Infosys Technologies Limited, the global IT consulting, software products and services powerhouse announced that it has entered into an alliance with Kakawa Discount House, Nigeria, a discount house formed by a consortium of key banks in Nigeria. Kakawa Discount House will deploy Infosys' Finacle suite of solutions. With this win, Infosys has acquired 8 clients in Nigeria and 15 in Africa within a short time of entering this market.
Mr. Merwin Fernandes, Associate Vice President and Global Head - Sales and Marketing, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Limited said, "Today Infosys' Finacle ePlatform has set the technological standards for banks in many parts of Africa. Apart from cutting edge functionality and future compatible technology, what makes our solutions highly competitive is our ability to deliver time and again, within aggressive timelines and on budget. We have a built a formidable and consistent track record in the Nigerian market on the delivery front, ever since we won First Atlantic Bank Limited, our very first client in the country. We are confident that we will be able to maintain this track record with our latest client, Kakawa Discount House too."
In his statement, Mr. Venkatramana Gosavi, Regional Manager for Africa, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Limited said, "We are excited with this opportunity of working with Kakawa Discount House. This will enable us to further consolidate our leadership position in Africa, which is a key focus region for us. In spite of being a late entrant in this market, we have been able to surge ahead of competition based on an all round superior value proposition, in the context of these customer wins."
"We believe that in the current highly competitive banking scenario, a powerful, flexible and proven technology infrastructure is th e need of the hour. Finacle - Infosys electronic platform no doubt commands an international reputation with respect to IT solutions. Considering that several banks in Nigeria have successfully leveraged the Finacle suite of solutions and the future connectivity advantage/cross - selling of products that this would offer, we selected Finacle. We look forward to a quick deployment of the solutions and are confident that Finacle will provide us a new generation technology that would enable us offer our customers better services and a delightful new experience." said Mrs. Bola Adesola, MD, Kakawa Discount House Limited.
"We evaluated different solutions for driving our IT initiative and found Finacle suite of solutions from Infosys Technologies Limited suitable for delivering our services. With the increasing competition in the financial services industry, technology is going to be the key differentiator for us. We look forward to implementing the new system in the shortest possible time", said Mr. Gboyega Fatoki, Head of Business Operations, Kakawa Discount House.
About Finacle - Infosys ePlatform:
Finacle - Infosys ePlatform, the suite of enterprise banking solutions provides banks with an open and adaptable new generation technology architecture. It offers a comprehensive business solution to banks to fully leverage information technology in order to meet the challenges of the new age banking. Finacle ePlatform comprises Finacle Core Banking - the new generation core banking solution, Finacle eChannels - the powerful consumer e - banking solution, Finacle eCorporate - the comprehensive online corporate banking solution, Finacle Treasury - the end - to - end treasury solution and Finacle CRM. The enterprise banking solutions provide clients strategic value by enabling them to gain and retain business agility and time - to - market advantage required to quickly seize new business opportunities and move ahead of competition.
About Finacle Core Banking:
Finacle Core Banking is a completely web based, centralized, multi - lingual, multi - currency solution that delivers unparalleled value to banks. Fully integrated, scalable, open and customer - centric, it addresses retail, corporate and trade finance banking requirements. Extensively parameterisable, it comes with comprehensive "out - of - the - box" features and packs several unique capabilities like extended 24 x 7 support across channels including branches, powerful STP infrastructure across the product, workflow automation, unified and standards based delivery channel integration, CoBIT compliant security framework and unparalleled flexibility through the e - Xtensibility tool kit.
About Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Infosys, the global IT consulting, software services and products powerhouse, partners with Global 2000 companies to provide business consulting, systems integration, application development and product engineering services. Through these services, Infosys enables its clients to fully exploit technology for business transformation. Clients leverage Infosys' Global Delivery Model to achieve higher quality, rapid time - to - market and cost - effective solutions. Infosys has approximately 13,000 employees in over 30 offices worldwide. Infosys' Banking Business Unit [BBU] has a long - term commitment to provide the banking industry with world - class solutions. The BBU has over a decade of experience in banking technology and consolidated expertise in Internet technology, Security Consulting and On - Line Transaction Processing technology . With a dedicated team of banking experts and software professionals, Infosys has provided world - class banking solutions to banks around the globe. For more information visit www.infosys.com or www.infosysinbanking.com .
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