8th March 2021 – Planixs, the leading provider of real-time, intraday cash, collateral and liquidity management solutions, has announced today that its Realiti® software has been selected by Santander, one of the Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB) to improve its liquidity management processes, including cash management, liquidity forecasting and risk mitigation.
Santander was looking for a strategic partner and a solution that would allow the bank to obtain real-time visibility at scale over its balances, cash positions and liquidity usage. This would allow the bank to proactively manage payment flows and optimise liquidity buffers, whilst also automating processes to mitigate the risk and overheads associated with time-consuming, laborious manual tasks.
After thoroughly reviewing Planixs’ Realiti solution and hearing first-hand from other banking firms that are seeing significant benefits from the software, Santander selected Planixs as its real-time solution provider, opting for Planixs’ lntraday Liquidity Management, Funding & Forecasting and lntraday Reconciliation modules to improve its processes and digitally transform its treasury operations. The modules selected will allow Santander to achieve its goals of obtaining real-time insight into liquidity positions and detailed analytics and forecasts of end of day projections for all accounts.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the key drivers in selecting Planixs’ Realiti software solution was to mitigate risk and provide the option for staff members to safely and securely share data and information whilst working remotely. With operating models changing overnight and working from home becoming the norm, the inherent operational risks in legacy processes have only been highlighted, along with the fact that manual processes that are normally conducted in person, in the office, would no longer be fit for purpose. As Realiti can be hosted and delivered as a SaaS-based solution, staff members will now be able to log on and access and share data from home, whilst also ensuring the utmost security.
The Realiti solution has been identified as business critical by Santander. Consequently, the bank required a Saas deployment option that provided them with a highly resilient solution with recoverability built in. As a result, Realiti will be deployed using Amazon High Availability Zone to mitigate both component and site failure.
Commenting on their decision to select and rollout Realiti, Ross Morgan, Head of Department, CFO Division Treasury Middle Office & Operations, said: “We are very excited about deploying Realiti and experiencing the benefits across our liquidity management processes. Furthermore, we are really pleased to have found a strategic partner in Planixs that we can work with to transform our treasury operations.”
Neville Roberts, CEO of Planixs, commented, “Santander is one of the largest banks in the world – one that is recognised globally and with GSIB status – meaning it is subject to increased regulatory pressures. Realiti has been designed for such banks, to provide firms with real-time insight and anywhere access, allowing them to improve their cash and liquidity management processes and meet regulatory compliance. We are delighted to have been selected by Santander to help the bank meet its treasury objectives and look forward to a long working relationship with the organisation.”
Planixs’ Realiti software suite continues to be the pioneering real-time cash, collateral and liquidity management solution – with customers including SIX Group, Banque Internationale a Luxembourg {BIL), Lloyds Banking Group, Landesbank Baden-Wi.irttemberg
{LBBW), Scotiabank, Deutsche Bank, Ghana International Bank (GHIB) and Zenith Bank- amongst others. The solution is the only platform in the market that provides financial institutions with a real-time, 360-degree view of their data – allowing them to fully control and enhance their operations – resulting in improved efficiencies, automated processes and cost-savings.
