UNICOM Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit (BTT)

UNICOM^® Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit (BTT)

 

Faster Multichannel Application Development and Improved Runtime Infrastructure for Banks

 

UNICOM Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit supports faster multichannel application development for the banking industry. It provides runtime infrastructure based on IBM WebSphere Application Server to deliver targeted, multichannel marketing campaigns for retail banking. BTT provides a development environment with design templates to support high-volume and transactional-oriented banking functions.

 

What distinguishes BTT from other frameworks?

• BTT is a framework specified and optimized to financial channel applications.
• BTT is a complete framework to cover the characteristics of financial channel applications.
• BTT has integrated tooling to create a financial transaction covered from front to end
• BTT provides common services across channels and solution templates base on its framework and tooling

 

UNICOM Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit provides:

• A multichannel application framework and runtime infrastructure to create retail banking applications faster.
• Web-based support and services for enhanced customer experiences.
• Mobile banking capabilities to meet evolving customer needs.
• An integrated platform for front-office modernization to transform multichannel banking applications.
• Prebuilt samples and templates for faster time to value.

 

Multichannel Application Framework and Runtime Infrastructure

• Provide patterns and capabilities that accelerate application development in the context of a multichannel infrastructure.
• Support a development and runtime environment for multichannel applications to help reduce the total cost of system ownership.
• Deliver near real-time marketing capabilities to provide consistent experiences for targeted marketing and cross-selling across channels.
• Help reduce server-side memory usage with a more efficient runtime environment.
• Use advanced tools to accelerate development. These include shortcut keys, tool tips, drag-and-drop data definitions and improved usability for grid widgets, such as double-click to initiate an action and support for complex data types in table columns.

Web-Based Support and Services

• Provide channel-specific rendering support and access for web-based clients, including simple HTML pages and Web 2.0 pages. Use a Web 2.0 user interface (UI) framework based on Dojo tools to enhance the Internet banking and web teller user experience.
• Extend your platform to include Google Chrome web browser support.

 

Mobile Banking Capabilities

• Support both smartphones and simple short message service (SMS)-based messaging to work with a wide range of mobile devices.
• Offer a mobile UI framework based on Dojo mobile tools to provide a user experience similar to the native smartphone.
• Create and deploy mobile applications with enhanced capabilities through integration with IBM Worklight® Consumer Edition, which is included in the purchase of BTT.
• Deliver prebuilt mobile banking functions for common bank transactions. These include fund management; account summary; account inquiry; account transfer; deposit and withdraw; send and receive payments; view and manage credit cards; loan application; and account alerts.

Integrated Platform for Front Office Modernization

Use an integrated tool set and development

• workbench for improved developer productivity and faster time to value.
• Work with time-saving tools to develop transaction flow, operations and Dojo-based UI pages.
• Provide integration capabilities with banking back-end systems through various web services and connection technologies such as LU type 0 (LU0).
• Build on the included WebSphere runtime and IBM Rational® development environment, enabling developers to improve their productivity and overall time to value.

Integrate with IBM WebSphere Portal Server to support personalization of multichannel applications.

 

Prebuilt Samples and Templates

• Use solution samples and templates for Internet banking, mobile banking, web teller, multichannel banking and online insurance to showcase the best practices of using BTT and to accelerate development.
• Apply more than 30 prebuilt mobile banking functions that are ready to use for common banking transactions.
• Work with sample multichannel applications that address both basic and advanced functionalities, such as reuse of channel business logic and invocation of remote web services.

 

Business Solution Templates for Faster Time to Value

Banking Multichannel Solutions

• Login/Logout

Main function page

• Common Banking Scenarios
• Campaign Management

Account Summary

Account Inquiry

Account Transfer

Pay Bill

• Campaign Management

Target marketing

Up-selling

• Fund Purchase

Fund List

Interest List

Fund Position List

Fund Search

Fund Purchase

 

Insurance Multichannel Solutions

• Customer Profile
• Policy Info
• Submit Claim
• Track Claim
• Customer Feedback/Complaint

 

Teller Channel Solutions

• Override
• Cash Drawer
• Access Control
• Foreign Exchange

 

What's New?

The latest UNICOM Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit (BTT) V8.2 features include:

Delivery of prebuilt mobile banking content, which includes:

• Fund Management
• Account Summary
• Account Inquiry
• Account Transfer
• Deposit and Withdraw
• Send and Receive Payments
• View and Manage Credit Cards
• Loan Application
• Account Alerts

Accelerated development through improvements to runtime framework and tooling infrastructure

• Latest Dojo 1.10 refreshment and Internet Explorer 11 web browser support.
• Reduced server-side memory usage and response times.
• Support for web services improvements.