eBAM
Electronic Bank Account Management (abbreviated as eBAM) represents the automation, through software, of the following activities between banks and their corporate customers:[1]
- Opening bank accounts
- Maintaining bank accounts such as changing account signatories or spending limits
- Closing bank accounts
- Generating reports as required by law or regulation
The technology that is commonly used to implement eBAM automation is defined by SWIFT and the ISO 20022 Standard for Financial Services Messaging.[2]
Most medium to large companies use an average of six cash management banks, within this average about 30% use 6 or fewer, 40% use 7-20, and 30% use 21 or more. The number of bank accounts managed varies from a less than 50 to 100s or even 1,000s.This involves collecting and managing a vast amount of data describing the details of each bank account and controlling the delegation of authority to authorize financial transactions.
Any organization with more than 100 bank accounts needs a formal framework, policy and management processes for: 1) bank account reduction, and 2) overall management of banks and accounts.[3]
Bank and Bank Account Reduction Policy[edit]
Each bank relationship and each bank account costs time and money to manage and administer. The number of banks and accounts should, wherever practical and the counter party risk is acceptable, be minimised. Many corporate treasury departments have had a bank reduction programme for many years, but since the bank crisis in 2008, some departments have been increasing the number of banks to spread their counter-party financial and operational risk. The need to reduce the number of bank accounts remains. One or two bank accounts per business units is a useful objective.[4]
Implementing eBAM[edit]
There are three types of corporate eBAM solution available:
- bank-centric solutions in which the company connects to a single, proprietary bank-owned and bank-hosted system
- corporate-centric solutions in which the company develops or acquires a system for bank account management and connection to their banks
- outsourced hub solutions in which banks and companies use a common hub to provide full inter-operability and a central repository for all bank account information and management.[5]
eBAM software for banks[edit]
Software vendors that offer eBAM software to banks that need to offer eBAM services to their corporate customers
| Product (alphabetical) | Vendor |
| DiamondAM | DiamondAM |
| eBAM Engine | PPI |
| Pega On-Boarding for Commercial Banking | Pegasystems |
| Trust Prime | IdenTrust |
eBAM software for corporations[edit]
Software vendors that offer eBAM software to corporations that need to communicate with their banks.
| Product (alphabetical) | Vendor |
| TRAX or QUANTUM[6] | FIS Global |
| CashSolutions eBAM Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine | DataLog Finance |
| DiamondAM | DiamondAM |
| FS2 eBAM Archived 2017-02-21 at the Wayback Machine | Hanse Orga |
| MultiCash EBAM | Omikron |
| Treasurytree TMS | Axletree Solutions |
| Trust Prime | IdenTrust |
| Visual Sign | Equity |
| Nomentia eBAM | Nomentia |
| Weiland BAweb Archived 2017-02-24 at the Wayback Machine | Fiserv |
Banks that offer eBAM services[edit]
Banks that offer eBAM services to their corporate customers.
| Bank (alphabetical) | Country |
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch[7] | USA |
| Citibank | USA |
| JPMorgan Chase | USA |
| Deutsche Bank | Germany |
| BNP Paribas[permanent dead link] | France |
References[edit]
- ^ "On the Fast Track to eBAM". Bank Systems & Technology. 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Swift EBAM standard goes live". Finextra. 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Background - electronic Bank Account Management (eBAM) - CTMfile". ctmfile.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "Background - electronic Bank Account Management (eBAM) - CTMfile". ctmfile.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "Background - electronic Bank Account Management (eBAM) - CTMfile". ctmfile.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "TRAX or QUANTUM". Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Bank of America Merrill Lynch Expands CashPro Connect(TM) eBAM Offering". Bank of America Merrill Lynch. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.