Transamerica Chooses SunGard Paperless Office Platform

Transamerica has been using Protegent Customer Onboard to facilitate the opening of new brokerage and non-brokerage accounts. It will now also use the system’s new integration with DST Systems, Inc.’s account Web service, to facilitate the maintenance of new accounts and electronic mutual fund transactions for the direct-to-fund business channel, according to a SunGard news release.

Using Protegent Customer Onboard, advisers will be able to initiate new mutual fund account transactions for mutual fund families that accept DST straight-through processing feeds. Representatives at the firm then complete the appropriate electronic application for a mutual fund transaction, which is then reviewed by Protegent Customer Onboard for data completeness and suitability. Applications are then submitted through the DST interface to the mutual fund family, which can confirm receipt of the application and supply a newly established account number—facilitating tracking and management of the new customer record, the release said.

Paper checks from clients are processed via a conversion to electronic ACH banking instructions through Protegent Customer Onboard, and Transamerica will be able to obtain real-time status reports about submitted business.

“With heightened regulatory scrutiny, increasing cases of identity fraud and prevailing antiquated systems, managing the new account opening process has been a growing challenge for many brokerage and insurance firms,’ said Steve Sabin, chief operating officer of SunGard’s Protegent business unit, in the release. “Protegent Customer Onboard does more than address the manual and disparate process challenges—it is a comprehensive offering that helps firms manage the end-to-end client relationship.’

Protegent Customer Onboard is available as a stand-alone solution or as an integrated component of the Protegent solution suite for management of the compliance lifecycle. SunGard said it helps ensure compliance with FINRA regulations, such as Rule 2821, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Customer Identification Program (CIP), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations.

More information is available at http://www.sungard.com/PROTEGENT/.