2.3 Multi Level Approval

This topic helps you quickly get acquainted with the Multi Level Approval process.

The Approval user can view the summary of details updated in multilevel approval stage and can approve a Guarantee Advise Internal Amendment Islamic request.
  1. Log in into Oracle Banking Trade Finance Process Management application and on Home screen, click, Task.
  2. Under Task, click Free Task.
  3. Select the appropriate task and click Acquire & Edit to edit the task or click Acquire to edit the task from My Tasks.
  4. The acquired task will be available in My Tasks tab. Click Edit to approve the task.
    The Approval Summary screen appears. The user can view the Summary tiles which displays list of important fields with values.
  5. Click each tile to drill down from summary tiles into respective data segments to verify the details of all fields under the data segment.

    Note:

    The user can simulate/recalculate charge details and during calling the handoff, if handoff is failed with error the OBTFM displays the Handoff failure error during the Approval of the task.
    Tiles Displayed in Summary:
    • Main Details - User can view the application details and Guarantee details. User can only view but cannot modify the details.
    • Additional Fields - User can view the additional fields details, if any.
    • Advices - User can view the advice details.
    • Settlement Details - User can view the Settlement details.
    • Limits and Collaterals - User can view the limits and collateral details. User can only view but cannot modify the details.
    • Commission, Charges and Taxes - User can view the details provided for charges. User can only view but cannot modify the details.
    • Preview Messages - User can have the preview of message.
    • Compliance details - User can view the compliance details. The status must be verified for KYC and to be initiated for AML and Sanction Checks.
    • Parties Details - User can view the party details like beneficiary, advising bank etc. User can only view but cannot modify the details.
    • Accounting Details - User can view the accounting entries generated by back office system.

      Note:

      When the Value Date is different from the Transaction Date for one or more accounting entries, system displays an Alert Message “Value Date is different from Transaction Date for one or more Accounting entries.
    • Exception(Approval) - User can view the exception (approval) details.

    For more information on Action Buttons, refer to the field description table below.

    Table 2-23 Approval Summary - Action Buttons - Field Description

    Field Description
    Documents View/Upload the required document.

    Application displays the mandatory and optional documents.
    The user can view and input/view application details simultaneously.
    When a user clicks on the uploaded document, Document window get opened and on clicking the view icon of the uploaded document, Application screen should get split into two. The one side of the document allows to view and on the other side allows to input/view the details in the application

    Remarks Specify any additional information regarding the guarantee Advise internal amendment. This information can be viewed by other users processing the request.

    Content from Remarks field should be handed off to Remarks field in Backend application.

    Overrides Click to view the overrides accepted by the user.
    Customer Instruction Click to view/ input the following
    • Standard Instructions – In this section, the system will populate the details of Standard Instructions maintained for the customer. User will not be able to edit this.
    • Transaction Level Instructions – In this section, OBTFPM user can input any Customer Instructions received as part of transaction processing. This section will be enabled only for customer initiated transactions.
    Common Group Messages Click Common Group Message button, to send MT799 and MT999 messages from within the task.
    Incoming Message Clicking this button allows the user to see the message in case of STP of incoming MT 767.

    In case of MT798-MT726-MT759 request, user can view MT798 message(726-759) in this placeholder in Header of the task.

    In case of MT798_MT788-MT799 request, user can view MT798 message (788-799) in this placeholder in Header of the process-task.

    View Undertaking Clicking this button allows the user to view the undertaking details.
    Signatures Click the Signature button to verify the signature of the customer/ bank if required.

    The user can view the Customer Number and Name of the signatory, Signature image and the applicable operation instructions if any available in the back-office system.

    If more than one signature is available, system should display all the signatures.

    Reject On click of Reject, user must select a Reject Reason from a list displayed by the system.

    Reject Codes are:

    • R1- Documents missing
    • R2- Signature Missing
    • R3- Input Error
    • R4- Insufficient Balance/Limits
    • R5 - Others

    Select a Reject code and give a Reject Description.
    This reject reason will be available in the remarks window throughout the process.

    Hold The details provided will be saved and status will be on hold.User must update the remarks on the reason for holding the task.

    This option is used, if there are any pending information yet to be received from applicant.

    Refer Select a Refer Reason from the values displayed by the system.

    Refer Codes are:

    • R1- Documents missing
    • R2- Signature Missing
    • R3- Input Error
    • R4- Insufficient Balance/Limits
    • R5 - Others
    Cancel Cancel the Guarantee Advise Internal Amendment approval. The details updated in this stage are not saved. The task will be available in 'My Task' queue.
    Approve On approve, application must validate for all mandatory field values, and task must move to the next logical stage. If there are more approvers, task will move to the next approver for approval. If there are no more approvers, the transaction is handed off to the back end system for posting.
  6. Click Approve.