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               RISK




               MANAGEMENT



               SPENDS HAVE




               THE BIGGEST                                                                                                                                                                   sector through its rt360 product line. rt360 is an end-to-


                                                                                                                                                                                             end risk management product suite to manage the
               PAYBACK                                                                                                                                                                       entire risk portfolio of banks and financial institutions.
                                                                                                                                                                                             BCT Digital’s client list includes both Indian public- and
                                                                                                                                                                                             private sector banks, among them Canara Bank, HDFC
                                                                                                                                                                                             Bank, Bank of India, and IDBI Bank.


                                                                                                                                                                                             Its rt360- Real-Time Early Warning System for Credit
               RISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE COMPANY BCT                                                                                                                                          Monitoring product is an AI-based innovative upgrade to
                                                                                                                                                                                             the current EWS product suite. Real-Time EWS has the
               DIGITAL CEO JAYA VAIDHYANATHAN SAYS
                                                                                                                                                                                             potential to detect and prevent suspicious or fraudulent
               INDIAN BANKS WILL NEED TO PREPARE FOR                                                                                                                                         transactions, effectively paving way for a transition from
                                                                                                                                                                                             detective to preventive credit risk monitoring.
               THE WORST WHILE HOPING FOR THE BEST.                                                                                                          Jaya Vaidhyanathan is the CEO of
                                                                                                                                                             Chennai-based BCT Digital, a    In an interview with Fortune India, Vaidhyanathan talks
                                                                                                                                                             division of the $300-million    about the product suite, the risk management situation
                                                                                                                                                             turnover Bahwan CyberTek        in Indian banks and what has changed with the Covid-19
                                                                                                                                                             (BCT), a global technology      pandemic. Edited excerpts:
                                                                                                                                                             company specialising in digital
             June 23 2020                                                                                                                                                                    Give us an overview of how you see your
                                                                                                                                                             transformation, predictive
                                                                                                                                                                                             business at this point, and how the pandemic
                                                                                                                                                             analytics, and the Internet of
                                                                                                                                                                                             has changed the outlook.
                                                                                                                                                             Things (IoT). She joined as an
                                                                                                                                                                                             See, we are in the line of managing risk. We actually
                                                                                                                                                             ‘intrapreneur’ and began their
                                                                                                                                                                                             take a more centre-stage role with the crisis. So while
                                                                                                                                                             fintech initiatives. This was to
                                                                                                                                                                                             companies could have thought of us as a compliance
                                                                                                                                                             build global quality products for
                                                                                                                                                                                             need, the more progressive companies could have
                                                                                                                                                             the Indian banking system
                                                                                                                                                                                             thought of that as active risk management, now we are
                                                                                                                                                             keeping in mind the unique
                                                                                                                                                                                             more centre stage. Because unless you’re in the
                                                                                                                                                             challenges and culture of the
                                                                                                                                                                                             pharmaceuticals or grocery type of retail properties, you
                                                                                                                                                             banking system in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                             are making losses now. So it’s more about how actively
                                                                                        SOURAV MAJUMDAR                                                      BCT Digital is driving digital   you manage risk that becomes your identity going
                                                                                        Editor at Fortune India                                              transformation for the BFSI     forward. Risk management is a competitive advantage.

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