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| HiFX Message Volumes Grow 1,000% Whilst STP Increases to 99% SMA Financial announces that HiFX has achieved 99% straight through processing (STP) rates despite a 1,000% increase in its message volumes, thanks to the SMA fully accredited Bureau Service. HiFX is now one of the world's largest Corporate users of SWIFT, accounting for approximately 2% of the total Corporate SWIFT message traffic volume. The company has built a long term relationship with SMA Financial and its Bureau Service for outsourced SWIFT connectivity. "Our transactions volumes have doubled year on year and we now process over 2,000 messages per day, a 1,000% increase compared to when we joined SWIFT. SMA's Bureau Service has been instrumental in supporting this growth and our STP rates have risen from 90% to 99%", stated James Warner, Group Head of Operations, HiFX, "The Bureau Service has delivered a reduction in our processing costs, increased efficiency and improved control over payments. It has allowed us to offer improved service levels, e.g. later cut-off times to make same day value payments – a differentiator when operating in a highly competitive forex market." As margins have thinned in the foreign exchange market HiFX has strived to increase efficiency and continue to improve the level of service provided to customers. The SMA Bureau Service has played a key role in achieving this and gives HiFX a cost effective method of managing all of their SWIFT connectivity needs. HiFX also implemented a new treasury system which links directly to the SMA Bureau Service to enable seamless STP. SMA's Bureau Service allows HiFX to send their payments from the treasury system to Barclays over a secure network and to receive detailed statement and confirmation reports by return. This allows for standardisation of messaging and increased credibility for HiFX with its own customers who want to ensure the confidentiality and security of their financial messaging. HiFX has improved how it handles investigations. Warner concluded, "By minimising the number of investigations, we are confident that we can process ever higher volumes without taking on additional resources. The increased efficiency means that we can concentrate on our core business of meeting client needs with a highly personal service." write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |