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The Account Management application component is responsible for the management and processing of the statutory reporting figures. It provides information about the receivables and payables between a bank and third parties. The accounts, balances, and payment items are managed in the Account Management system. The currencies of the balances are strictly separated, meaning they are not valuated. It is possible to make postings with a currency other than the account currency. In this case, currency translation takes place and foreign exchange position postings can be generated. The positions form the basis for external financial reporting, meaning that the contract and turnover data stored here represents the data basis for the creation of the balance sheet. One key processing function of the Account Management system involves the interest settlement and charge calculation for the accounts.

This component comprises the functions you need in banking for the management of customer accounts, such as for account contracts, account turnovers, or account settlements. In addition, you can manage cards, such as credit cards or customer cards.

Implementation Considerations

Account Management optimizes the processing of customer transactions in the area of account management through automatization and centralization. The most valuable contribution this component makes lies in the mapping and processing of the flow data. In the banking sector, both within one bank and also cross-bank, a distinction is increasingly being made between retail and transaction banks for reasons of efficiency. Account Management in no way involves tasks relating to a retail bank, but is centrally focused on the optimization potential of transaction banking.

Integration

The contract and account-oriented Account Management system is closely linked to other components in the area of operational banking.

In this respect, the connection to a system for the management of business partner data, such as SAP Business Partner for Financial Services, is particularly important. This enables you to create and manage business partners. You can use this business partner, or another one in another system. For more information, see Communication Between Logical Systems.

Data transfer to a general ledger system takes place by means of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. For more information about general ledger transfer with XI information messages, see General Ledger Connection (FS-BA-AN-GL).

Account Management uses special tools to ensure correct processing for the following processes, for example:

  • Change documents

  • Correspondence

  • Authorizations and release

  • Parallel processing and job control

  • Derivations

  • Postprocessing orders