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BankHedge for Financial Institutions

White-label our technology to add automated FX Hedging services for your SME client base

Leverage our BankHedge™ platform to automate all the key steps of the end-to-end FX hedging process, from pricing to settlement, into a highly efficient, scalable and profitable service.

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Capitalise on the SME hedging gap

Is your SME FX offering limited to spot transactions? If so, you’re missing out on revenue opportunities and leaving yourself vulnerable to competition and client attrition. Banks often struggle to profitably serve SMEs while managing tight IT budgets and competitive pricing. Meanwhile, SMEs find banking processes complicated, opaque, and expensive. We’re here to help you transform this perception and unlock new potential.

Get everything you need, in one place and right away, to build and run a profitable hedging business.

Hedging-as-a-service

Get instant access on the cloud to the only 100% automated end-to-end hedging platform for SME banking.

Liquidity-as-a-service

Connect to over 180 liquidity providers to enable global reach with a local presence for your SMEs.

Payments-as-a-Service

Offer it quickly to your SME client base, on a self-service 24/5 basis, at zero client acquisition cost and minimal operating cost.

Business benefits for SMEs

  • Simple, transparent, affordable FX hedging
  • Reduced financial uncertainty and volatility
  • Fewer distractions, re-focus on core business
  • Renewed appetite for new ventures
  • Having one trusted financial partner (you) for sustainable growth

Business benefits for your bank

  • Stronger SME loyalty, lower attrition
  • Higher net income per SME with zero CAC and competitive liquidity sourcing
  • Diversification of income away from commoditised spaces like FX spot
  • Differentiation vs. other banks and disruptive players

Fully automated FX Hedging platform for SME banking services

BankHedge™, our back-to-front automated hedging platform for banks, lets you build and control your hedging business, and deliver a simple, friendly, self-service hedging UX to SMEs.

Efficiency

End-to-end automation; pre-integrated with your core banking system

Agility

Ready-to-run out of the cloud; choice of liquidity providers

Flexibility

Control your product menu, pricing, risk warehousing, etc.

Usability

Simple SME UX with guided hedging process, transparent T&Cs

Enhance you FX Services for SMEs

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100% automated

BankHedge™ automates all the key steps of the end-to-end hedging process, from pricing to settlement, into a highly efficient, scalable and profitable service.

Pricing and quote generation

Order Capture & Execution

Trade confirmation & verification

Reconciliation and settlements

Real-time risk system

Cutting-edge architecture for an outstanding hedging enterprise

BankHedge’s cutting-edge architecture maximises your enterprise’s efficiency, agility, and flexibility. Its layers are seamlessly integrated yet decoupled, and its underlying capabilities are organised into modular domains which support FX payments.

SME self-service portal
  • Easy to use UX
  • Accessible 24/7
  • Support over 200 currencies
  • Guided hedging
  • Option to provide transparent pricing
  • Embedded learning materials​
Fully Embedded
  • Services consumable via API​
  • Embedded at point of need, in any of your UIs​

Powering an outstanding hedging experience for SMEs

​BankHedge lets you build, run and evolve an SME hedging experience that’s hard to match, and which enriches your SME offering into a market-leading proposition.

Hedging solutions for SMEs
  • 200+ currencies​
  • Rich instrument catalogue: FX spot, forwards, and options
  • Multi-currency accounts​
  • Embedded educational materials​
SME hedging experience
  • A guided, self-service hedging process​
  • In a simple portal, accessible 24/7, with solutions 24/5​
  • Or, embedded at the point of need, in a familiar UI​
  • Transparent T&Cs​

Banks work with ALT21 because we are:

Focused on hedging

We understand it better than most.

Tech-Obsessed

Passionate about using technology to break down barriers.

Solidly backed by investors

We’re here to stay.

Not just techies.

Many of us come from finance, we understand you.

Dedicated to SME

We understand their unmet hedging needs.

Committed to simplicity

Everything we do is to make hedging simpler.

Overcome barriers to growth

Cloud-native

Multi-tenanted

Integrated

Open

Embeddable

Single sign-on

Decoupled

Modular

Bank controller portal

Front end
  • Onboarding & client mgmt.
  • Full range of FX products for SMEs​
  • Control mark-ups & fees​
  • Real-time risk & reporting
  • Hedgucation
Back end
  • Automate end-to-end operations (settlement, etc.)​
  • Platform management​
  • Users & authorisations
  • Transaction & beneficiary screening
  • Bank grade security​
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Expand your SME offering today

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ALT 21 Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under both the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Payment Services Directive (FRN: 783837). ALT21 Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as an investment Firm to execute trades in FX Spot, Forwards and Options.

The information provided on this website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject ALT21 Limited or its affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction.

ALT 21 Limited may provide general commentary or educational material available on its website or otherwise, which is not intended as investment advice. The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any products referenced. Eligibility criteria and T&Cs apply for all products referenced.

ALT 21 Limited assumes no liability for errors, inaccuracies or omissions; does not warrant the accuracy, completeness of information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. You should read and understand ALT 21 Limited’s Terms and Conditions prior to taking any further action.​

Risk Disclaimer (Options): 
Trading in leveraged financial derivatives such as Options carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Using such financial products may run the risk of substantial capital losses which may exceed your initial deposit. You should carefully consider your financial situation and needs and seek independent advice from a duly authorised financial adviser. For more information read our complex products risk warning.

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