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Data & AI services for banks — advise, build, transform, run.

SCIKIQ teams set your data and AI strategy, build the platforms, transform finance, risk and operations, and run what we build. Our SCIKIQ Data Fabric, pre-built accelerators and a supervised digital workforce of AI agents are how we deliver it faster.

9
Service lines, strategy to run
15
Banking accelerators
30–45
Day pilot to a production-ready capability
80%
Less time per Balance Sheet & P&L report
02The challenge

Bank data, finance and AI programmes stall because every one starts from zero.

Siloed systems, manual finance processes and long implementations mean value arrives late — or not at all.

12–18
Months for a typical implementation
25–40%
Finance staff time on low-value manual tasks
70%
Of reconciliation still manual
5–8%
Revenue leakage in payments

Typical industry figures, not client results.

0369121518 months Typical programme still no production value 1 2 3 4 SCIKIQ pilot on the framework & an accelerator 30–45 days to a production-ready capability

1 · No governed data foundation

Core banking, card switches, payment gateways and ERPs don't agree — lineage and quality are unknown.

2 · Services firms rebuild from scratch

Each project re-invents pipelines, models and controls, so timelines and fees grow.

3 · Software alone doesn't change the process

Point products solve one use case and leave integration, data and adoption to the bank.

4 · AI pilots never reach production

Proofs of concept built without data, controls and an operating model stay on the shelf.

03Market shift

Banks are moving from copilots to supervised digital workforces.

Agents now work cases end to end in reconciliation, onboarding and financial crime; people supervise the exceptions.

Then · AI assists a person
Now · a person supervises many agents

So what for a bank: the operating model moves from “AI assists a person” to “agents do the work, a person supervises many agents” — which makes governance, autonomy limits and audit trails the deciding capabilities.

76%
Recon vendor · 12 banks
Less reconciliation task time with AI agents; break investigation more than 73% faster.
Reported 30 Sep 2026 · comparethecloud.net
~30%
Global investment bank
Faster client onboarding in tests, with AI agents for trade accounting, reconciliation and onboarding/KYC under human oversight.
Reported Feb 2026 · cnbc.com
134
US custody bank
“Digital employees” with their own system access; 20,000 staff building agents on its internal AI platform.
Reported Oct 2025 · axios.com
20+
Published research
Agents one practitioner can supervise in financial-crime agent squads; productivity gains of 200–2,000%.
Published analysis · Source
>60%
Two large retail banks
Fewer false AML alerts reported by one large bank; another reports 2–4x more true positives.
Reported results · ibm.com

Figures reported by banks, vendors and analysts — not SCIKIQ results.

04Who we are

A platform that arrives with industry IP and the team to run it — so banks pay for outcomes, not reinvention.

05What we do

Nine service lines cover the lifecycle, organised the way banks buy them.

Select a stage on the wheel, or start from your role.

Advise2 service lines Build2 service lines Transform4 service lines Run1 service line 9 service lines
Start from your role

Every service line runs on the same framework, accelerators and digital workforce. All services in detail →

06How we deliver · SCIKIQ Data Fabric

A repeatable 4C method turns raw bank data into production-ready capabilities in 30–45 days.

Core banking Cards & payment rails GL / ERP (SAP, Oracle) CRM Risk & treasury Documents & legacy 268 data sources STEP 1 · WEEK 1–2 Connect 268 data sources, batchand streaming, AI-assistedschema mapping STEP 2 · WEEK 2–4 Curate Standardise, cleanse,enrich: MDM, de-dupand data quality rules STEP 3 · WEEK 3–5 Contextualize Metadata catalog, criticaldata elements, multi-hoplineage, ownership, policy STEP 4 · WEEK 4–6 Consume Data products, APIs, BI,NLQ GenAI studio and theagents behind accelerators Accelerators AI agents BI: Power BI, Tableau APIs & data products NLQ GenAI studio Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6 ConnectCurateContextualizeConsume Production-ready capability in 30–45 days
  1. Step 1 · Week 1–2Connect268 data sources to core banking, cards & payment rails, GL/ERP, CRM, risk and documents; batch and streaming.
  2. Step 2 · Week 2–4CurateStandardise, cleanse and enrich: MDM, de-duplication and data quality rules.
  3. Step 3 · Week 3–5ContextualizeMetadata catalog, critical data elements, multi-hop lineage, ownership and policy.
  4. Step 4 · Week 4–6ConsumeData products, APIs, BI, NLQ GenAI studio and the agents behind each accelerator.
GovernancePolicies, ownership, operating model
Metadata & catalogCatalog and glossary
LineageMulti-hop, to regulatory reports
Data qualityRules, monitoring, controls
AI & agent layerGenAI, ML, agentic workflows
Security & auditRBAC, audit trails, IaC
Built in, not bolted on: foundation layers shared by every engagement — cloud-agnostic on Azure, AWS or hybrid, deployed with Infrastructure as Code.Full architecture →
07How we deliver · Target architecture

Twelve capability layers give every bank one blueprint — and one way to measure progress.

The same layers we build and score in the maturity assessment. Hover a layer to see what it does.

Data foundationConnected, understood, governed
2Data FabricConnect, ingest, CDC, transform
3Active Metadata FabricDiscover, classify, understand and govern data
Meaning & knowledgeBusiness meaning, usable context
4Enterprise OntologyBusiness objects, relationships, semantics
5Knowledge FabricKnowledge graph, vector, documents
6Context EngineeringThe right context for people and agents
Intelligence & actionModels, agents, enterprise actions
1Secure AI GatewayModel access, routing, security
7Agent FabricBuild, orchestrate and run agents
8Action FabricExecute enterprise actions safely
12Enterprise AutomationEvent, API and schedule-driven
Trust & experienceGovern, evaluate, deliver
9Governance & SecurityRBAC/ABAC, policies, approvals, lineage
10AI LifecycleEvaluation, versioning, testing, monitoring
11Experience LayerCopilots, dashboards, apps, workflows

Runs in your cloud tenancy or on-prem. Code, ontology and agents are handed over — you own what we build. Explore the blueprint →

Maturity: five stages, scored on evidence
5Transformational
AI-native
4Systemic
Orchestrate
3Operational
Scale
2Emerging
Pilot
1Foundational
Experiment

MIT CISR found enterprises at stages 3–4 perform well above their industry average financially, while those at stages 1–2 perform below it. Source

Take the self-assessment

08How we deliver · Accelerators

Fifteen accelerators mean no service line starts from a blank page.

Pre-built, configurable starting points on the framework — many staffed by an agent squad. Hover or tap a tile.

Finance Transformation CFO

CLARIONAuto matching & reconciliation
Squad: Break Investigator, Auto-Matcher, SLA SentinelLaunch demo ↗
NARRATORAI auto-commentary (NLG)
Squad: Commentary WriterView →
LEDGER360Accounting hubDesign target: 60% faster close
Squad: Journal AgentView →
NEXUSIntercompany hubDesign target: 95% auto-match
Squad: Intercompany AgentView →
COMPASSFP&A & performance7-step FP&A cycle · AI drafts, people sign off
Squad: Variance Analyst, Forecast Assistant, Close SentinelView →
Enterprise ReconciliationMulti-source, multi-entity recon
SOX ComplianceAutomated SOX controls reporting
Controls Evidence AgentView →

Risk, Compliance & Fin. Crime CRO

Compliance & AMLMonitoring & controls
Squad: AML Alert Investigator, KYC Refresh AgentView →
Fraud & AuthorizationReal-time fraud & auth analytics
Fraud Triage AgentView →
Disputes & ChargebacksCase resolution
Chargeback Resolution AgentView →

Data Governance CDO

Data Governance HubCatalog, lineage & data quality
Data Quality StewardView →

Customer & Growth Business

CATALYSTMarketing & sales intelligenceDesign target: 3x conversion · 25% less churn
Squad: RM AssistantView →

Operations & Automation COO

Revenue AssuranceLeakage detection & recovery
Leakage HunterView →
RPA AutomationBots for recon & back-office tasks
Control Tower & Automation FoundryAutomation CoE command centre
Flagship accelerator6 flagship + 9 solution accelerators, configured to each bank's rules, ledgers and controls.
09How we deliver · Flagship accelerators

Six flagship accelerators turn the hardest finance and growth problems into weeks-long deployments.

LEDGER360Design target
Faster close
60%
Accuracy
99.9%
NEXUSDesign target
Auto-match rate
95%
Faster IC close
80%
CATALYSTDesign target
3x conversion
Churn ↓
25%

LEDGER360, NEXUS and CATALYST: design targets for each accelerator, not measured results.

compass / fp&a cockpit
COMPASS FP&A cockpit: revenue, EBITDA and margin against budget, with the FP&A cycle steps Monitor, Close, Explain, Forecast, Plan and Decide.

COMPASS · FP&A & performance. Ledger to landing in one workspace: 7 steps on one spine, 57 FP&A modules and 5 supervised agents — AI drafts, people sign off. See the screens →

10How we deliver · Supervised digital workforce

A supervised digital workforce, by line of business — your people supervise the exceptions.

Agents work end to end across wealth, investment banking, correspondent banking, cards & payments, retail, corporate banking and trade finance. Policy decides what goes straight through; people approve the exceptions.

Lines of business
Wealth ManagementInvestment BankingCorrespondent Banking Cards & PaymentsRetail BankingCorporate Banking Trade FinanceGroup Finance, Risk & Operations

Click a bar to see the agents in it.

Agents plan, call tools and gather evidence. Policy decides what goes straight through; a named owner approves everything else; a kill switch halts all agents.

Live figures come from the SCIKIQ demo environment — not client results.

11How an agent works a case

An agent does the legwork on every case; a person makes the call when policy says so.

Replay: a settlement on the payments rail doesn't match the ledger. The Break Investigator (CLARION) works it.

Plan Act Check Humangate Log BREAK INVESTIGATOR Case resolved & logged 9 of 9 steps
  1. 1Source systemsThe payment rail reports a settlement the core ledger hasn't booked the same way — amount and value date differ.
  2. 2Data fabricChange-data capture lands both records within minutes, quality-checked, as governed data products.
  3. 3Metadata & ontologyBoth resolve to the same counterparty, nostro account and product, with lineage back to each source.
  4. 4ContextMatching rules, similar past breaks and the recon procedure are assembled — only what this analyst may see.
  5. 5AgentPlans and calls tools through the secure AI gateway: get_exception find_candidate_matches get_system_pair_stats; proposes a match with evidence and a confidence score.
  6. 6PolicyKill switch, autonomy level, confidence ≥ 0.90 and amount ≤ PHP 5,000 decide: straight through, or to a person.
  7. 7Human gateThe operations analyst reviews the evidence on one screen and approves, edits or rejects the proposal.
  8. 8ActionA governed, typed action resolves the break in the reconciliation system — limited, idempotent and reversible.
  9. 9AuditEvery step, tool call and decision is recorded; outcomes feed the evaluation that decides whether autonomy can be raised.
12Autonomy & guardrails

Autonomy is set per agent and raised only on evidence — inside hard guardrails.

0 1 2 3 4 People do the workAgents do the work
Level 3 · Act within limits. Acts on its own inside policy limits; everything else is escalated.

Confidence threshold

Straight-through only if confidence, amount limit and evidence checks pass.

≥ 0.90min. confidence

Amount limits

Recon breaks and disputes above the limit always go to a person.

PHP 5,000 / 3,000recon / dispute

Named human owner

Approves, edits or rejects every exception; AML dispositions always need a person.

Alwaysfor AML

Everything logged

Every plan, tool call and decision; overrides feed evaluation. Personal data masked in prompts.

8max tool calls / run

Kill switch

One control halts every agent at once.

Readystatus

Governance & controls

13Value

What could a supervised agent squad free up in your operation?

Move the sliders to your own volumes. Agents work the cases; people review only the exceptions.

e.g. recon breaks, alerts or disputes handled
Cases agents close within policy, with no human touch
Time for a person to check the agent's draft and approve
3,467
Hours saved per month
23.1
FTE equivalent (150 h / month)
PHP 18.7M
Cost saved per year (PHP 1.6M / month)
Human hours per month
Manual today
4,000 h
Supervised agents
533 h
Every 100 cases
60 go straight through40 go to a personOne supervisor can oversee 5,625 cases / month

Estimate only, not a quote or a SCIKIQ result. Manual hours = cases × minutes ÷ 60. Supervised hours = cases × (1 − STP share) × review minutes ÷ 60. Hours saved = manual − supervised. FTE = hours saved ÷ 150. Cost saved = hours saved × cost per hour. Supervisor capacity = 150 h × 60 ÷ ((1 − STP share) × review minutes). Excludes platform and run costs.

14Why SCIKIQ

Faster than services alone, a better fit than software alone.

How the SCIKIQ model compares with the usual ways banks deliver data, AI and agentic automation.

CriterionBig-4 / SIservices onlyPoint productssoftware onlyIn-house buildSCIKIQplatform + accelerators + delivery
Time to production value6–12 months3–6 months + integration12–18 months30–45 days
Banking data models & domain depthGeneric methodsOne use caseBuildPre-built
Reusable data foundationRebuilt per projectVendor-specificBuildSCIKIQ Data Fabric
Ready-made acceleratorsVariesSingle productNone15 for banking
Supervised AI agents in operationsPilots / PoCsCopilot featuresBuild & governAgent squads with guardrails & AgentOps
Process change & adoptionYesLeft to bankPartialYes
Run & continuous improvementSeparate contractProduct supportInternal teamManaged services
Total cost of ownershipHighMedium–HighVery HighLow

Big-4 / SI (6–12 months), point products (3–6 months + integration) and in-house builds (12–18 months) are compared on larger screens.

15How we engage

Four phases, each ending with something you keep — and three ways to buy it.

1

Discovery & Planning

2–6 weeks

You receive a maturity assessment and target blueprint, with a prioritised roadmap.

Gate: pilot scope signed off
2

Analysis & Design

3–6 weeks

Target-state design and ontology, mapped to your controls; agent autonomy agreed with risk.

Gate: design authority
3

Build & Deploy

Sprints · pilot live in 30–45 days

Landing zone as code, pipelines, accelerators and agents configured and tested on real data.

Gate: go-live readiness
4

Support & Embed

Hypercare, then your choice

Runbooks, evaluation suites and knowledge transfer to a trained team.

Gate: handover sign-off
Ownership moves to you as the SCIKIQ pod steps back
■ SCIKIQ podWeekly status · bi-weekly steering · phase-gated sign-off■ Your team

Staff Augmentation

Architects, data and AI engineers embedded in your teams, under your delivery lead.

Best when you run the programme and need specialist capacity.

Project Delivery

Outcome-based delivery of an accelerator or platform build by a SCIKIQ pod, with phase gates.

Best for a pilot or a new layer of the target architecture.

Managed Services

We run and improve the platform, models and agents — DataOps, MLOps and AgentOps under SLAs.

Best after handover, while your team builds its run capability.
16Pilot proposal

A 30–45 day accelerator pilot proves value on one use case before you commit to scale.

Fixed scope, fixed timeline, agreed success criteria — and a scale-up business case at the end.

One accelerator & its agent squad

Typically CLARION (reconciliation) or NARRATOR (close commentary), agents starting at “act with approval”.

2–3 source systems

e.g. GL, core banking and a payment or card switch.

One business unit

Named business owner and SMEs for rules and UAT.

SCIKIQ pod

Engagement lead, data engineer, domain SME, AI / agent engineer.

Activity → output
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Discovery, data access, baseline→ Pilot charter & baseline
Week 1
Connect & curate sources on the framework→ Governed pilot dataset
Week 2
Configure rules, models & agents (autonomy, limits, guardrails)→ Working accelerator & agent squad
Weeks 3–4
Parallel run & UAT→ Measured results & override log
Week 5
Read-out & scale-up plan→ Business case & roadmap
Week 6
80%+
Items auto-matched or auto-generated
50%+
Less manual effort vs. baseline
100%
In-scope data with lineage & DQ checks
Go / no-go
Scale decision backed by a business case

Success-criteria targets are agreed in week 1.

17Next steps

Three steps take us from this conversation to value in production.

Start small with one accelerator, prove it, then scale on the same framework.

1

Scoping workshop

Walk through your data landscape and pain points, pick the pilot use case and agree success criteria.

1–2 weeks
2

Accelerator pilot

Deploy one accelerator and its agent squad on the framework against live data, and measure the result.

30–45 days
3

Scale & embed

Roll out across business units and further accelerators through project delivery or managed services.

Project or managed service

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