REGULATORY AND OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

We turn regulatory change into real operational change.

Regulatory changes in financial services rarely affect a single area. They can involve processes, data, systems, messaging, controls and multiple teams. ARENA helps assess the impact, make the right decisions and drive change through to operations, combining financial expertise, technology insight and experience in critical environments.

COMPLIANCE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE ORGANISATION

A new requirement in payments, messaging, settlement or reporting can affect core systems, interfaces, data, providers, controls and operational processes.

REGULATORY CHANGE IS MORE THAN A COMPLIANCE UPDATE

At ARENA, we analyse what changes, where the impact lies and what needs to be adapted to bring it into production with confidence. We work across processes, data, applications, integrations and controls, helping define priorities, resolve dependencies and establish a realistic roadmap for your organisation.

WE CONNECT REGULATION, BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

HOW WE CAN HELP

Assess the impact on processes, systems, data and messaging.

Identify dependencies and risks before changes begin.

Review the operating model and points of manual intervention.

Define the required functional and technology changes.

Prioritise initiatives and dependencies based on timelines, risk and impact.

Prepare testing, transition and production deployment.

Support implementation from design through to go-live.

BENEFITS FOR YOUR ORGANISATION

Better prioritisation of change

Identify which processes, systems, data and interfaces need to be adapted and sequence actions according to impact, dependencies and the regulatory timeline.

Lower implementation risk

Identify critical points across integrations, controls, data and operational processes before testing and production deployment.

Less accumulated complexity

Avoid isolated developments and unnecessary dependencies, favouring reusable solutions and an architecture that is easier to maintain and evolve.

Better coordination across teams

Align business, operations, technology, risk and compliance around decisions, dependencies and common implementation criteria.

EXPERIENCIA EN LOS CAMBIOS QUE ESTÁN TRANSFORMANDO EL SECTOR

Instant payments and PSD3/PSR

24/7 operations, Verification of Payee, fraud, liquidity, statuses, reporting, APIs and operational processes.

SWIFT and ISO 20022

MT/MX, structured data, releases, connectivity and adaptation of legacy systems, with particular attention to the evolution of Exception & Investigation and its impact on screening and anti-money laundering processes.

T+1 and CSDR

Shorter operational windows, instructions, funding, fails and exception management.

EMIR and regulatory reporting

Data sources, validations, XML, reconciliation, rejections and traceability.

DORA and operational resilience

Critical services, third parties, continuity, observability, testing and recovery.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

We assess the impact

We review the regulatory change, the processes affected and the dependencies between business and technology.

We define what needs to change

We translate decisions into changes across processes, data, systems, integrations and controls.

We build the implementation plan

We prioritise initiatives, dependencies, testing and transition based on risk and timelines.

We support execution

We work alongside your teams throughout implementation, testing and go-live.

What change is your organisation facing?

Every regulatory transformation comes with different dependencies. We help you understand its operational impact, define the decisions that need to be made and bring the change into production in a controlled way.