
London, UK – November 10, 2008: Infosys Technologies today announced that its
Finacle Universal Banking Solution featured in two prestigious awards at the Banking Technology
Awards 2008. Finacle was ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Best Core Banking Product’ category for the
Banking Technology Readers’ Choice Award. In addition, Bank Sohar’s (Oman) implementation of
Finacle’s Bank-in-a-Box Solution (BIAB) was awarded a Judges’ Special Achievement Award. The
award, presented at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 6th November, reinforces Finacle’s
leadership position in the core banking space.
The Banking Technology Awards, now in its ninth year, reflects excellence across a range of IT
activities in banking and financial services. The awards received entries from across the
Europe, Middle East & Africa region. For a second year in a row, Banking Technology has
given its readers the power to vote for the best systems across several product areas in
the financial sector. Its readers recognised the benefits delivered by Finacle’s core
banking solution to banks in meeting the challenges of managing change, competition,
compliance and customer demands effectively.
"The standard of entry in the Banking Technology Awards continues to reach new levels,
and this year was no exception," said David Bannister, editor of Banking Technology and
chairman of the judging panel. "The final shortlist and eventual winners have been
through a severe scrutiny by the judges and can be proud of their achievements."
The Banking Technology judging panel praised Finacle’s BIAB project at Bank Sohar, a new
start-up bank in Oman, for its record-breaking implementation timeframe and the management
of its IT systems. Finacle BIAB has helped Bank Sohar achieve its ambitious growth plans
and business objectives of managing its oversubscribing customers, as well as helping it
differentiate itself from its competitors.
“We’re very proud of this recognition from Banking Technology as it highlights our
leadership in banking technology and our commitment to the banking industry. This award
also endorses Finacle’s promise of delivery excellence for banking transformation” said
Gopal T N Associate Vice President & Head of Professional Services- Finacle, Infosys
Technologies.
As a leader in banking transformation, Finacle has a global footprint across 61 countries
and has been acknowledged among the leaders in the core banking solution space by top
analysts including Gartner, Forrester and Celent. Finacle is also the winner of a
series of other awards for its innovation and implementation capabilities, the most
notable being The Banker Technology Award and The Asian Banker IT Implementation
Award.
Finacle, the universal banking solution from Infosys, empowers banks to transform their business leveraging technology.
The solution addresses the core banking, e-banking, treasury, and wealth management and CRM requirements of retail,
corporate and universal banks worldwide. Finacle has been architected out of years of experience with global banks
and offers several powerful and differentiating features making it one of the most comprehensive, flexible and scalable
solutions in its class. For more information, visit www.infosys.com/finacle.
Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a flat world. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 80,000 employees in over 39 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.
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