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Rudi-Steenkamp2

Rudi Steenkamp

HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY AND DATA MANAGEMENT​

A self-managed service that makes it easy to create and exchange secure digital instructions at scale.

Connecting the financial market ecosystem

Strate’s Integration Services digitally connects critical players in the financial market ecosystem. We provide a trusted environment backed by proven infrastructure that allows entities to cost effectively and securely exchange digital information.

Our systems are only accessible to authorised and trusted parties and provide numerous benefits, including history and audit, delivery tracking and content validation.

Connectivity simplification

Users will have access to self-help portals to manage their own connectivity.

Authorised parties

Only parties that have been authorised and vetted will be connected to the service. 

Content validation

The service has built-in message parsing capabilities to ensure all messages are compliant with their message specifications before delivery.

Delivery tracking

Messages can be monitored and tracked in real time at every point of the journey to their destination.

History and audit trail

All actions performed on the service will be available to audit and report on.

Connecting the South African financial market through secure messaging

Getting ready for ISO 20022

The South African Reserve Bank is working with the payment industry to replace the existing Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system with a new-generation ISO 20022 solution that will cater to requirements stemming from payment innovations, regulatory changes and the evolving business landscape.

Future communication with payment systems will require instruction in ISO 20022 format.  ISO 20022 is an increasingly established global language for payments messaging that is already used by payment systems in over 70 countries.

It will become the standard for high-value payment systems of all reserve currencies, supporting 80% of global volumes and 87% of the value of transactions worldwide. SWIFT will enable ISO 20022 messages for cross-border payments and cash reporting businesses starting from the end of 2022. 

Easy access to ISO 20022 via Strate

Not all industry players can communicate on the ISO 20022 standard. Strate can help as our conversion engine ensures the seamless upward and downward compatibility of messages to ensure no disruption to your communications processes.

Our service aims to:

  • Improve integration with external systems
  • Make processes more visible to make the system easier to use

The RTGS system will:

How Strate's conversion engine works

The conversion engine receives a message (IBM MQ series or secure file transfer) and validates the message. The message is then converted into the corresponding message and sent in the required format to the client, as shown below/alongside.

Our conversion platform offering

Strate offers a conversion platform with pre-mapped format conversions to enable cross-border transactions and to accelerate the SAMOS system replacement project.  To try out the service , please click here.

Platform performance

Throughput

Last hour:
14,522
messages

YTD message count

YTD Message Count:
74,563,995

System utilisation

Last hour:
18.07%

Active connections

Active Connections:
9

Message volumes per year

What our clients say

"A2X has been using Strate’s integration services since the exchange went live in October 2017. Since then, we have experienced 100% uptime and excellent service from the Strate team."
Brett Kotze
HEAD OF POST-TRADE SERVICES, A2X
"The service we received from the Strate team is excellent.  Queries are always answered quickly and the team is always willing to assist."
Jolanda Cloete
DIRECTOR, CUSTODIAL, COMPUTERSHARE
"Strate Integration Service offer robust straight-through-processing (STP) solutions for Iress clients and users ensuring that our post-trade technology ecosystem is reliable and efficient."
Martin Janse van Rensburg
BUSINESS OWNER, POST - TRADE, IRESS
A2X has been using Strate’s integration services since the exchange went live in October 2017. Since then, we have experienced 100% uptime and excellent service from the Strate team.
Brett Kotze
HEAD OF POST-TRADE SERVICES, A2X
The service we received from the Strate team is excellent.  Queries are always answered quickly and the team is always willing to assist.
Jolanda Cloete
DIRECTOR, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, COMPUTERSHARE
Strate Integration Service offer robust straight-through-processing (STP) solutions for Iress clients and users ensuring that our post-trade technology ecosystem is reliable and efficient.
Martin Janse van Rensburg
BUSINESS OWNER, POST-TRADE, IRESS

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