THE COMPLEXITY & FRICTION
An APAC bank managing 22 million data assets faced the challenge of providing the absolute transparency required by BCBS 239 and APRA CPG 235. Manual documentation of lineage was physically impossible at this scale, and failure to demonstrate data provenance posed significant risks of financial penalties and an erosion of regulator trust in reported figures. The sheer history and volume of changes—encompassing billions of events—meant that any solution had to be hardened for extreme enterprise-grade scale, capable of reconstructing any data point’s history for audit inquiries.
THE STRATEGIC PARADIGM
The bank utilized Alex Solutions to rapidly digitalize its metadata estate, mapping 22 million assets within a 6-month timeframe. Alex Solutions functioned as the foundational enterprise data operations layer to embed 1,410 tailored compliance controls directly into the metadata fabric, creating a deterministic ‘Chain of Evidence’ for auditors. This approach moved the bank from reactive documentation to a structured, audit-ready posture, providing mathematical proof of data integrity by tracking information from legacy mainframe source systems through complex transformations to final financial reports in OneSumX.
TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & INTEGRATION
| Regulatory Focus | APRA CPG 235, BCBS 239 |
| Asset Scale | 22 Million Metadata Assets (Handling billions of history events) |
| Reporting Support | OneSumX for automated APRA attestation |
QUANTIFIABLE OPERATIONAL IMPACT
- 22 Million assets successfully cataloged and governed in record time.
- 1,410+ tailored compliance controls implemented to ensure continuous regulatory adherence.
- Successful regulatory attestation achieved through automated, click-through lineage evidence.
- Transformation of metadata into an active operational asset driving ongoing compliance.
