Automated KYC Verification Processing 3,000 Reviews Daily for a Commercial Bank
A commercial bank's compliance team was manually reviewing KYC documents — a bottleneck of 3,000 new accounts per day. We automated document verification and AML screening with UiPath and Azure AI.
About the Client
The Challenge
A commercial bank's compliance team was manually reviewing KYC documents — a bottleneck of 3,000 new accounts per day. We automated document verification and AML screening with UiPath and Azure AI. The organization faced mounting pressure from leadership to modernize. Existing systems and processes had reached their limits — manual workarounds consumed staff time, data quality was unreliable, and decision-makers lacked the visibility they needed.
The banking industry added specific complexity: regulatory requirements (SOX, PCI-DSS, GLBA, Basel III) demanded auditable processes and governance. Any technology change needed to maintain compliance continuity while delivering measurable improvement.
Previous attempts had stalled — either the technology was too complex for the internal team to maintain, the vendor didn't understand banking industry requirements, or the project scope expanded until timelines became unrealistic. This time, the sponsor demanded a phased approach with measurable results within one quarter.
Our Approach
We designed a phased approach optimized for speed-to-value and compliance continuity:
Process Discovery (Weeks 1-2)
Mapped manual processes. Identified automation candidates by volume, error rate, and ROI.
Bot Development (Weeks 2-5)
Built bots with UiPath and Power Automate with exception handling paths.
Testing (Weeks 4-6)
Production-volume testing. Exception handling validation. Parallel-run with manual process.
Deployment (Weeks 5-8)
Production deployment with monitoring dashboards. SLA metrics: processing time, error rate, exception rate.
Optimization (Weeks 7-10)
Performance analysis. Path optimization. Adjacent process identification for expansion.
Solution Architecture
Platform: UiPath + Power Automate hybrid automation
Architecture: Attended bots for exception handling + unattended for high-volume processing
Monitoring: Real-time dashboard for bot health, volumes, and exception queues
Results
Technologies Used
Key Takeaways
If your organization is facing a similar challenge, here's what we learned:
Phased delivery de-risks large projects. By scoping the initial deployment for 8-12 week delivery, we proved value before the executive sponsor's next quarterly review. This maintained budget authority and organizational support for subsequent phases.
Banking domain expertise accelerates every phase. Understanding banking terminology, regulations, and workflows eliminated weeks of discovery that generalist consultants require. Our rpa team brought industry context from day one.
Change management is half the project. Technology implementations fail when users don't adopt. We embedded change management into every phase — from requirements workshops to training to post-go-live support. Adoption reached 80%+ within the first month.
Ongoing governance prevents regression. We established monthly review cadences, defined ownership for data quality and process adherence, and built dashboards that make issues visible before they become problems. The platform continues to deliver value because governance is sustained.
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We deliver rpa solutions for banking organizations — typically within 8-12 weeks with measurable outcomes.