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ID conventions

Prefix Meaning Example
BG-NNN Business goal BG-001 Frictionless digital onboarding
SG-NNN System goal SG-001 Postgres as OLTP store
FR-NNN Functional requirement FR-001 eIDV in real time
NFR-NNN Non-functional requirement NFR-002 Onboarding ≤ 5 minutes p90
CAP-NNN System capability CAP-001 eIDV real-time verification
BD-NN Business domain BD01 Customer
SD-NN System domain SD02 KYC Platform
D-NN Governance / risk domain D03 AML / Financial Crime
MOD-NNN System module MOD-009 eIDV & document verification
ADR-NNN Architecture Decision Record ADR-001 Postgres as OLTP
PRD-NNN Product PRD-001 Everyday account

Satisfaction modes (for modules)

Mode Meaning
GATE System enforces as a hard gate — process cannot proceed without passing. No human override.
AUTO System performs the action automatically without human intervention.
CALC System calculates and produces the result automatically from live data.
ALERT System detects the condition and automatically alerts or escalates.
LOG System generates an immutable, timestamped evidence record.

Build statuses (for modules)

Status Meaning
Not started Module specified but not yet in development
In progress Development underway in the code repo
Built Code merged to main, not yet in production
Deployed Live in production

Policy statuses

Status Meaning
Draft Under authorship — not yet reviewed
Review With domain owner or compliance for review
Approved Board-approved — operative
Superseded Replaced by a newer version

ADR statuses

Status Meaning
Proposed Under discussion
Accepted Decision made — immutable
Superseded Replaced by a newer ADR
Deprecated No longer relevant

Key acronyms

Acronym Meaning
ADI Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (AU)
AML Anti-money laundering
APRA Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
AUSTRAC Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
CDC Change Data Capture
CDD Customer Due Diligence
CDR Consumer Data Right (AU open banking)
CET1 Common Equity Tier 1 (capital ratio)
CFT Countering Financing of Terrorism
CMIR Cross-border movement of money report (NZ)
EDD Enhanced Due Diligence
eIDV Electronic Identity Verification
FMA Financial Markets Authority (NZ)
IFTI International Funds Transfer Instruction (AU)
IRRBB Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book
KYC Know Your Customer
LCR Liquidity Coverage Ratio
NPP New Payments Platform (AU real-time payments)
NSFR Net Stable Funding Ratio
OLAP Online Analytical Processing
OLTP Online Transaction Processing
PAM Privileged Access Management
PEP Politically Exposed Person
RBNZ Reserve Bank of New Zealand
RWA Risk-Weighted Assets
SAR Suspicious Activity Report
STR Suspicious Transaction Report
TMD Target Market Determination (AU)