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Pega CLM & KYCBanking

Transforming Client Onboarding and Compliance

6 min read

Client Background

The client is a Tier-1 Global Commercial Bank operating across more than 40 countries, serving over 10 million corporate and institutional clients. As a pivotal player in the international financial ecosystem, the bank processes billions of dollars in daily transactions, necessitating rigorous governance, strict compliance protocols, and seamless operational scalability to maintain its market leadership.

Business Challenge

Despite its market dominance, the bank's operational workflows were severely hindered by deeply entrenched legacy systems and highly fragmented manual processes. The cornerstone of their growth—the corporate customer onboarding and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) journey—was failing to meet modern velocity standards.

  • Prolonged Onboarding Cycles

    The average time to onboard a new institutional client stretched past 45 days due to siloed data and constant back-and-forth communication.

  • Regulatory Complexity

    Navigating evolving global KYC and AML regulations was heavily manual, drastically increasing the risk of costly compliance breaches and audit failures.

  • Operational Inefficiency

    Document review, identity verification, and risk assessment were managed via spreadsheets and disjointed applications, restricting scalability.

Solution Implemented

To spearhead a comprehensive digital transformation, the bank partnered with Lantiqx to architect and deploy a unified global solution built entirely on the Pega Platform. The objective was to digitize, unify, and automate the end-to-end CLM ecosystem.

Pega Platform Foundation

Engineered a low-code application layer orchestrating the complete lifecycle of a client—from initial prospecting to final account activation.

Intelligent Automation

Deployed straight-through processing (STP) pipelines that automatically bypassed manual queues for low-risk clients.

AI-Powered Decisioning

Embedded Pega's predictive AI engines to assess real-time risk scores and flag potential AML anomalies before escalation.

Enterprise Integrations

Developed a resilient integration layer connecting to core banking systems, Salesforce CRM, and external data providers.

Technology Stack

  • Pega Platform (BPM & Case Management)
  • Pega AI & Decision Hub
  • API & Integration Services (RESTful)
  • Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)
  • Document Automation & Machine Learning OCR

Business Results

60% Faster
Processing times reduced from 45 days to just 18 days for onboarding.
40% Less
Reduction in operational costs by eliminating thousands of manual touchpoints.
100% Audit Ready
Compliance, establishing an immutable, centralized audit trail.
75% Lift
Increase in analyst productivity via intelligent routing and automation.