Procurement FAQ
Questions central-bank committees actually ask
Short answers for legal, CISO, payments, and FIU stakeholders. Full commercials stay on the how-to-buy page.
Who licenses Nexus — Nexus SupTech Ltd or a local integrator?
Nexus SupTech Ltd is the UK OEM for the core software. Accredited in-country system integrators deploy and operate it. The commercial form (term, perpetual plus updates, managed handover, escrow, or buyout) is set on How to buy.
Do we only licence Nexus, or can we own and run it after a term?
You control data, keys, and runtime from day one. You can take a perpetual right to run the contracted version, a managed term then operational handover, and source escrow. Copyright of the global Nexus engine stays with Nexus SupTech Ltd. A national-edition buyout, if signed, is a frozen fork of a named instance — not assignment of that engine. See How to buy.
What is a perpetual licence versus assignment of Nexus copyright?
A perpetual licence is the right to use that version forever, even if you later stop paying for updates. It does not assign copyright. A national-edition buyout is a frozen fork of a named national instance; it does not assign copyright of the global Nexus engine sold to other central banks. Most central-bank FMI files use perpetual use plus optional maintenance.
Can you build, operate for a few years, then hand over operations?
Yes. A managed term then handover is build–operate–transfer of operations: we or the SI run L1/L2 for an agreed period with knowledge transfer; your staff then operate. Nexus stays OEM for L3 and the release train. A buyout, if any, is a frozen national fork; it does not stop Nexus shipping the main line to other central banks.
Is source-code escrow available?
Yes. A copy of the deployed version can sit with an escrow agent or in-country custodian and release on insolvency, prolonged breach, or sanctions. Escrow is continuity, not a right to resell Nexus.
What is a national-edition or sovereign buyout?
A named high-value option where statute or an RFP requires a national instance. They receive a frozen fork (source, docs, build) of that named edition. Copyright of the global Nexus engine stays with Nexus SupTech Ltd; other central banks can still licence the main line. It is not priced on the website.
Can Nexus run on-premise or air-gapped inside a central bank?
Yes. Production is designed for on-premise and data-sovereign deployments, including air-gapped networks. Cloud-native demonstration environments are used only for evaluation.
Who controls when updates go live?
Nexus researches and engineers proactive security, regulatory, and functional updates. Your central bank stays in control: every update is deployed only after your thorough review and formal approval. See change control on Deployment.
Does Nexus speak ISO 20022, or does it translate SWIFT MT?
Nexus is ISO 20022 native. It ingests pacs.008, pacs.009, camt.053 and pain.001 without an MT-to-MX translation step that drops supervisory fields.
How does Nexus help with CBN, CBUAE or SAMA IMTO rules?
Dedicated briefs cover Nigeria’s IMTO guidelines, UAE retail-payment supervision, and Saudi payments localisation. The same core telemetry is mapped to each mandate rather than shipping a generic dashboard.
What stops APP fraud before settlement?
A risk score, velocity limits, and an adaptive time-lock queue can hold a payment before gross settlement. FIU staff review the pacs.008 while funds are still in flight.
Is customer PII shared between banks?
Federated red-flag sharing is modelled on privacy-preserving approaches such as MAS COSMIC. Indicators can be queried without exposing customer PII to counterparties.
How do we request the NDA security pack?
Use the resources form with a work email, or write to contact@injectgroup.com. The vendor security pack is not an instant public download.
Which regional rails can Nexus sit beside?
Integration posture includes BUNA, PAPSS, AFAQ / GCC-RTGS, SADC-RTGS, and mobile-money networks such as M-Pesa and MTN MoMo.