Credit Card Migration and Operational Support
"The Savantor team has contributed to our success as we have leveraged their deep industry knowledge and broad range of operational skills."
Sean Sheehan - Service Management Director - Bank of Ireland

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BMW Financial Services - Migration

Savantor’s migration specialists assist BMW Financial Services’ migration to First Data

Savantor’s team of Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts were responsible for significant elements of BMW Financial Services’ project to migrate their card portfolio to First Data International’s platform.

BMW, based in Munich, selected Savantor for their experience of the European Credit Card market and their detailed knowledge of the FDI platform.

Savantor’s team undertook the following:

Specification, review and sign off for all Data Conversion Documentation. Working closely with all suppliers to ensure all requirements were met.

Plan and execution of a series of test conversions to ensure that all the data would be converted correctly and within a suitable timeframe.

Control and monitor the overall implementation plan leading up to and during the Migration weekend.

Working alongside the BMW testing team to provide detailed knowledge of both Credit Cards and the FDI platform.

Construction of a detailed operational readiness plan to ensure that all elements of the business, IT and their suppliers were co-ordinated once the new systems were operational.

Doug Tuson, Executive Director at Savantor, stressed the immeasurable value of clients being able to tap into Savantor’s previous migration experience.

“Our consultants have a detailed understanding of issues affecting a complex migration such as this. From setting migration strategies to working as the linchpin between the client and the outgoing and incoming processors.
This experience has led to Savantor developing a track record of successful migrations across Europe.”

Features of this assignment:

Overall responsibility for all Data Conversion elements of the Migration.
Working with all parties to specify, test and implement the data migration.
Construction and implementation of the Migration plan.
Provision of expertise to the testing team.
Construction and implementation of the Operational Readiness plan.

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