Benelux forum 2014 - Alliance Converter

Alliance Converter Makes linking your systems to Lite2 easy

Michel Desmet – Technical sales expert

BNL forum March 2014

Agenda

• The drivers for integration solutions

• SWIFT’s complete solution

• The new Alliance Converter

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The drivers for integration solutions

• Business applications are not designed to connect to SWIFTNet

• Discrepancy between internal message formats and SWIFT formats

• Applications are updated annually because of new standards

releases

• Specialised SWIFT skills are hard to find

• Complications are multiplied: multiple systems, multiple internal and

external teams involved

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Customer world SWIFT world

BNL forum March 2014 - Alliance Converter

The drivers for integration solutions

• Business applications are not designed to connect to SWIFTNet

• Discrepancy between internal message formats and SWIFT formats

• Applications are updated annually because of new standards

releases

• Specialised SWIFT skills are hard to find

• Complications are multiplied: multiple systems, multiple internal and

external teams involved


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Customer world Lite2 world

Lite2

AutoClient Lite2 Alliance

Converter

SWIFT’s complete solution

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Messaging solution


Integration solution

Alliance Lite2

to customer’s specific integration problem

ConsultingServices

Converter

Messaging solution

Services

Platform

+ Services

Solution

WP6: Project management

Knowledge transfer

WP1 Functional

Analysis

WP2 Technical

Design

WP3 Development

WP4 UAT testing

WP5 Go Live

Custom

Code

Maintenance

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Includes selection of appropriate

integration (and messaging) product

A flexible offering from SWIFT Consulting

Step 1 Step2


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Alliance Converter

Makes linking your systems to Lite2 easy

Benefits of the Converter No extra machine

No need to update your own systems

Less risk in implementing SWIFT

End-to-end SWIFT products and services offering

for end-to-end SWIFT communication

Footprint and TCO reduction

Exchange proprietary

messages with SWIFT

One stop shop

solution model

Smooth integration with Lite2

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Perfect match with

the AutoClient, Lite2’s local footprint

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Alliance Converter – The details


SWIFT

Alliance

Converter

Lite2

AutoClient

File

Websphere

MQ

Web

services

Lite2

Business

Application 1

Business

Application 3

Business

Application 2

Customer premises SWIFT premises

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More connectivity

options for

business applications Support business

application proprietary

data format

Key Features of the Alliance Converter


• Runs on the same machine as the Lite2 AutoClient, so no hardware upgrade

• Lightweight tool

– no GUI, no internal database

• Connect with external systems

– File, Websphere MQ, Web Services

• Powerful message transformation capabilities

– The translations run on-premises, not in the cloud.

• Seamless connectivity with the SWIFT network via Lite2 AutoClient

– Handles SWIFT protocol complexities out of the box

– Creates RJE and XMLv2

• SWIFT experts available to deliver the solution

An example: File Connectivity – FIN

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Auto Client

Converter

File

Alliance Lite2

Customer application

• Customer application prepares a batch of proprietary CSV

records in a file

• Converter:

– Regularly scans directory for new files

– Reads CSV file, splits into records and transforms each

record to MT103 message

– Aggregates MT103 messages in RJE file saved in the

emission directory of AutoClient

• AutoClient sends RJE file to Lite2


Case studies


Internet or SWIFT

Lite2

Lite2

Autoclient

(Live)

Back Office

Application

MQSeries

Customer SWIFT

CONVERTOR

Data Entry

Case study 1 - Alliance Lite2 and Converter

with Websphere MQ


Case study 2 - SAP integration with FileAct

Access

Back-Office Applications

Gateway

SNL

Alliance

Converter


Converter/Autoclient workflow

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Workflow for Lite2 AutoClient and Converter

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Start

Payload file placed in <lite2ac.emission>

SAP .par file placed in <file.input>

Transformation of SAP .par file

End

Moved to <lite2ac.emission>

folder

Matching file namesLite2 AutoClient

to process

Yes

Transformed .par file

Payload file

• SAP sends payments instructions

to converter to have XMLv2

conversion for transmission over

FileAct

• Payload file dropped into emission

folder

• Converter transforms SAP xmlv2

parameters to SWIFT specific

XMLv2

• New parameter file delivered file

to autoclient and matched with

payload file

• Autoclient processes file for

transmission over FileAct

Other case studies

• Change header of MT940 & MT942 in order to make the

message compatible with PeopleSoft

• Transformation of csv into MTxxx

• MT to MX conversion for Funds

• Multi-country/multi-bank Salesforce to Lite2 integration


Summary

• Connecting to SWIFT in the cloud is now possible for all who need it

• The Integration of business applications through Alliance Converter makes

this possible

• Only SWIFT can offer a true end-to-end solution - from the network to your

business application

• Alliance Converter offers key benefits

Uses the SWIFT know-how

Leverages Alliance Lite2 to do the messaging

Offers powerful translation capabilities

Handles SWIFT syntax and protocols


Questions

Economy & Finance

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