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CROSS-BORDER REPORTING

TXstream Cross Border Product Roadmap

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Overview

TXstream Cross Border is Synthesis' regulatory reporting platform for cross-border transactions and central-bank compliance, helping financial institutions validate, process and report complex Balance of Payments data accurately and on time.

The platform brings together submission, staging, Smart Forms and regulatory rules capabilities across multiple African regulatory regimes. Our focus is to preserve this regulatory depth while modernising the platform, improving performance and usability, and giving clients greater control over configuration and operational change.

One Platform. Four Core Capabilities.

  • Regulatory Submission

    Balance of Payments Reporting

    Accurate, timely submission of cross-border regulatory data to supported central-bank and regional reporting regimes.

  • Staging & Processing

    Staging Hub

    Controlled ingestion, staging and processing of reporting data before validation and regulatory submission.

  • Smart Forms

    Guided Data Capture

    Rule-driven forms that simplify Balance of Payments capture and improve the quality of data collected from users and channels.

  • Rules Engine

    Regulatory Validation

    Configurable regulatory rules and validations that support regulator requirements while allowing governed client-specific behaviour.

Vision

To be the trusted, configurable and resilient platform for cross-border regulatory reporting, enabling financial institutions to respond rapidly and confidently to regulatory change.

Strategic Context

The forces reshaping cross-border regulatory reporting - and the TXstream Cross Border roadmap.

Regulatory change is increasing the need for adaptability.

Clients expect faster change, stronger control and better use of their regulatory data.

  • Regulatory Change

    Requirements continue to evolve.

    Ongoing regulator rule changes, regional reporting requirements and emerging SARB 1FinSurv changes require the platform to adapt without disrupting client reporting.

  • Scale & Reliability

    Volumes are testing legacy assumptions.

    Growing transaction volumes and reporting frequency increase the need for resilient processing, faster matching and submissions, and less operational intervention.

  • Client Control

    Routine change should not require Synthesis.

    Clients increasingly need governed self-service for configuration, rules and channels while core regulatory controls remain protected and fully traceable.

  • Technology Foundation

    V4 creates the modernisation baseline.

    Angular, retirement of the legacy service layer, modern rules capability and improved deployment practices create a foundation for faster, safer product evolution.

  • Data Opportunity

    Validated regulatory data can do more.

    High-quality cross-border and payment data can support analysis, downstream consumption and operational insight beyond the regulatory submission itself.

What this means for TXstream Cross Border

Stabilise and adopt V4, shift routine configuration toward governed client self-service, and evolve the platform for scale, regulatory change and greater value from validated data.

Competitor Landscape

A market landscape to validate.

Cross-border regulatory reporting can be addressed through specialist platforms, internal development and client-specific operating models. Named competitor positioning requires validation before inclusion in the signed-off roadmap.

  • Internal Development

    Build alternative

    Cross-border reporting and configuration built around existing internal systems and in-house engineering capability.

    Existing internal systems · In-house engineering · Full internal control

  • Specialist RegTech Platforms

    To validate

    Named vendors in this category have not been validated for this roadmap. Input required before any competitor is presented.

    Named vendors · Relative positioning · Where they win

  • Payment Platform Embedded Reporting

    To validate

    Reporting capability embedded within broader payment platforms. Scope and credibility as an alternative require validation.

    Named platforms · Reporting depth · Regulatory coverage

  • Managed Services & Consulting

    To validate

    Advisory and managed operating models addressing reporting through people and process. Presence in this market requires validation.

    Named providers · Delivery model · Where clients choose it

The competitive picture for Cross Border is not yet established.

Management and product input is required to validate direct competitors, adjacent competitors, build-it-yourself alternatives, managed and consulting alternatives, and relative TXstream positioning before this landscape can be signed off.

Strategic Themes

TXstream Cross Border

  • Protect

    Protect - Regulatory Readiness

    Maintain alignment with SARB and the supported regional regulators, covering rule and specification change, privacy requirements and traceable compliance. This is what keeps client reporting uninterrupted while requirements continue to move.

  • Modernise

    Modernise - Platform Foundation

    Complete and stabilise V4, with a modern UI and service architecture, stronger rules capability, deployment automation and sustainable infrastructure. The foundation that makes every later theme faster and safer to deliver.

  • Scale

    Scale - Performance & Resilience

    Improve throughput, matching, submission performance, reliability and supportability as client volumes grow. The measure of success is less operational intervention, not more capacity to intervene.

  • Enable

    Enable - Client Self-Service

    Use Workbench and modern administration to move approved routine configuration and channel change into governed client control, with approval, versioning and a full audit trail. Synthesis-governed CORE rule sets stay protected.

  • Unlock

    Unlock - Trusted Regulatory Data

    Treat validated cross-border data as a governed asset that can support analysis, downstream consumption and future value-added capability. The opportunity beyond the regulatory submission itself.

Next 6 Months

The next six months move TXstream Cross Border from platform modernisation into release, client adoption and the next phase of product capability.

Product Workstreams

  • TXstream V4

    Modernise the core Cross Border platform while preserving the regulatory and transaction-processing capability clients rely on today. Stable Release - 07 Dec 2026.

    • Smart Forms
    • Kotlin Rules Engine
    • Staging Pool Manager
    • Integrated Dashboard
    • Modular Angular UI

  • SmartForms Workbench

    V1 Definition - Oct-Dec 2026

    Enable governed client self-service for routine rules, field, channel and environment configuration. Delivery sequencing to confirm.

    • Rules Manager
    • Global Field Manager
    • Channel / Environment Manager
    • Channel-specific Rules
    • Visual Rules Explorer
    • Governed approval & promotion

  • Digital Twins

    January 2027

    Simplify deployment, testing and development through repeatable, containerised TXstream environments, with one click to run a full application suite.

    • Containerised environments
    • Cloud-ready architecture
    • Simplified rollouts
    • Embedded dependencies

  • Future Architecture Planning

    Planning - timing to confirm

    Define the future architecture required to improve resilience, scalability and cost efficiency.

    • Staging Hub high availability
    • Cloud architecture
    • Cost-efficient database options
    • Architecture team alignment

  • AI Integration Use Cases

    Validation - timing to confirm

    Apply AI selectively where it can accelerate quality assurance and regulatory-rule work while retaining governed human control.

    • QA Testing
    • Rule Creation & Analysis

Supporting context

In Detail

TXstream V4

Preserve. Improve. Advance.

Preserve
  • core transaction processing
  • four-eyes controls and audit
  • reporting and reconciliation
  • users, roles and permissions
  • imports, queues and regulator files
Improve
  • performance at production scale
  • tables and navigation
  • processing and validation
  • administration
  • operational workflows
Advance
  • workflow control and scheduling
  • corporate single sign-on
  • REST architecture
  • hardened staging
  • digital twin and data model
  • simplified deployment

SmartForms Workbench

Delivery sequencing to confirm

Governed self-service for routine Balance of Payments configuration, with core regulatory controls protected.

Operating model
  • Locate
  • Configure
  • Approve
  • Promote
Governance
  • protected CORE rule sets
  • approval
  • versioning
  • full audit trail
  • governed deployment and promotion
  • rules managed internally with Git

Indicative - subject to agreement

Standard Bank Adoption

UAT & Go-Live

Indicative - subject to agreement

Standard Bank's own adoption of V4, following the Synthesis product release rather than forming part of it.

  • UAT - indicative 01-28 February 2027
  • Go-live - indicative 01 March 2027
  • a client adoption milestone, not the V4 product release

Test Environment & Deployment

Timing to confirm

Preparatory work with no agreed date. Deliberately absent from the timeline rather than given an invented one.

  • provision test environment - the source date label is inconsistent and has not been resolved
  • TXstream V4 deployment - approximately two days, joint

Six-Month Roadmap

October 2026 — March 2027

Product Workstreams

  • TXstream V4

    Committed. In progress, continuing to Dec 7, 2026. Milestone: Developer Beta, Oct 2, 2026. Target. Internal Synthesis testing. Milestone: V4 Stable Release, Dec 7, 2026. Synthesis product release.

  • Public Beta

    Planned. Oct 5, 2026 to Dec 5, 2026.

  • Workbench V1 definition

    Discovery. Oct 2026 to Dec 2026. Milestone: Agree V1, Dec 2026. Delivery sequencing beyond V1 to confirm. Decision options: Agree V1 scope and sequencing.

  • Digital Twins

    Planned. Jan 2027.

Standard Bank Adoption

  • Standard Bank UAT

    Directional. Feb 1, 2027 to Feb 28, 2027.

  • Standard Bank Go-Live

    Directional. Mar 1, 2027. Milestone: Go-Live, Mar 1, 2027. Indicative. Client adoption, not the V4 product release.

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