GLOSSARY

Name

Description

TRMS

Trade Monitoring System

ADB

Authorized Dealer Bank






TABLE OF CONTENTS







1.OVERVIEW

The Trade Monitoring System(TRMS) is a web portal designed and developed for the automation of CBN foreign exchange trade related processes. It’s a multi-stakeholder platform comprising different portals for the various users. The 2 different portals include:

  • Applicant portal

  • Authorized Dealer Bank (ADB) portal

The TRMS automates three distinct processes which include:

  • Form A - Invisible Trades

  • Form NCX - Non-Commercial Exports

  • Form NXP - Commercial Exports 



2. GETTING STARTED

2.1 Logging into the TRMS

         Figure 1: Adb login page

  • Enter your username (email) and password.

  • The system sends One-Time-Password (OTP) to your email, please see figure 2.

    • Enter the OTP and click on submit.

    • OTPs expire after 180 seconds. If it expires, you can request for a new one.

      Figure 2: OTP page request

  • Admin has been logged into the system, please see figure 3.

    Figure 3: Adb home page


3. CREATING USER

3.1 Overview

In order to process an application the admin will need to create a user. This involves logging into the Admin portal. Creation of users depends on the form that is to be processed for a form A /Form NCX the admin will need to create the following users.

  • Form A 

  • AUTHORIZED DEALER BANK (ADB)

  • AUTHORIZED DEALER BANK DISBURSEMENT (ADB DISBURSEMENT)

  • Form NCX   

  • AUTHORIZED DEALER BANK (ADB)

  • NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE (NCS)

  • SHIPPING LINE

 NOTE: Every stage has a two level authentication process which are referred to as the Reviewer and Supervisor.

3.2 Creating users

                          Figure 4: user home page       

  •  The admin clicks on create user which is located at the right hand side of the page. Please see figure 5.

                

                            Figure 5: create user

  • When creating users the system will require the following information are filled correctly

  • Contact details,please see figure 6

  • Last name 

  • First name

  • Phone number

  • Organisation 

  • Organisation type; you select ADB.

  • User Details

  • Username (Email); the Admin puts an email that is similar to the email used to login. Gmail is preferable.

  • Role;the Admin selects the role of the user they are creating.

                                  Fig 6:Creating User


4. CREATING ADB USER

ADB(Authorized Dealer Bank)

The bank is in charge of the application processing,when filling your form the bank you choose is where your application goes for processing, the Admin logs into the admin portal to create ADB users. This process is divided into two which are;

  • The ADB Reviewer

  • The ADB Supervisor

 

  • The ADB Reviewer:The reviewer looks at the form to be sure it was filled out correctly, the reviewer recommends for Approval or for Rejection. The Supervisor would either accept the reviewer's action or request for modification.  

Steps involved

  • To create the ADB Reviewer the Admin logs into the Admin portal.

  • The Admin clicks on the user, please see figure 6.

  • The system takes you to a page where you can create users.

  • The Admin clicks on create user,please see figure 7.

  • The system displays a page where the Admin can input;

  • Contact details

  • Organisation 

  • User Email

  • Role  

  • Under contact Admin input their first and last Name,please see figure 6.

  • Under organisation Admin selects Authorized Dealer Bank ,please see figure 7.

                                        Fig 7: Selecting organisation type

  • The admin also selects the prefered Bank under organisation, please see figure 8

                                 Fig 8: selecting organisation

  • Under Email the Admin puts an email that is similar to the email used to login. Gmail is preferable. Please see figure 9

                       Figure 9: inputting Email & selecting Role

  • Under Role the Admin selects FI_REVIEWER,please see figure 9.

  • Admin submit.

                           Fig 10:FI_REVIEWER created

  • Authorized dealer Bank reviewer is created.


5.  APPLICATION PROCESSING FOR FORM A BY THE APPROVED DEALER BANKS

The banks use the url www.adb.tradesystem.gov.ng/login  to  access the system.

After the applicant fills a form and submits successfully the form is sent to the bank for processing at this stage the form is now an application and upon validation by the bank, a Form number is automatically generated for this application.

As the processing bank has a 24 hours window to process the application on your queue or it will amount to an SLA breach.

NOTE: Every stage has a two level authentication process which are the Reviewer and Supervisor.

 For more information click HERE to see the stages for a Form 

This section of the document describes the two roles of the ADB actors in the Form process.

  • ADB Approval

  • ADB Disbursement

5.1.Authorized Dealer Bank Approval

This is the initial validation of the Form NCX application done by the bank actors; 

  • The ADB Reviewer

  • The ADB Supervisor

This process entails reviewing the application and all the information provided by the applicant and validating the authenticity of the documentation provided. The approver, the ADB reviewer can either approve or reject the application requesting update from the applicant. The ADB supervisor can also approve the reviewer's action or request for a modification.

  • The ADB Reviewer:The reviewer looks at the form to be sure it was filled out correctly, the reviewer recommends for Approval or for Rejection. The Supervisor would either accept the reviewer's action or request for modification.

Steps involved

  • Login into adb the portal.

  • Click on the form type “FORM NCX” at the top of the home page,please see figure 11. 

                            Fig 11:ADB Reviewer HOME PAGE


  • It takes you to the page where you have the pending applications and processed applications.

                                      selecting an application to act on.

  • To act on a pending application click on the application number as shown in the figure above or input the application number in the field provided and click on search .

  • It takes you to a page where you review the application and ensure that all the information in the application is correct and valid.

  • Scroll down to the bottom right of the page,Click on the yellow “input” button. Please see figure 12.

                        Fig 12: process of acting on an application

  • A Page where you can either accept or reject applications.

 

                            Fig 13:  Reviewer acting on an application

  • Select recommend for Approval or recommend for Rejection please see figure 13.

  • Submit the application

  • It goes to the Supervisor to be acted upon

  • The ADB Supervisor: Once the Supervisor accepts the reviewer's actions, it would go to the Next stage which is the ADB Disbursement Reviewer. In the case where the supervisor requests for reviewers modification, it will go back to the ADB reviewer to review.  If rejected by the reviewer  it goes back to the applicant.

Steps involved

  • Login into adb the portal.

  • Click on the form type “FORM NCX” at the top of the home page,please figure 14

                                       Fig 14:ADB Supervisor Home page

  •  It takes you to the page where you have a pending Application and processed application.

                                             Fig 15: selecting an application to act on

  • To act on a pending application click on the application number as shown in figure 20 above or input the application number in the field provided and click on search .

  • It takes you to a page where you review the application and ensure that all the information in the application is correct and valid.

  • Scroll down to the bottom right of the page,Click on the yellow “input” button. Please see figure 16

                        Figure 16: form view for form NCX

  • A form approval page where you can either accept reviewers action or request reviewers modification comes up. Please figure 17

           

  •  Submit the application.

  • If it was approved, the stage should read NCS REVIEWER, if it was rejected, the stage should read Rejected_ADB_reviewer and it is on the applicants queue to make corrections.

  • If the supervisor requested reviewers' modification action,it goes back to the ADB Reviewer.