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Of course, we are a software vendor, but with strong roots in service and consulting. And that makes us somehow different, at least that’s what our customers say.

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    1. Unifits is staffed by experienced banking professionals who perfectly understand your business, your challenges and demands.
  2. We know our strengths, but also our limitations. Therefore, we carefully select experienced and specialized partners to complement our services.
  3. Our efforts do not diminish with a signed contract. We are passionate about continuously improving test automation processes together with our customers.
  4. Be empowered with customized trainings and coaching, or simply leave the entire test to us – the choice is yours.

Our Services (Consulting and Self-Service)

Services
Rulebook
Impact analysis of new rulebook and implementation guideline versions
  1. Analysis of the changes of new rulebook versions for ISO 20022 based processes and formats (e.g. ISO, EPC, EBA, DK, SIX, STUZZA, CBI, etc.)
  2. Workshops to develop specific action plans and work packages for the necessary adjustments
  3. Workshops are generally required on an annual basis
Services
Testing
Complete testing of your ISO 20022 based IT systems
  1. Complete testing for IT systems that process ISO 20022 based XML files (SEPA / payment, T2S / securities) efficiently
  2. From planning and preparation of the test to its implementation and documentation of the results
  3. Experienced and trained personnel (e.g. ISTQB) use our own solutions for the automation of certain steps to reach an unrivalled degree of efficiency and effectiveness
Services
Free Validation Service
We help you to help yourself - just register and log in to our ISO 20022 Test Portal
  1. Best of breed validation service for free
  2. One application for all clearing schemes: no matter if they are high-value payments, real-time payments, or retail/bulk payments
  3. The Unifits Test Portal also allows for the creation of payment, request and response messages (subscription only)
  4. Faster testing, with better quality

Our Training Programs

Training
Unifits software

In addition to detailed user documentation, we offer you (in-house) training for end users. The goal is that all your employees or customers will be able to apply your purchased Unifits solutions in the most efficient way.

Duration: 0,5 Days

  1. Introduction of the application and user interfaces
  2. Transfer of basic know-how on ISO 20022 and XML
  3. Execution of typical use cases and solutions
  4. Explanation of all special features
Training
ISO 20022 basic

In this training session, you will learn about the background and financial business domains of the ISO 20022 standard and obtain a basic understanding of message types and data fields of XML files based on ISO 20022.

Duration: 1 Day

  1. Goals and business domains of the ISO 20022 standard
  2. Different message types and data fields (tags) with focus on payment transactions
  3. Basic structure of XML files (structure, meaning, usage, formats according to XSD scheme)
  4. XML tools
Training
ISO 20022 advanced

This business- and process-oriented training is customized to a specific payment scheme of your interest and highlights the respective processes and the underlying message types. This training offer is very much tailored to the needs in your project and ideally builds on the ISO 20022 basic training.

Duration: 1 Day

    1. Basic knowledge about payment transaction flows
    1. Basic knowledge about related r-transaction flows (response, request)
    1. Advanced knowledge referring to “your” particular scheme
    1. Addressing the differences between clearing and settlement
    1. Details on the corresponding processes and messages
Training
XML

This technical training session teaches in-depth XML knowledge
– from the basics to expert know-how concerning the XML standard (XSD, XPath, XQuery, XSLT, etc.).


Duration: 1 Day

  1. Reasons for the use of XML
  2. XML as an applied syntax
  3. Implementation of XML
  4. XML documents
  5. XML schemes (XSD)
  6. XML structure
  7. XML tools
Industry coLLABORAtion
We are passionate about providing the best possible solutions and services to our customers.

This requires focus on our strengths and on our core competencies.
But even more important, is to be aware of the areas where we lack expertise when partners are able to fill the gap and complement our offering.

We partner with both software companies and consultancies and actively participate in industry-specific working groups.

Some examples are listed below:

COLLABORATION

Business-Logics

Business-Logics is one of the leading manufacturers of EBICS-based electronic banking systems in the world (EBICS: Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard).

Due to this cooperation we are able to offer a professional EBICS solution to our clients which is seamlessly embedded within our test solution.

 

 

Working Groups | Alliances

EPC Scheme Technical Forum (ESTF)

The EPC Scheme Technical Forum’s (ESTF) is a dialogue channel between the and representatives of technical players who provide services facilitating the processing of transactions under the schemes.

 

 

 

 

Working Groups | Alliances

Nacha's Payments Innovation Alliance

The Payments Innovation Alliance brings together diverse, global stakeholders to support payments innovation, collaboration, and results through discussion, debate, education, networking, and special projects that support the ACH Network and the payments industry worldwide. By organizing content and focus across all payment areas, including emerging payment technologies, electronic billing and presentment, mobile, payment security/risk, check conversion and global payments, the Alliance seeks to grow and advance payments and payments technology to better meet and serve the needs of the evolving industry.

 

 

Working Groups | Alliances

Westhafen Expert Dialog

The Westhafen – Expert dialogue Instant Payments is a forum, where practitioners from different banks, corporates and technical service providers in Germany contribute to the clarification of questions, which arise in the course of the implementation phase and the development of real-time transactions. For a support of the SEPA-vision and in order to establish a uniform execution of EURO- real-time transactions for banks, PSPs and corporates – independent of “national” or “transnational” transactions – this forum offers the transaction experts the possibility, to discuss all functional questions and to identify together best practice approaches to achieve a solution.

We maintain partnerships to support our customers with tailored services on almost any location in the world.
Please just ask.

EMEA & APAC (Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific)
Heike Strasser Head of Business Development T— +43 676 423 4717 E— heike.strasser@unifits.com
AMER (North, Central and South America)
Pat Deane Business Development T— +1 416 986 0633 E— pat.deane@unifits.com
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