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Transaction Aspects

New function introduced in the system through which the system administrator can define the aspects for a set of transactions. There is a provision in the system to view the aspects by selecting the transaction and the administrator can also edit the aspects i.e. enable/disable if required.

Following are the aspects available

Not all aspects are applicable for all transactions and the system will not allow the administrator to enable the aspect(s) not applicable to the selected transaction.

Workflow Configuration

Following enhancements are done in the existing originations workflow configuration transaction:

Business Functions

Under this area following enhancements are done as part of 18.1 release

Trade Finance

Trade Finance Module has been enhanced by bringing in the below new functions:

In OBDX18.1, using this option user can request his bank to collect payment of goods and he can also initiate collection or export bills under LC. It may be documentary or clean in nature, and may have payment option as sight or usance type

User has the below three options to initiate Collection:

User also has the option to save a collection application as a template or as a draft, so that the same can be used for creation of similar kind of collections in future. User will have options to choose private or public access, while saving as a template.

Collection initiated may be linked with existing Letter of credit in the system or may stand on its own. In case it is linked with an existing Letter of Credit, system automatically fetches values for common fields.

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User has three options to initiate guarantee

User will have the option to choose private or public access, while saving the Outward Guarantee as a template. If he saves the template as ‘Public’, all the corporate users mapped to that PartyClosedA party is any individual or business entity having a banking relationship with the bank. ID, can access it.

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Payments

As part of the OBDX 18.1 release, the following enhancements have been made in the Payments module so as to further enrich the user’s experience with making online banking payments:

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PSD2 Compliance

PSD2 is the second Payment Services Directive, designed by the European Union that allows companies to give their customers the option of using third-party providers to manage their finances. This will require banks to open their payments infrastructure and customer data assets to third parties that can then develop payments and information services to the customers

Consumers and businesses will experience faster payments, improved consumer protection and a wider choice of payment services.

OBDX has been enabled with some of the required REST APIs to carry out account and payment information services. Some of the new REST APIs developed for PSD2 are:

Originations

As part of the OBDX 18.1 release, following enhancements are done in Originations Module:

As part of this release, the OBDX system is integrated with FCUBS12.4 as the host system to support the origination of the following products:

Note: The process type used for integration with UBS is BPEL.

Note: The process type used for integration with UBS is BPMN.

Document Upload in Application

The applications of all four products have been enhanced so as to enable the applicant to upload supporting documents in the application form itself instead of in the application tracker. The option to upload documents is available as a link on the application landing page and the applicant can opt to upload documents at any stage prior to application submission. A check is in place to ensure that all mandatory documents are uploaded before the application is submitted.

Reports

Reports are an integral part of actively managing any organization. Management uses the reports to track progress toward its various goals, control expenditures, increase revenue, track fraudulent transactions if any. Processing timely data and the proper reporting and analytic capabilities enhances the ability to make more informed, evidence-based decisions.

Report module has been enhanced to schedule, generate, view, download and cancel the scheduled reports. Following corporate reports in addition to the existing list of reports are

New feature to provide an access of specific reports to specific corporate user is now available to the administrators (Bank and Corporate administrators).

Mailbox

Secured mailbox to support.

Secured mailbox functionality have been integrated with Interaction module of FCUBS. Mails initiated from secured mailbox get assigned to FCUBS users as per departments they belong to for further action. This integration provides bank choice to use common interaction across banks from FCUBS or OBDX individually to handle customer interactions.

File Upload Enhancements

In File Upload functionality, user can now also delete a particular file or record if it is not processed in the host system and is of future date. User cannot delete a complete file if the File is having authorization type as record level (like SDMC and MDMC files having Record level authorization) and if even a single record has been processed in that file.

User can also download the e-receipt for the individual records which are processed in the host system.

E-receipts

E-receipts are proof of payment, showing that a payment or a transaction has been done in your bank accounts. Existing e-receipts framework of OBDX is enhanced. Now e-receipts can only be generated from OBDX when the debit transaction gets posted in Host system.

Forgot User Name

In OBDX18.1, a feature for recovering the User Name is built on the login page. User can get his User name by inputting his email ID. On successful validation of the same, system will authenticate the user by sending a second factor authorization, which could be OTP, Security Questions or via Soft Token app. Once the user is authenticated, system sends his User ID on his registered email id/mobile number (as per alert preference) and user can login using the same.

Session summary

In the current release, session summary feature is built that lets the user to view his session details like session start and end time, channel though with he had logged in and ip address for that session. User can further drill down to view the transactions performed under each session.

Customer Experience

Under this area following enhancements are done as part of 18.1 release:

Corporate Dashboard Experience Refresh

OBDX Corporate user’s Dashboard features have been enhanced with User Experience and Design which is more intuitive and user friendly. Especially role based dashboards have been designed to deliver the right information to the right people at the right time so they can make optimal business decisions. Multiple dashboards are made available to the users based on their roles in a corporate.

Over Viewer Dashboard

This service provides the top management of any corporate with a consolidated and easy to understand view of their business immediately after logging in. This helps them to take speedy and accurate decisions to meet their short term and long term business goals.

The key information displayed on the Over viewer Dashboard is as follows:

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Maker Dashboard

This Dashboard is designed to cater to the corporate users who are the transaction executors. An option of Quick Links have been provided on the Dashboard for an easy access to some of the more commonly used features in the system along with the few important features like account details, activity log etc.

The key information displayed on the Maker Dashboard is as follows:

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Approver Dashboard

This dashboard is available for corporate users whose significant responsibility is of approving the transactions. Approver has the responsibility to ensure correctness of financial or non-financial transaction as per the bank and corporate mandate, to ensure speedy and accurate processing.

The key information displayed on the Approver Dashboard is as follows:

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Dashboards

OBDX Corporate user’s module dashboards (Current and Savings Accounts, Term Deposits and Loans) have also been enhanced. The module dashboards provide a summary of the respective accounts and related transactions.

CASAClosedCurrent Account or Savings Accounts are operative accounts through which account holders perform day to day operations such as deposits and withdrawal of money.

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Term Deposit

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Loan

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Admin Module Dashboard Refresh

Dashboard for Admin module is redesigned for a better User experience. Features and information available on the admin dashboard is logically grouped so that the user can access the transaction he is looking for.

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Mobile Application Features

Under this area following enhancements are done as part of 18.1 release:

Chatbot

Chabot is a service, powered by rules and artificial intelligence that can interact with customers over a chat interface. It can answer customer queries and can perform a number of tasks requested by customer over chat.

OBDX had already introduced Chatbot service over the Facebook Messenger in the last release (OBDX17.2). In the current release, Chatbot has been enhanced with additional set of transactions and is made available on Mobile application login page as well.

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New transactions introduced in Chatbot

Quick Snapshot

Quick Snapshot is a summary of account information which the user can access quickly without having to go to the account dashboard.

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In OBDX 18.1, Quick Snapshot feature is available on Mobile application login page, which the user can access using his alternate login method (Fingerprint/Pin/Pattern). It displays the account balance of user’s Current and Savings account and last 5 transactions on the respective accounts.

PIN/Pattern Based Authentication

PINClosedPersonal identification number (PIN) is a secret number given to an account holder to be used when they put their credit card or cash card into an automatic teller machine (ATM). If the number they use is correct they will be allowed to access their account. and Pattern are the alternate ways of logging into the application instead of entering the User ID and password.

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As part of OBDX 18.1, the above two methods have been introduced to log into the Mobile Application. User can set a four or six digit PIN as his logging PIN and use the same every time to login into the application. Similarly the user can define a pattern by connecting the nine dots on the screen, which he can draw every time for logging in to Mobile application. User also has a choice to decide on the pattern visibility i.e. if the user wishes to keep the pattern visible when he/she draws to login.

User also has the option of resetting the PIN/Pattern or changing the login method from one to other.

Siri Payment and Balance Inquiry

Siri Payment is another feather in the payment suite offered by OBDX. Now iOS users can simply give a voice command to Siri and tell who they want to transfer money to, without even logging into the Bank’s mobile application. The authentication of the transaction can be done by your touch Id.

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In OBDX18.1 release, Siri payments can be made to the maintained payees of the user and the payment is authenticated by touch ID.

Similarly user can inquire about their account balance from Siri. User can inquire balance for Checking, Savings, Mortgage Loan and Credit CardClosedA credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) as a method of payment. Accounts.

In case the user does not specify his account number at the time of inquiry; Siri will display the account balance for all his accounts.

iMessage Payment

Using this feature iOS user will now be able to send money to their friends via iMessage. It allows user to make a payment to a contact in text conversation.

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In OBDX18.1 release, user can make payment to a contact in text chat by selecting OBDX Mobile banking application from iMessage, user will initiate a payment by clicking on ‘Send Money’ and will be taken to an authentication screen which can be done using his touch ID. On successful authentication, the user will enter payment details and confirm the payment

System will send a link to the beneficiary to claim the payment and also generates a security code that is displayed to the initiator which needs to be shared with the beneficiary separately.

The recipient of the payment will need to click on the sent link to claim the payment by entering the security code provided by the sender.

Pay to Facebook Contact

Payment to Facebook contact is a P2P payment that allows user to initiate a payment to a Facebook friend without having the need to define him as a payee for payment. Keeping in mind a segment of users where Facebook is an integral part of daily life, Facebook Payment becomes the most convenient way of payment.

Pay to Facebook contact feature is available on Mobile application as well as on web browser in OBDX Release 18.1. On clicking this option, user is asked to login with his Facebook credentials, select contact from the friend list and enter payment details. On confirmation of the payment, system generates a security code that is displayed to the initiator which needs to be shared with the Facebook contact to claim the payment.

System also creates a link and posts it on the Facebook messenger of the contact to claim the payment.

Please note that system will list only those Facebook contacts who have provided permission to the Bank to access Facebook account.

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Scan to Pay (QR Payment)

Scan to Pay feature enables the users to scan a QR code at the merchant outlet and make the payment. This method provides extra security over card payments as user doesn’t have to provide his card to the merchant to swipe and he can simply make the payment using his mobile banking application. Similarly the merchant also doesn’t have to share his account details with his customers for any payments.

In OBDX 18.1 release, this feature is available on the mobile application pre-login and post login page; user can scan the QR code given by Merchant. On scanning the same, system will display the Merchant name and user will select the CASA account from which payment needs to be made and will enter the payment details to complete the transaction.

Merchant will have to get his QR code generated from his Bank. System administrator will have this option to generate the QR code for the merchants.

Please note that only internal payments can be made using this feature for now wherein the merchant and the customer both need to have accounts with the same Bank.

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Push Notification

Push notification is a way of propagating message to the user device(s) registered with the bank. App publishers can send them at any time; users don't have to be in the app or using their devices to receive them.

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Push notifications look like SMS text messages and mobile alerts, but they only reach users who have installed the mobile app and enabled push notifications on the device. Each mobile operating system (OS) i.e. Android or iOS have their own services to push notifications to the user on the basis of push token and device ID.

The main purpose of push notification is to notify the user about any event/transactions that has occurred in his account.

If the user does not wish to receive notifications through push messages then he can disable notifications through device settings.

In OBDX 18.1 user has an option to subscribe for alerts with an additional option of ‘push notification’ as the delivery mode for specific transactions in the application. If the user does not wish to receive notifications through push notifications for specific event(s), then user can disable push notification against that event.

Device De-registration

This option lets the user to disable his alternate login options (Touch ID/PIN/Pattern) incase if he loses his phone/device (on which his mobile application was installed) and wants to disable his alternate login to prevent it from getting misused by anyone.

This option can be accessed from both Mobile Application and Web browser by business user. Also the System/bank Administrator also has this option of de-registering the device from the existing User Management screen.

Qualifications

This chapter lists the qualification details of Oracle Banking Digital Experience 18.1.0.0.0 release with the Oracle’s Core banking systems and with various browsers.

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Modules

Host Core Banking Systems

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Originations Module

Oracle Banking Platform 2.5.0.2.0 Base Version

Oracle Banking Platform 2.5.0.2.0 – US Localized Version

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Originations Module : Auto and Pay Day Loan

Oracle Financial Services Leasing and Lending – 14.3.0.0.0

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Retail & Corporate Servicing

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 12.4.0.0.0 and 12.3.0.0.0*

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Originations Module

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 12.4.0.0.

* All the modules of Retail & Corporate servicing except Trade Finance are qualified with FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 12.3.0.0.0

Browser Support

 

Chrome

Firefox

Microsoft Browser

Safari

Android

Supported *

Not Supported

N/A

N/A

iOS

Not Supported

Not Supported

N/A

Supported

Mac OS X

Supported

Supported

N/A

Supported

Windows

Supported

Supported

Supported

Not Supported

* Support on the Android operating system is limited to Chrome for Android

For complete Browser support policy, please refer to below link:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/products/browser-policy-2859268.html

Known Issues and Limitations

This chapter covers the known anomalies and limitations in of Oracle Banking Digital Experience Release 18.1.0.0.

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Known Issues

There are no known issues

Oracle Banking Digital Experience Limitations

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