Settlement Ecosystem

One platform. Four participants.

Connexum is designed for the full settlement chain — not one participant in isolation. Each participant gets a purpose-fit module profile, obligation set, and connector stack. The platform coordinates across all four without leaking information between them.

Acquirer

Merchant-portfolio settlement, chargeback liability, and fee validation.

Acquirers carry the largest chargeback liability surface in the settlement chain. Connexum's acquirer profile enforces transaction matching, batch reconciliation, fee auditing, and chargeback-window SLAs across the full merchant portfolio — automatically.

Transaction Matching Batch Reconciliation Fee Validation Chargeback Window Stuck-Txn Detection

Primary obligations

  • Visa VDR 30d — stuck-transaction pipeline clearance
  • MC MDR 45d — batch proof and MDR report
  • Visa/MC 120d — chargeback evidence window
  • ISO 8583 — multi-leg transaction matching

Chargeback liability reduction

Visa and Mastercard chargeback evidence is assembled automatically within the 120-day window. Miss the window; absorb the liability. Connexum doesn't miss windows.

Batch discrepancy elimination

End-of-day batch proof runs against every settlement file. Discrepancies surface at the transaction level — not after a month of reconciliation by hand.

Fee audit as a standing process

Interchange and network-fee billing is validated against the settlement file on every cycle. Overbilling is caught in the same run that closes the books.

Live operation context

An acquirer with a 500-merchant portfolio running 3,000 TPS peak generates approximately 420 settlement batches per month. Without automated reconciliation, a 2.5% failed-batch rate means roughly 10 batches per month in manual resolution queues. Connexum reduces that to near-zero — and generates the Mastercard MDR report as a by-product of the daily run.

Processor

High-TPS funding validation, stuck-transaction enforcement, and batch proof.

Processors sit downstream from acquirers and upstream from issuers, carrying the funding-validation and stuck-transaction risk surface. Connexum's processor profile enforces funding-file reconciliation, Reg E provisional-credit windows, and pipeline-stall detection across the full transaction volume.

Transaction Matching Batch Reconciliation Funding Validation Stuck-Txn Detection Fee Validation

Primary obligations

  • Reg E §205.11 — provisional-credit 10-business-day clock
  • Visa VDR 30d — stuck-transaction clearance
  • MC MDR 45d — batch reconciliation SLA
  • Funding file — GL reconciliation, funding-shortfall alert

Funding-shortfall prevention

Funding files are reconciled against the GL in real time. Shortfalls surface before the settlement window closes — not after the funds have moved.

Reg E clock automation

The 10-business-day provisional-credit obligation starts the moment a dispute event is received. Connexum runs the clock automatically and escalates at day 8.

Stuck-transaction clearance

Pipeline stalls are detected and flagged before the 30-day VDR window expires. The VDR report is a by-product of detection — not a separate reporting exercise.

Live operation context

A processor handling 50 million transactions per day operates at roughly 580 TPS peak. At a 3% failed-batch rate, that's approximately 63 discrepancy events per month in manual resolution. Connexum reduces manual intervention to exception-only and generates the Reg E audit trail as part of the daily run.

Issuer

Reg E, OFAC, SAR, and PCI — the issuer's four primary obligations.

Issuers carry the Reg E provisional-credit obligation, OFAC SDN screening responsibility, BSA SAR filing duty, and PCI audit-log governance requirement. Connexum's issuer profile enforces all four — automatically and in real time.

Reg E Timer OFAC Screening SAR Trigger PCI Retention Funding Validation

Primary obligations

  • Reg E §205.11 — provisional credit in 10 business days
  • OFAC 31 CFR Part 560 — same-day freeze on SDN match
  • BSA §1020.320 — SAR filing within 30 days
  • PCI DSS v4.0 Req.10.7 — 12-month log retention

OFAC instant freeze

SDN list match triggers a same-day freeze protocol. OFAC notice package is assembled automatically. Missing this by even one settlement cycle is a regulatory violation with civil penalty exposure up to $311K per instance.

SAR filing window enforcement

Suspicious-activity patterns are detected at the transaction level. The BSA 30-day filing window is tracked from detection, not from the compliance team's manual review queue.

PCI log governance

Connexum enforces the 12-month retention calendar, maintains log chain-of-custody, and generates the Req. 10.7 audit export. Card-brand fine risk from log-governance failure is eliminated as a standing operational concern.

Live operation context

A mid-size issuer with 2 million cardholders generates approximately 2,400 TPS peak and files 30–50 SARs per year. Without automated pattern detection, SAR-eligible transactions typically surface in the compliance queue 15–20 days after the event — inside the 30-day window, but with no margin for review or filing. Connexum surfaces the pattern on the same day the transaction clears.

Card Network

Cross-participant data authority. The widest obligation surface in the chain.

Card networks operate the authoritative settlement rail and hold cross-participant visibility that no single participant has. Connexum's network profile enforces the VDR 30-day SLA, chargeback-window tracking, SAR pattern detection, and OFAC screening across the full transaction volume — and exports compliance artifacts back to participating acquirers and issuers.

Transaction Matching Batch Reconciliation Stuck-Txn Detection Chargeback Window SAR Trigger OFAC Screening

Primary obligations

  • VDR 30d — network-wide stuck-transaction SLA
  • MDR 45d — batch reconciliation and dispute resolution
  • OFAC Part 560 — counterparty screening authority
  • BSA §1020.320 — cross-participant SAR trigger

VDR compliance at network scale

Stuck-transaction detection runs against the full network transaction set. The VDR 30-day report is generated automatically — no manual pipeline audit required.

Cross-participant OFAC authority

Card networks carry OFAC screening authority that individual participants don't have. Connexum's OFAC module runs at the network level and exports the freeze event to affected participants without leaking counterparty data.

Embedded / OEM distribution

The network profile is designed for embedded deployment — Connexum runs inside the network's settlement stack and distributes compliance artifacts to participants via the existing network API. No participant-side integration required.

Live operation context

A card network processing 100 million transactions per day operates at approximately 1,160 TPS peak. At this volume, a 1% OFAC false-negative rate is approximately 1 million transactions per day that bypass screening. Connexum runs SDN match at ingestion — before clearing, not after.

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