Banking

Articles

CGI has published a number of articles in the credit risk management and trade and supply chain finance sectors that provide insight into industry trends and innovative ideas to help position organizations for success in the months, years and decades ahead.

CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT ARTICLES

Title / Abstract	Number of pages
Banks to Use Social Media for Loans and Pricing Originally published in American Banker online, January 2012 Paul Gallucci, Director and Collections Offering Manager at CGI, explains how CGI has developed a solution to help banks automate and mine data from social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, to get more information on delinquent debtors and manage the collections process for consumer loans. American Banker
Building a Transformed Bank Originally published in US Banker, December 2007 How can financial institutions improve cross-sell performance, which is becoming increasingly important in a consolidating industry? Answer: By building a transformed bank. This article focuses on cross-selling strategies to make bank products and services attractive and compelling, so that customers want to cross-buy.	1 / 67 KB
Chart a Course Through the Credit Crunch Originally published in Future Banking, a journal of SPG Media Plc., November 2008 Economic conditions influence the daily choices banks must make, driving significant changes in strategic initiatives. This article outlines the selective moves that provide immediate, steady progress and position banks for success in the months, years and decades ahead.	2 / 65 KB
Collections & Credit Risk Q&A Originally published in Collections & Credit Risk , September 2009 Steven Starace, VP Banking and Investments from CGI, provides answers to four key questions about the collections and credit risk industry.	1 / 123 KB
It's Time to Work Harder and Smarter Originally published in FST's (Financial Services Technology) online magazine, February 2009 To keep pace with the rapidly expanding volume of delinquencies, collections operations have to move from efficiency to effectiveness. This article outlines the techniques banks can adopt to keep up with increased collections volumes and to focus on efforts that generate maximum returns.	5 / 414 KB
Loss Mitigation Comes of Age Originally published in Credit Collections & Risk Magazine in the UK, February 2010 Jame Cofran, Senior VP of CGI Global Banking and Financial Markets and John Frey, Executive VP of BBVA Compass Bank discuss why lenders must embrace loan modification strategies, how to fit loss mitigation into their processes and how to recover before default.	2 / 96 KB
Make the Most of Technology to Increase Customer Loyalty Originally published in Collections & Credit Risk’s online magazine, April 2010 In response to evolving consumer demands for choice and a growing aversion to traditional collections methods, a large number of collections organizations have begun to explore alternative contact channels to reach consumers. Paul Gallucci, Collections Offering Manager at CGI, discusses some important points organizations must consider when pondering their options.	2 / 46 KB
Making the Business Case for Modernized Debt Management Originally published in Collections and Credit Risk’s Economic and Regulatory Report, November 2011 This article, found on pages 2 and 3 of the report, explains how CGI helps organizations build the business case for modernized debt management solutions using a proven methodology focused on maximizing return on investment. The article also contains a real example of how CGI used a proof-of-concept to help a large financial services client build and validate its business case and the results they achieved after implementing CGI’s Collections360 solution, which provides the full spectrum of cloud-based applications and business process services to improve collections operations with minimal upfront investment.	16 / 6 MB
Mastering Outsourcing Originally published in the digital issue of Bank Systems & Technology (BS&T), September 2010 Jame Cofran, SVP Global Banking and Financial Markets at CGI, met with the Executive Editor of BS&T to discuss the evolution of outsourcing. This article focuses on how banks are demanding more value from their outsourcing relationships by rethinking what’s possible, restructuring deals and enforcing tighter controls.	18 / 3 MB
Not Too Early for Lenders to Regroup and Think Ahead Originally published in Bank Systems & Technology online, June 2008 Banks are beginning to demand a variety of new solutions that will bring them through the lending downturn and position them for the eventual upswing. This article discusses the strategies and technology that lenders need to be prepared for the next upswing in the market. Bank Systems & Technology
Rough Seas Ahead?: Consider Creative Sourcing Originally published in Bank Systems & Technology magazine, October 2008 In these difficult economic times, innovation requires new thinking and approaches. This article challenges banks to rethink activities to determine if an external partner can leverage its skills, scale and even financing to do the activity more efficiently.	3 / 356 KB
The Customer Service Revolution: Open the Door to Outsourcing and Mind the Gap Originally published in Future Banking, a journal of SPG Media Plc., November 2008 Banks have always sought efficiency, and the current financial climate has accentuated the need to cut costs. This supplement includes two articles on strategies that help address today's challenges: "Open the Door to Outsourcing" and "Mind the Gap: Meeting the demand for personalized, customized services."	4 / 633 KB
The Future of Banking: How will You Compete? Originally published in a supplement to American Banker, Bank Technology News and U.S. Banker, 2007 The key to innovation is the ability to identify differentiating concepts—those that relate to price, product and customer experience—and execute them flawlessly. CGI has been an innovative partner to many industry leaders and has learned the solutions to the major innovation challenges. Read this article to learn more about our solutions.	1 / 52 KB
Transforming Cross-Selling into Cross-Buying Originally published in a supplement to American Banker, Bank Technology News and U.S. Banker, 2007 This article discusses the need for bankers to turn the concept of cross-selling on its end. Bank services must be so attractive and easy to use that customers are interested in cross-buying. To achieve this, banks require a significant makeover in strategies, processes and underlying technologies.	1 / 44 KB

TRADE AND SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES

Title / Abstract	Number of pages
Accelerating Supply Chain Finance Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2009 Steve Starace, VP of CGI Banking & Investments, meets with Liz Salecka from GTR to discuss how the financial crisis is pushing many corporates towards supply chain finance (SCF) solutions, in order to protect their physical supply chain and optimize their working capital.	8 / 953 KB
Ahead of the curve in trade finance Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2011 By developing CGI Trade360^® as a global solution, delivered using a highly secured community cloud, CGI has proved itself ahead of the curve in trade finance. CGI’s Frank Tezzi, Director of Trade & Supply Chain Solutions, and Kitt Carswell, Senior Offering Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Solutions, explain.	2 / 1 MB
Ahead of the Game Originally published in Trade Finance, October 2010 Kitt Carswell and Frank Tezzi of CGI explain how the CGI Trade360™ platform meets the needs of the trade finance market and will continue to do so in the future.	3 / 284 KB
BMO brings M&I Bank trade business onto Trade360 Originally published in IBS Journal, September 2011 Read this cover story to find out how Bank of Montreal (BMO) will migrate the trade business of M&I Bank onto the CGI Trade360^® platform and how the bank has also signed a third customer to use the Trade360 platform on an outsourced basis.	1 / 365 KB
Busy in Boston Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), November/December 2007 This SIBOS 2007 report focuses on the hot topic of supply chain finance (SCF).	4 / 192 KB
Mapping out the future Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2011 While global banks have become more focused on developing their own trade and supply chain finance solutions, third party platform providers have found favour among mid-market banks. Liz Salecka interviewed and quoted CGI’s Frank Tezzi, Director of Trade & Supply Chain Solutions, in this cover feature article.	4 / 1 MB
Scotiabank upgrades to Trade360 trade finance platform from CGI Originally published in IBS Journal, September 2011 Read this feature article to find out why Scotiabank decided to migrate its global trade finance operations onto CGI’s hosted Trade360 platform.	1 / 669 KB
Software as a Service Comes of Age Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2010 Forward-thinking financial institutions recognize the critical need to stay ahead of intensified competition by enhancing their global offerings beyond traditional trade and running their trade business on one platform across all locations to serve their customer’s global footprint. Banks are finding that Software as a Service (SaaS) can deliver an efficient and flexible platform to serve their bank-wide needs for trade and cash management.	2 / 628 KB
Staying Relevant in Supply Chain Finance Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2009 In this article Steven Starace, Vice President of CGI Banking & Investments, explains how banks can move beyond letters of credit and maintain a foothold in supply chain finance. Bank of Montreal and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group also discuss the benefits of using Proponix360™, CGI’s global trade platform with end-to-end applications addressing traditional trade, supply chain, and cash management functions.	1 / 900 KB
Strength in Numbers Originally published in the International Banking Systems Journal of Banking Operations & Systems, October 2008 There is much talk in today's difficult times about collaboration but examples in the back office are few. This case study on the Bank of Montreal (BMO) focuses on the experiences of BMO and shows that collaborative models can be challenging but can also bring rewards.	2 / 55 KB
Strength through partnership Originally published in Trade Finance, September 2011 ANZ has partnered with CGI for a number of years now. Mark Evans, global head of trade and supply chain at ANZ, joins CGI’s Kitt Carswell, Senior Offering Manager of Trade & Supply Solutions, and Frank Tezzi, Director of Trade & Supply Chain Solutions to describe the working relationship between the two institutions.	3 / 612 KB
Supply Chain Evolution Published November 2007 Globalization has fragmented supply chains and made them more challenging to manage. This article highlights a number of emerging solutions that address this problem.	2 / 101 KB
The Customer Service Revolution : Banking on a Change, Supply & Demand, Support the Supply Chain and Outsource to Compete Originally published in Future Banking, a journal of SPG Media Plc., March 2008 This supplement addresses Transformational Banking and, in particular, transformation in the Supply Chain Finance realm; an ANZ case study is detailed on page 4 of the article.	4 / 298 KB
The Customer Service Revolution: The Changing Times of Trade Originally published in Future Banking, a journal of SPG Media Plc., November 2008 On page 2 of the supplement, Steve Starace, Vice President of CGI Banking & Investments, explains how to plan trade platforms for the future.	4 / 633 KB
The Trade Bank of the Future Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), November/December 2008 This article features Steve Starace, VP of CGI Banking and Investments and Kitt Carswell, Executive Consultant with CGI. They discuss their vision for the trade bank of the future and the importance of an integrated end-to-end global trade platform achieved by utilizing the Proponix360 solution.	4 / 185 KB
Third Party Providers Bite Back Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September/October 2010 Kitt Carswell, Senior Offering Manager at CGI, shares his thoughts with GTR on the future of standalone solution providers as the industry moves towards trade and treasury convergence. The full article can be found on page 3 of the PDF.	12 / 2 MB
Tough Choices for Canadian Banks Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), November/December 2007 Canadian banks have rarely been seen at the forefront of trade finance developments, but with both domestic and global competition becoming tough, they are now picking up the pace. Read more to find out how CGI is helping Canadian banks move forward.	3 / 167 KB
Trade Finance in Canada: Punching above their weight class? Originally published in Trade Finance, September 2011 In this article, CGI’s Frank Tezzi, Director of Trade & Supply Chain Solutions, and Kitt Carswell, Senior Offering Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Solution, share their thoughts about the state of the Canadian market in the context of trends in North America and globally. Trade Finance Magazine
Trade Finance: A Strategic Transformation Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), September 2008 This 2 page article was written by Steve Starace, Vice President of CGI Banking and Investments. Mr. Starace discusses why banks must transform their business into one that aligns with, and plugs into, their customers' quickly evolving supply chain strategies.	2 / 56 KB
Trade Finance: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know Originally published in World Trade Magazine, October 2011 Register online at World Trade Magazine to read this article, which explores the 10 things you need to know in order to navigate the new trade finance environment that has evolved far beyond providing letters of credit and working capital. Kitt Carswell, senior offering manager for trade and supply chain at CGI, also shares his opinion on the changing trade finance landscape. World Trade 100 - The Benchmark for Global Supply Chain Business.
Wanted: Extra Capacity for Supply Chain Finance Originally published in Global Trade Review (GTR), January 2011 Kitt Carswell, Senior Offering Manager at CGI met with Liz Salecka from GTR and shared his thoughts on syndicated deals to meet corporates’ ever-growing supply chain finance requirements and securitization of trade finance assets	3 / 989 KB