BSA

History

BSO is the support office for BSA (Bank Supervision Application), a web based bank supervision system, responsible for monitoring the financial performance and operations of banks in order to ensure that they are operating safely and soundly and following rules and regulations.

BSA Project was initiated in 1997 driven by the SADC Central Banks Information Technology Forum (IT Forum), Kenya and Uganda, with the aim of harmonizing the Banking Supervision functions within the Central Banks

BSO is the support office for the BSA, a web based bank supervision system, responsible for monitoring the financial performance and operations of banks in order to ensure that they are operating safely and soundly and following rules and regulations.

BSA Portal

2014

V3.0

2012

V1.0

2003

V2.1

2008

Established 1997

V4.0

JUL 2018

BSA Governance

Stakeholders (Bank Supervision & ICT Directores)

Execute Committee & Chairperson

User Group

ICT & System

Head of BSO

BSO Manager

BSO Developers

BSO Consultants

BSO Administrative Person

Modus Operandi

Stakeholders

• Held at least once per year
• Consider any business brought before it by the BEC;
• Annual budget, work plan and accounts;
• Election of BEC members;

BEC

• Held at least twice per year
• Provide the stakeholders with operational and financial plans
• Provide status reports on the financial and operational activities of the BSO
• Discuss other issues relevant to the BSA application

User Group

• Held at least twice per year
• Provide the stakeholders with operational and financial plans
• Provide status reports on the financial and operational activities of the BSO
• Discuss other issues relevant to the BSA application

Expert Group

• Held at least once per year when a new BSA is in development
• Provide technical support for BSO staff
• Validate of the new BSA version

Countries

Cape Verde

Burundi

Ethiopia

DRC

Kenya

Leshoto

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Swaziland

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Entities

Central Banks

Regulatory Authorities

In portifolio

Background

BSA it not a commercial product

• The Product was specifically developed for Supervisory Entities;
• The solution is supported by subscribed Supervisory Entities;
• The Support Business Model is not profit oriented.

The product was developed by Central Banks expertise with the

requirement received from Banking supervision Subcommittee,

which means that the quality of the product is not questionable.

Quality is not issue

Product growth is determined by supervisory entities

• Already improved from Version 1.0 to 3.0 and in 2018 will be deployed version 4.0;
• BSA Portal launched in June/2014;
• BSA mobile version released in Dec/2014

Modules

RASS

Responsible for automating financial analysis and processing of statistical returns from financial institutions

• Creation of returns
• Customized reports
• Ratios and benchmarks

BSS

Responsible for administrative activities of

the supervision function

• Licensing
• On-inspections
• Off-site analysis
• Workflows
• Enforcement Action

BSA

IISS

Portal

Responsible for automating financial analysis and processing of statistical returns from financial institutions

• Creation of returns
• Customized reports
• Ratios and benchmarks

Designed for support and marketing BSA licensing

• Marketing BSA
• Issue troubleshooting
• Solutions sharing
• Documents sharing
• Issue submission and resolution

Components

Marketing

BSA

Bankig Supervision

System

Risk Analysis Automation

System

Customer Protection System

Institution Information Submission

System

Newsletter

Creation of Returns, Ratios & Benchmarks

Complaints Submission

Manage the Supervisory Infrastructure

User Support & Issue Tracking

Download Return Templates

Portal

Licencing Institutions through a workflow

Appeal Submission

Financial Information Submission

Cross Tables, Ratios & Benchmark Reports

Meeting, Events & Surveys

Reports

Report & Dashboard Customization

Off-site Analysis, On-site Inspections

Download System Documents

Notification About Submitted Returns

FAQs and knowledge Base

Enforcement Actions

Submitted Financial Information

Notificationo About Returns to be Submitted

Institution Details, Branches and Shareholders Reports

Correspondence

Foruns & User Testimonials

Defining Submission Settings

Partially automated

Receiving files via Email or another comunication means

Analysing the information manually

Completelly Automated

Licencing Institutions;

Defining Returns;

Receiving returns from supervised institution;

BSA

Customizing reports based on submitted returns;

Creating Prediction & Dashboards;

Ratios for Early warning system;

...

How?

Through BSA system

How?

Through BSA system