Monmouthshire Building Society was founded in 1869, in Newport Wales to help local people build homes, and now helps people across England and Wales to buy properties and save for their future. The Society have been serving their members for over 150 years. They have over 80,000 members, the majority being savings members but Monmouthshire Building Society also provides mortgages and other financial services.
Transaction monitoring is a legal and regulatory requirement for regulated financial firms and although The Monmouthshire Building Society had a system in place, it was not giving them the efficient or timely outcomes the Money Laundering Risk Officer (MLRO) or Financial Crime team desired.
Monmouthshire Building Society looked at a number of providers but ultimately turned to Jade ThirdEye for a cost-effective and configurable transaction monitoring system that enabled daily monitoring of alerts, reduced the number of false positives, and allowed their team to produce the appropriate reports quickly and easily, putting them in a better position to protect their members from being victims of financial abuse, protect the most vulnerable customers and raise suspicious transactions to the relevant authorities.
Jade ThirdEye enabled the enhancement of Monmouthshire Building Society’s transaction monitoring system a key element of The Society’s 3-year financial crime framework and policy strategy.
Previously, The Monmouthshire Building Society had a hybrid system, using The Society’s core IT provider to monitor transactions, supplemented with several Management Information Reports produced by the business intelligence team. Monthly reporting meant there was a time lag in transaction monitoring.
A network of Building Societies throughout the UK use Jade ThirdEye which meant there was a ‘central intelligence’ to call on for rules configuration, future-proofing, and sharing of best practice.
Jade ThirdEye’s configurable risk-based rules meant that false positives could be reduced significantly, freeing up the Monmouthshire Building Society Financial Crime Team to investigate fewer alerts and better protect vulnerable customers.
“What impressed us most with Jade ThirdEye was an understanding of the sector and their appreciation of our business model. The solution was tailored to our size so manageable within a small Financial Crime team. The system was very intuitive and easy to use, the rules were easy to configure and add. There weren’t any other providers in the market that ticked all the boxes for us.”
- David Mollison, Chief Risk Officer, Monmouthshire Building Society
In addition to providing a robust compliance system, the configurable nature of Jade ThirdEye rules means false positives have been reduced significantly. This has enabled the Monmouthshire Building Society to target resources previously occupied dealing with false positives, at activities that add the most value to protecting their members from financial crime.
In keeping with The Monmouthshire Building Society’s Member-led strategy, the implementation of Jade ThirdEye’s risk-based alert system has enabled the Society’s Financial Crime Team to deal with alerts and raise Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) more promptly than was previously possible.
Remote implementation took place during the Covid 19 pandemic, the Jade ThirdEye team worked closely with The Monmouthshire Building Society to make the implementation as seamless as possible.
“Jade ThirdEye does what it says on the tin. It is a very straightforward system to use. I think it’s fair to say it’s cost-effective from what else we have looked at and having a track record in the building society sector really does help us in terms of being able to reach out to others who have used the system. I would recommend Jade, a great product and company to deal with.”
- David Mollison, Chief Risk Officer, Monmouthshire Building Society
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