Oiling the wheels of the economy with secure payments and file transfer

For transacting entities, such as banks, corporates and financial institutions, to participate in the economy they need access to the payment system, as well as effective systems and infrastructure to manage payment flows and related information. Furthermore, transacting entities have to comply with regulations introduced by the authorities to protect deposits, safeguard the payment system, combat fraud, etc. This is where Trustlink proudly plays in supporting secure payments and data exchange, whether they be bank to bank, bank to corporate or corporate to bank.

Payment & securities transaction facilitation

Trustlink provides full support for payment and securities settlement messaging, and related solutions through SWIFT.

This includes:

  • Bank-to-bank payments through domestic and regional RTGS systems using SWIFT
  • Bank-to-bank cross-border payments through correspondent banking relationships using SWIFT
  • Corporate-to-Bank and Bank-to-Corporate payment

SWIFT access is available on a hosted service subscription basis, or the procurement of SWIFT licenses for in-house installation.

Payment and liquidity management

TrustLink provides a unique bank agnostic payment and liquidity management solution, also referred to as ‘Payment Factory’ functionality, which enables the following:

  • Total liquidity visibility across all bank accounts and across regions
  • Third-party payments from all transactional accounts, across all regions – Domestic and Customer  Foreign Exchange (CFC) accounts (with immediate finality or delayed finality)
  • Transfers between accounts
  • Statements from multiple banks, across all regions – Intraday and End of Day
  • Audit Responses/Payment Status Responses on Payments and Debit Orders / Direct Debits.
Straight through processing (STP)
Trustlink STP service ensures that clients’ payment transactions are processed as quickly as possible, and received by beneficiary banks without the risk of technical rejections. The service also ensures that accurate payments instructions are created as quickly as possible. The service is built on a SWIFT certified, internationally recognised integration solutions platform, which meets all major message formats. The Trustlink STP service supports multiple operating system platforms, multiple delivery channels and communication protocols, as well as file transfer protocols.
Intra and inter-company data transfer
Trustlink provides an extensive data transfer offering catering for the secure exchange and management of data files within the organization as well as the exchange of data with the systems of counterparties, financial institutions and regulators. Solutions also include the interpretation, translation and enrichment of message formats where required, as well as scheduling and self-recovery features. Solutions are offered as a hosted services offering or an in-house installation purchase.
Compliance
Trustlink provides solutions that enable banks and corporates to comply with regulations governing payments and fund transfers. SWIFT’s Sanction Screening is offered for in house installation and Fircosoft’s Filtering solution is available as a hosted service from Trustlink.