Our Support Services

Operational Excellence

With an End-to-End vision, urbanization, digitalization, and industrialization of business and IT processes. Focused on AI/data levers and a performance culture.

Resilience

360-degree analysis of resilience against all types of risks (geopolitical, climate, operational, technological, human, regulatory). Mapping, control plans/dashboards, scenarios, crisis management.

New Technologies & Innovation

Business, operational, and human transformation through new technologies: AI, Blockchain/tokenization, Quantum, IoT…
Cultural change, scoping, experimentation, compliance, scaling up.

IT and Data Strategy

Transformation of technological platforms, IT systems, and data.
Master planning, sourcing strategy, IT system rationalization, and major IT and data transformation projects.

Consolidation / PMI

Partnerships / Carve-outs
Program management for merger and acquisition operations.
Change management: cultural and managerial.

Risks and Regulations

Defining credit, operational, and market risk models.
Efficiency of KYC / AML.
New regulations: AI Act, DORA, Basel IV, CSRD…

CSR / CSRD

Defining and implementing the CSR strategy.
Non-financial reporting / CSRD.
CSR data framework.

Case studies

Context and Need

Digitize the Corporate Credit business end-to-end, from the credit request to the end of the operation’s life cycle.
Develop and deploy a “Front to Back” platform by structuring the customer journey through a single portal.
Industrialize and urbanize the existing architecture and ecosystem by leveraging new technologies (AI, big data, Machine Learning, Blockchain).
Structure the data journey to improve quality and reporting, and reduce operational risk.

Solution

Mobilize a multidisciplinary team.
Develop and track the project using Agile at Scale (SAFE) and DEVOPS methodologies to optimize the organization and reduce timelines.
Support change through a robust strategy and sophisticated deployment material: continuous UAT, Champions Community, “Empowerment” of users, adoption measurement, “Train the Trainers” approach, Change Toolkit.

Results

“In-house” development and industrialized deployment of the platform and its processes (IT & business).
Engaged users and ambassadors of their profession thanks to innovative change management methods.

Context and Need

Following a number of operational incidents or near-incidents that impacted the Securities Operations (OST) of the Equity Derivatives business line at a major French investment bank, a project to ensure the reliability of the entire OST process was initiated in September 2014.

Solution

Onepoint conducted a detailed analysis of the OST processing chain, resulting in 41 recommendations covering organizational, process, and IT system aspects, along with an implementation roadmap. Onepoint also took charge of the IT system overhaul.

Results

Optimization of processes, reduction of outstanding items, and deployment of a new, innovative web application that automates the dividend processing and orchestrates all steps of the OST process.

Context and Need

This Fintech, born from a consortium of 9 strategic market players, aims to develop a settlement/delivery infrastructure for financial instruments using Blockchain technology, dedicated to SMEs wishing to access the financial market through an efficient and lightweight solution.

Solution

Onepoint supported this Fintech by providing its expertise during the platform development process: technical expertise by conducting an audit of the solution, business expertise through its knowledge of the Post-Trade domain, and by managing development teams in France and abroad.

Results

This Fintech was able to demonstrate the viability of its model through a full-scale pilot, executed over three days with various market players, including regulators.

Contacts

Our other areas of expertise

Financial Services