SmartSuite for
Banking & Financial Services
SmartSuite unifies risk, compliance, cyber, audit, and resilience workflows—replacing disconnected legacy GRC tools with one modern, connected platform.
Transform Risk, Compliance, and Operational Resilience
Most financial institutions run dozens of disconnected systems to manage risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and resilience — creating silos, inconsistencies, and slow regulatory response.
SmartSuite replaces this complexity with a unified platform that connects people, processes, and data across the entire GRC lifecycle.
SmartSuite enables financial services organizations to:
- Consolidate GRC, cyber, audit, third-party, and resilience workflows
- Automate FFIEC and CRI Profile compliance and evidence collection
- Simplify exam preparation, findings, and remediation
- Strengthen cross-team coordination and reduce manual work
- Gain real-time visibility across risks, controls, and regulatory obligations
Frameworks Operationalized
CRI • FFIEC • SOX • ISO
Mapped controls and evidence in one place
Connected programs
GRC • Resilience • TPRM • Audit
Unified data model + shared workflows
Deployment readiness
Prebuilt Suites + Studio
Start with suites, tailor with no‑code
How SmartSuite Supports Financial Services Organizations
SmartSuite helps banks, credit unions, fintechs, and financial institutions unify governance, risk, compliance, and operational workflows in one secure platform. By replacing siloed tools, teams gain real-time visibility, improve regulatory readiness, and strengthen resilience across the enterprise.
Unify Risk and Compliance on One Connected Platform
Centralize enterprise, operational, and regulatory risk management in a single auditable system. SmartSuite standardizes how financial institutions manage controls, assessments, and reporting—supporting continuous compliance across lines of business.
Key capabilities include:
- Track FFIEC, CRI Profile, SOX, and ISO requirements in one framework-aligned workspace
- Maintain centralized risk registers linked to controls and remediation plans
- Automate control testing, evidence collection, and compliance reporting
- Monitor risk posture and compliance readiness through real-time dashboards
Maintain Continuous Audit Readiness
Replace manual audit coordination with structured, automated workflows. SmartSuite helps financial teams prepare for internal audits, regulatory exams, and external reviews without last-minute scrambling.
Key capabilities include:
- Plan and execute internal, external, and regulatory audits
- Centralize findings, evidence, and management responses
- Track remediation actions with ownership and deadlines
- Deliver audit-ready reports for regulators and executives
Strengthen Vendor Oversight and Accountability
Gain full visibility into vendor and partner risk across the extended enterprise. SmartSuite connects onboarding, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring to reduce exposure and meet regulatory expectations.
Key capabilities include:
- Assess and onboard vendors with structured due diligence workflows
- Track certifications, contracts, and regulatory requirements
- Monitor vendor risk and performance over time
- Manage issues and corrective actions tied to third-party findings
Prepare for Disruption and Maintain Confidence
Build resilience into critical financial operations. SmartSuite helps institutions plan for disruptions, coordinate response efforts, and maintain continuity during incidents.
Key capabilities include:
- Identify critical business services and dependencies
- Develop and test business continuity and incident response plans
- Trigger automated alerts, tasks, and communications during events
- Monitor recovery progress and resilience KPIs in real time
Featured Solution Suites for Banking & Financial Services
Explore SmartSuite Solution Suites tailored for the financial industry.
Keep controls in one library and map them across frameworks to reduce duplication and enable a test-once, comply-many approach.
Identify and respond to cyber threats with real-time visibility, structured workflows, and integrated risk and incident management.
Define critical services, map dependencies, and validate recovery strategies to ensure business continuity, regulatory alignment, and organizational resilience.
Plan, execute, and report on audits with complete assurance oversight — linking findings to risks, controls, and remediation actions in a single workspace.
Plan, execute, and track projects with tasks, dependencies, Gantt and Kanban views, and dashboards that share one set of records across teams.
Standardize vendor due diligence, centralize assessments, and monitor ongoing risk exposure to ensure supplier reliability and compliance.
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Why SmartSuite for Banking & Financial Services
Built on the CRI Profile
Run CRI Profile assessments out of the box and map FFIEC, SOX, and ISO controls to one library. Trusted by financial institutions of all sizes — from community banks to global enterprises — to manage their most critical programs.
Connected GRC Workflows
Unify GRC, Cyber, Audit, Third Party and Resilience into a single platform — connecting risk and control across departments.
Modern GRC Workflows
SmartSuite combines enterprise-grade rigor with a no-code, intuitive design.
AI Assist GRC Automation
Use SmartSuite AI Assist to generate reports, summarize findings, and trigger actions across workflows.
Aligned with Regulatory Frameworks
Map controls and evidence to the frameworks your organization follows.
- 300+ frameworks, from ISO 27001 and NIST to SOX, GDPR and sector rules
- NIST and ISO cybersecurity standards
- Vendor oversight and audit traceability
AI That Adapts to Your Industry — On Your Terms
SmartSuite embeds AI directly into your workflows to accelerate automation, reporting, and insight generation — while giving you complete control over which models you use and how your data is handled.
Choose from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, AWS Bedrock, Azure, Perplexity, Groq, Nscale, IBM watsonx, and xAI. Connect your own API keys for full privacy and compliance.
- Bring Your Own AI
Connect your own API keys and choose the model each workflow uses, so AI runs under your contracts, your data terms and your spend controls.
- AI in Action
Use AI to generate compliance reports, summarize audits, and build automations that enhance accuracy and efficiency.
- Data Privacy by Design
With your own API keys, AI calls run under your provider agreements and your data is not used to train SmartSuite models.
- Customizable Intelligence
Mix models for different needs — reporting, content creation, risk analysis — and tailor performance per workflow.
Explore Further
Read quick explainers on the ideas and best practices behind high-performing teams in your industry. See how SmartSuite turns critical workflows into connected, trackable work, so execution stays fast and reliable.
Featured Resources
Explore resources and insights for compliance, risk, and operations leaders in your industry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from banks, credit unions, and fintech teams.
SmartSuite includes pre-configured templates aligned to CRI, FFIEC, ISO, SOX, and NIST. You can customize and automate assessments, evidence tracking, and reporting.
Yes. SmartSuite integrates with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Salesforce, and other tools — plus custom API integrations.
Unlike legacy systems, SmartSuite is intuitive, no-code, and unifies multiple workflows (Risk, Audit, Cyber, Resilience) into one platform with real-time automation.
Most financial institutions launch core workflows within weeks using pre-built templates and SmartSuite onboarding support.
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Schedule a personalized demo to see how connected workflows transform GRC, Resilience, and IT Operations in financial services.
