Pricing

Three ways to work with SymBionTek.

Self-service knowledge from 9 EUR. Live tools from 29 EUR. Senior banking consulting at fixed day rates, on request.

Tier 1 · Knowledge

Knowledge modules · single-PDF downloads

IRBA Playbook · §44 KWG Validation

19.00 EUR

How to close an IRBA validation without findings. From two years as Team Lead at Standard Chartered. Audit flow, typical findings, defence strategies against regulators and audit firms.

NICE Actimize Quickstart · SAM to STAR

15.00 EUR

Getting the five Actimize modules SAM, WLF, CDD, KYC, STAR live in production. From three years of Commerzbank transformation and two years of Deutsche Bank AFC. Architecture, mapping, typical implementation pitfalls.

EU AI Act · Checklist for Banks

12.00 EUR

What BaFin actually expects from an EU AI Act compliant bank. From an active pilot with SIMOSphere AI and direct BaFin dialogue. Risk classification, documentation duties, LLM evaluation.

MaRisk AT 4.3.4 · Data Management Cheatsheet

9.00 EUR

The data-management points of MaRisk on 6 pages. AT 4.3.4 data management, BT-relevant data quality requirements, BaFin audit focus 2026. Usable as a status overview in audits.

Negotiating in Banking · Schranner Method

9.00 EUR

What I learned from Schranner, distilled to banking practice. US monitor negotiation, BaFin meetings, merger negotiations. Twelve manoeuvres, four anti-patterns.

TM Rollout · Lessons from Two Major Banks

15.00 EUR

How to bring a transaction monitoring system like Smaragd or Actimize live without a compliance gap. Three phases, data quality during migration, BaFin interface.

Basel III RWA · Lessons from 11 Programmes

19.00 EUR

What actually goes wrong in RWA calculation programmes under Basel III. From eleven major programmes since Basel II. SolvV pitfalls, FIRB-to-AIRB migration, Pillar 3 hard test.

Tier 2 · Live Tools

Live tools · paid per run

Tier 3 · Consulting

Senior banking consulting · day rates

Mandates are scoped per assignment: data strategy, BaFin/MaRisk audit prep, IRBA validation, AML/KYC rollouts, EU AI Act governance.

  • Standortbestimmung (3 days, fixed price)
  • Project-based engagements (per phase, fixed price)
  • Retainer day rates for ongoing mandates (negotiated per scope)

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Available for new mandates from 10 April 2026.