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Automated Lockbox processing helps US bank save $1.6Mn with 99.99%

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Overview.

Our client, one of the top 20 U.S. Retail/ Commercial Bank faced several challenges with pricing, missed deadlines, inconsistent service quality, and processing errors leading to penalties for customers. The objective was to address these complex business challenges and achieve significant improvements in terms of efficiency and accuracy.

Challenges.

  • Bank’s inability to offer competitive pricing in lockbox.
  • Could not meet guaranteed deadlines; inconsistent quality of service.
  • Processing errors meant penalty payments to customers.

Solution.

  • Implemented standardized/ centralized workflow management ‘queues’ 
  • Instructor-led & Interactive training with LOB thereby enabling quicker transition of knowledge leading to moving majority of volumes in Retail & Wholesale lockbox within 120 days 
  • Remote migration initiated with 29 FTEs. Business rules created in database for all lockbox clients enabled quicker processing and guaranteed turnaround time of 2 hours 
  • Resulting in 400+ Retail lockbox customers & 3600+ Wholesale lockbox customers serviced by 150+ FTEs from 2 locations processing 4 Mn Retail items & 2.8 Mn Wholesale items per month 

The Impcat

$1.6Mn

Saved annually by LOB by outsourcing

40 FTEs

Team onsite headcount reduced 2020: 68 FTEs> 2021: 53 FTEs 2022: 41 FTEs> 2023: 28 FTEs

99.9989%

Improved quality levels in Retail lockbox from 4.7 to 6 sigma

99.9998%

Improved quality levels in Wholesale lockbox from 4.0 to 6 sigma

125 million

Improved at overall lockbox level perspective from 16 DPM in 2006 to 3.4 DPM currently

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