Banking

Screening Modernisation (UK Banking Group)

Modernised screening safely, without disrupting customers or operations

Product Owner, List Screening, Economic Crime Prevention Lab

“Bugni work at a pace that's basically unprecedented in my experience. They also bring a level of technical expertise and domain knowledge that's exceptional.”

List Screening Platform · published TechPros interview

The existing screening platform had become an operational bottleneck with limited transparency and slow change cycles. Bugni Labs delivered a modular, API-based screening service with event-driven workflows in months, setting a new expectation for how the bank modernises.

Impact

Delivered a modular, API-based screening service with event-driven workflows in months, setting a new expectation for how the bank modernises.

Context

The existing screening platform had become an operational bottleneck, with limited transparency and slow change cycles.

Value Delivered

Modular, API-based screening service

Screening re-architected as versioned APIs with explicit SLAs, enabling downstream systems to integrate via stable contracts while the platform evolved underneath.

Event-driven workflow & enrichment

Asynchronous event flows replaced synchronous batch processes, enabling real-time enrichment and reducing end-to-end screening latency.

Operational observability uplift

Built-in dashboards for hit rates, timing, error patterns and manual review loops, giving risk, operations and technology a shared view.

Dual-running migration strategy

Side-by-side integration with automated reconciliation and progressive traffic shifting to de-risk migration from legacy screening engines.

Platform patterns now used across brands

The screening platform patterns became the reference for how the bank modernises other capabilities across its multi-brand estate.

What They Said

“Bugni work at a pace that's basically unprecedented in my experience. They also bring a level of technical expertise and domain knowledge that's exceptional.”

List Screening Platform · published TechPros interview

“Together, they form a highly functioning, highly mobile team that can achieve an enormous amount in very little time.”

List Screening Platform · published TechPros interview

“Despite being very tightly tied to that deadline, we somehow hit it despite multiple re-prioritisations.”

List Screening Platform · published TechPros interview

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