Scaling Predictive Accuracy for Global Investment Products

Scaling Predictive Accuracy for Global Investment Products

Oct 14, 2025

Introduction


A global investment bank required a highly accurate, large-scale forecasting system to optimize returns across deposits, securities, and loan products. With market volatility, shifting economic indicators, and regional performance variations impacting product behavior, the organization needed a modern predictive engine capable of adapting to real-world conditions while ensuring reliable, long-term financial modeling. 


Zapcom delivered a scalable forecasting framework leveraging advanced statistical models and machine learning techniques tailored to each investment product segment. This enabled the bank to significantly improve forecasting precision, streamline operational workflows, and enhance decision-making across global markets. 

Problem Statement

A global investment bank needed a highly accurate, large-scale forecasting system to optimize return on investment across deposits, securities, and loans while dynamically responding to economic shifts and regional performance.

  • Needed to forecast potential outlet churn for proactive planning 

  • Required dynamic pricing by region to improve product margins 

  • High dependency on validating models against real-world data 

  • Frequent disruptions from Federal Reserve decisions and market volatility 

Solutions

  • Unified business-critical data across global regions and verticals into one aggregated data store 

  • Developed dedicated forecasting models for each product segment (deposits, loans, securities)

  • Embedded seasonality patterns and macroeconomic variables such as interest rate hikes 

  • Applied machine learning and deep learning models based on product types for monthly and annual cash flow predictions 

Business Outcomes

Technological Frameworks:

Statistical Forecasting Models:

  • Auto-regressive Integrated (AR)

  • Seasonal Auto-Regressive

  • ARIMA & SARIMA

  • Trigonometric Seasonality

Machine Learning & AI:

  • CATBoost 

  • Gradient Boosting