Centralized Compliance Assessment Tool for Financial Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current compliance assessment methods for regulatory reporting are inefficient, requiring manual processes and individual assessment of each application against multiple regulatory authorities, leading to redundancy and inefficiency, especially in the financial services sector where regulatory complexity is high.

Innovation Solution

A centralized compliance assessment tool that deploys a compliance assessment application across distributed servers, generates digital artifacts, and determines compliance with regulatory controls, providing a graphical interface for reporting and alerting on non-compliance, while also enabling automated and periodic assessments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual processes are used for compliance assessment of each application individually, then compliance can be demonstrated, but the process is inefficient and redundant

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance assessment efficiencyVSAvoidtime for individual application assessment
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple individual application assessments into a single centralized compliance assessment tool that evaluates multiple applications simultaneously. The system aggregates compliance data from multiple applications and regulatory authorities into one unified assessment process, eliminating the need to manually assess each application separately and reducing overall assessment time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized compliance assessment tool is designed to assess multiple applications against multiple regulatory authorities using a single unified system. The tool performs universal compliance checking that can be applied across different applications and regulatory frameworks, replacing the need for separate assessment processes for each application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If individual application assessment is performed for each regulatory policy and standard, then comprehensive compliance can be achieved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance assessment accuracyVSAvoidcomplexity of assessment system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple assessment functions into a single centralized tool that handles multiple regulatory policies and standards simultaneously. The system consolidates what would otherwise be separate assessment processes into one unified platform, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive compliance coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized compliance assessment tool provides universal functionality to assess applications against multiple regulatory authorities, policies, and standards through a single system. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate specialized tools for each regulatory framework, simplifying the overall assessment infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If centralized management of applications for compliance adherence is implemented, then efficiency improves, but automation extent increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance management efficiencyVSAvoidautomation of compliance assessment
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized compliance assessment tool enables applications to self-assess their compliance status automatically. The system retrieves compliance information directly from applications and regulatory authorities without requiring manual intervention, allowing the assessment process to serve itself and eliminating the need for human assessors to manually evaluate each application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements automated feedback mechanisms where compliance assessment results are automatically communicated to relevant parties. The centralized tool continuously monitors and reports compliance status, providing real-time feedback that eliminates the need for manual compliance tracking and reporting processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10275777B2Centralized compliance assessment tool
Publication Date: 2019.04.30 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for a centralized compliance assessment tool. The present invention is configured to deploy a compliance assessment application to be executed in parallel on one or more applications; initiate one or more retrieval scripts configured to cause the one or more applications to generate one or more digital artifacts to indicate a compliance of the one or more applications to one or more regulatory requirements; determine that the one or more applications are compliant with the one or more regulatory requirements based on at least the one or more digital artifacts generated; and initiate an execution of a regulatory report script based on at least determining that the one or more applications are compliant with the one or more regulatory requirement.