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The Art and Science of Correlation Engines in Financial Services

In financial services, where millions of transactions flow across systems every second, ensuring transparency and efficiency is no small feat. Tracking transaction flows from a business perspective requires each system to send lifecycle events for every transaction , leading to multiple events per transaction. However, these events remain fragmented and unusable unless properly linked, making it difficult to: Track a transaction’s lifecycle in real-time Identify bottlenecks or failed transactions Ensure regulatory compliance (e.g. transaction tracing for anti-money laundering checks) Provide accurate responses to customer inquiries like “Where is my transaction/payment?” A correlation engine brings order to this chaos by intelligently linking related events using one or more correlation identifiers, creating a holistic, unified view of the transaction lifecycle. While seemingly invisible and straightforward, building a robust correlation engine is anything but easy . It must n...
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