End of support for SAP Bank Analyzer – msg.ORRP as an alternative

What does the end of support for the SAP Bank Analyzer mean?

SAP Bank Analyzer: Strategic reorientation and consequences

SAP is no longer supporting the Bank Analyzer and has been implementing a clear strategic reorientation for several years. This is of crucial importance for many banks: the existing solution no longer meets future requirements, and action is needed.

• No further functional development of the Bank Analyzer is taking place, meaning that existing functions will not be expanded or improved.
• Extended Maintenance is now only available for a limited time and involves significant additional costs. This makes the long-term use of the Bank Analyzer difficult.
• New regulatory requirements, such as IReF, ESG, the SRB’s expectations and further developments in the area of IRRBB, are no longer covered by the Bank Analyzer. As a result, banks can no longer use the solution to comply with current regulatory requirements.
• SAP expressly advises against any new implementations of the Bank Analyzer, meaning that banks must look for alternatives.

SAP’s new strategy: technical platform and successor solution

As part of this strategic realignment, SAP Fioneer is providing banks with two new products. Financial Services Data Management (FSDM) serves as a central technical data platform, whilst the Financial Products Subledger (FPSL) has been specifically designed for the accounting treatment of financial instruments. Whilst both solutions offer technological and accounting support, they do not replace the business-specific control, risk and reporting logic of the existing Bank Analyzer.

Consequently, the SAP Bank Analyzer is becoming a legacy application. Many banks are therefore faced with the challenge of identifying a suitable successor solution in a timely manner so that they can continue to meet regulatory and business requirements in the future.

msg.ORRP as a replacement for SAP Bank Analyzer

With a technical focus on risk management and regulatory reporting

msg.ORRP was not developed from an accounting perspective, but specifically to measure and manage all relevant risks faced by a credit institution, as well as to meet the requirements of national and European reporting frameworks. These include, amongst others, COREP/FINREP, AnaCredit, large exposures, ESG reporting, and the requirements of the SRB, the ECB, the Bundesbank and BaFin. msg.ORRP thus covers the area in which the Bank Analyzer currently poses the greatest risk and where the discontinuation of maintenance support is creating a significant gap.

Architecturally flexible and future-proof

msg.ORRP supports modern vision statements and can be flexibly integrated into a variety of operational and architectural models. This enables banks to develop their existing IT landscape step by step, without having to commit to a rigid target model at an early stage.

• The solution can be operated both on-premises and as a SaaS model. This allows institutions to choose the operational approach that suits them best and to take specific account of regulatory, technical and organisational requirements.
• Data integration can be configured flexibly and supports both SAP and non-SAP source systems, as well as modern data platforms such as FSDM. This allows msg.ORRP to be integrated into existing system landscapes without the need for complete standardisation of data structures beforehand.
• Implementation can be carried out in a modular manner. This enables banks to first implement particularly urgent business or regulatory requirements and then expand the platform step by step.

• msg.ORRP integrates well into SAP FPSL target architectures, where the aim is to achieve a modern separation between the data platform, accounting and regulatory business logic.
• The platform also offers advantages in hybrid reporting landscapes, as it can consolidate different data sources and business requirements without having to completely replace existing systems straight away.
• msg.ORRP is particularly well-suited to phased replacement projects, as individual functions can be migrated in a controlled manner and new business requirements can be gradually incorporated into the target architecture.

A realistic migration path for SAP Bank Analyzer

For banks that are still using an existing SAP Bank Analyzer setup today, the key question is how the transition to a future-proof solution can be structured in practical terms. Here, msg.ORRP offers a realistic and technically sound migration path that takes technical, regulatory and organisational requirements into account in equal measure.

• msg.ORRP can be implemented in parallel with the existing SAP Bank Analyzer. This makes it possible to implement new business and regulatory requirements on the target platform whilst existing processes in the legacy system can continue to run in a controlled manner for the time being.
• Individual reporting scenarios can be migrated in a targeted manner and in a business-wise order. Institutions can thus prioritise which reports, risk types or analyses should be transferred to the new platform first.
• Risks are mitigated at an early stage, as business dependencies, technical legacy issues and regulatory uncertainties can be addressed step by step. This increases the manageability of the overall project and provides early transparency regarding progress and the achievement of objectives.
• It also makes it possible to plan the subsequent decommissioning of SAP Bank Analyzer. The phase-out can be prepared in a structured manner and implemented in line with clearly defined milestones. There is no abrupt system change.

Instead, the migration path enables a gradual, controlled transition, whilst maintaining technical stability, regulatory certainty and operational capability throughout the entire transformation process.

Recommendation

Rather, this is a strategic decision that addresses key issues relating to regulatory resilience, the future target architecture, and economic and operational manageability.

• Regulatory certainty is key, as new technical and supervisory requirements must continue to be reliably implemented, documented and audited in the future. A future-proof solution must therefore be capable of incorporating changes to regulatory reporting and risk management in a structured manner and ensuring their long-term sustainability.
• It is about strategic architecture, because banks must decide what their future target platform for data management, risk, regulatory reporting and related business processes should look like. The end of support for SAP Bank Analyzer is forcing institutions to actively define these target visions and plan the necessary transformation steps at an early stage.
• It is a matter of cost and risk control, because continuing to operate outdated systems not only increases technical and business risks but also makes it more difficult to manage projects, budgets and regulatory obligations. An orderly transition to a viable successor solution reduces these risks and enables better long-term planning.