Reduced Investigation Time by More Than 98%: Automating a 4-Hour Manual Process to Under One Minute with Appian
Reduced Investigation Time by More Than 98%: Automating a 4-Hour Manual Process to Under One Minute with Appian

About the Client

The client is a leading Canada-based financial and insurance services company managing a large portfolio of transactions and clients requiring strict adherence to compliance. That scale of compliance obligation, however, exposed significant operational gaps.

Business Challenges

  • Customer had to manually extract all key data points from multiple documents, manual workflows were slowing down the system
  • Backlog of suspicious transactions due to manual tracking
  • Data extraction from multiple systems due to limited visibility across investigation/case-review processes
  • Delays and errors in regulatory risk reporting in FinTRAC

The Atain Solution

To resolve the challenges, Atain’s Trust and Safety and Enterprise Orchestration and Automation Platform services was deployed.

  • Built a modernised tracking system to monitor the investigation progress and team performance using the Appian platform
  • AI-powered document analysis with OCR, Word, PDF, Excel, JSON Ingestion acceleration
  • Automated the extraction of key data points from lengthy Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) case files, including case details, actions taken, transaction details, and conductor/beneficiary information, for regulatory compliance
  • Reduced the analyst’s processing time per case without sacrificing accuracy
  • Embedded a complete audit trail with decision logging across all AI-assisted actions
  • Enabled real-time process monitoring and performance insights through Appian Process HQ

 

Assured Outcomes Delivered

This transformation translated directly into measurable gains for the client.

MetricCurrent State
Investigation TimeUnder 1 minute per case, down from 4 hours
System VisibilitySingle unified view across 6 previously siloed systems
Regulatory ReportingFaster, accurate FinTRAC submissions with reduced fine exposure
Compliance OperationsScalable, audit-ready platform built for ongoing regulatory demands