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Payments & Settlement Framework

Operate secure, efficient payments and settlement.

Principles
  • Secure by default
  • Segregation of initiation, approval and release
  • Sanctions and AML screening before release
Capabilities
  • Domestic and cross-border payments
  • Payment factory & on-behalf-of
  • Fraud prevention
Operating model
  • Centralised payment factory
  • Daily exception review
Core controls
  • Dual approval
  • Sanctions screening
  • Vendor-bank-detail change review
KPIs

How this framework is measured

Finance Close Cycle Time

Formula · Working days from period-end to sign-off

Threshold · ≤ 5 working days

Bank Facility Utilisation

Formula · Drawn / Committed

Threshold · ≤ 70%

Linked assessments

No direct assessment — covered through the master Treasury Maturity Index.

Linked advisory