Integration & architecture

Where MobiCheque sits, and what it never touches

Written for the technical reviewers. This page covers the boundary, the deployment options, the integration paths and how a pilot actually runs.

Fastest start
Console only
Typical pilot
8–10 weeks
Core banking change
Not required to pilot
Architecture

The boundary, drawn explicitly

The most common question from an integration team is where responsibility transfers. This is the answer.

Depositor or branch staff
MobiCheque

Capture

Mobile app or branch device

Extract

OCR reads the cheque fields

Verify

Duplicate, date and fraud checks

Review

Your reviewer decides in the console

No funds move inside this boundary. MobiCheque produces a verified, documented case — not a payment instruction.

Handoff

Your existing systems and clearing process

Core banking, your clearing arrangements and settlement continue exactly as they do today. MobiCheque hands off a verified case and stops there.

Clearing

We sit upstream of your clearing process

MobiCheque prepares and verifies the cheque before it enters your existing clearing arrangements. It does not replace, bypass or interact with those arrangements, and it does not submit anything to a clearing house on your behalf.

Deployment

Three ways to run it

Chosen by your policy on where cheque data may be processed, not by which tier you buy.

Fastest to pilot

Managed cloud

We host and operate the platform. Your institution gets an isolated tenant with its own data, users and configuration.

  • No infrastructure work on your side
  • Isolated per-institution tenant
  • We handle updates and monitoring

Best fit

Pilots and mid-sized institutions

Your infrastructure account

Private cloud

The platform runs in a cloud account you own, in a region you choose. You keep infrastructure-level control and visibility.

  • You control the hosting region
  • Your own network and key management
  • We deploy and support remotely

Best fit

Institutions with residency requirements

Inside your perimeter

On-premise

Deployment within your own data centre for institutions whose policy does not permit cloud processing of cheque data.

  • Runs entirely inside your network
  • No external data egress
  • Scoped per engagement

Best fit

Tier-1 banks with strict policy

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Data residency

State your current hosting provider and region explicitly here. Kenyan institutions increasingly require in-country residency, and a vague answer on this point stalls reviews.

Connection

How deep you integrate is your call

A pilot needs no integration at all. Deeper connection is available when you are ready for it.

PathWhat it gives youEffort on your side
REST APISubmit cheques, poll status and pull decisions programmatically. Suitable when you want MobiCheque behind your own front end.Days
WebhooksWe push status changes to an endpoint you control as a cheque moves through capture, verification and decision.Days
Batch file exchangeScheduled structured exports and imports for institutions whose core systems prefer file drops over live calls.Days to weeks
Console onlyNo integration at all to start. Your reviewers work in the hosted console and export records. The usual pilot starting point.None
Rollout

What a pilot actually looks like

Structured as a parallel run so nothing in your live process depends on us while we are being evaluated.

01Week 1–2

Scoping

We map your current cheque flow, agree the pilot scope, volumes and success measures, and complete your security review.

02Week 2–3

Environment setup

Tenant provisioned, deployment model configured, reviewer roles created and your team invited to the console.

03Week 3–8

Parallel run

Cheques are processed through MobiCheque alongside your existing process so results can be compared without operational risk.

04Week 8–10

Review and decision

We report on measured results against the agreed success measures, and you decide whether to expand, integrate deeper, or stop.

Want the technical detail?

We will walk your integration and security teams through the architecture, answer questions live, and scope a pilot against your actual volumes.

See it on a real cheque

20-minute walkthrough

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