Keywords: Banking business process outsourcing, banking BPO
Banking business process outsourcing or banking BPO is a highly specialized sourcing strategy used by banks
and lending institutions to support the business acquisition and
account servicing activities associated with the customer lending
lifecycle. These specific BPO services are usually offered through
multi-year service-level agreements for all or portions of the credit card lending, consumer lending or commercial lending
segments of the financial services market. Some larger financial
services organizations choose to extend their sourcing strategy to
include other outsourced services such as ITO systems and software, human resources outsourcing and benefits services, finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) services, procurement or training outsourcing.
Banking BPO services are typically defined by industry analysts,
advisors and leaders in the sourcing industry, such as the set of
discrete processes or transactional activities that support the lending
lifecycle as follows:
- New customer acquisition services include telemarketing activities, application processing, underwriting, customer or merchant credit evaluation and verification, credit approval, document processing, account opening and customer care and on-boarding.
- Account servicing processes for credit cards or consumer loans. These most commonly include payment processing systems and services, customer service or call center support operations (voice, digital, email and mail services), product renewals, and loan disbursement; document management services such as printing and mailing of statements, networked printing and storage solutions; collections, recoveries processing, default management, risk management and foreclosure.
- Consumer and commercial lending post origination transaction processing services, such as check processing, clearance and settlement services, remittance, and records management.
- Back office transaction process management for loans or credit card portfolios, including custody services, fraud mitigation and detection, regulatory and program compliance, portfolio analytics, reporting, conversions, management of technology platforms, interface for customer data and custom development.
