Isbank Selects FIS’ Corebank to Drive Retail Banking Transformation Program
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS), a worldwide leader in processing and technology solutions for financial institutions, today announced that Turkiye Is Bankasi (Isbank) has selected FIS' Corebank, a next-generation core banking system for financial institutions outside of the United States, to support its entire retail banking operation. The selection is part of a major transformation project to improve customer-centricity.
The Corebank solution will enable Isbank to provide better customer service by streamlining and simplifying all of the processes that are part of the account life-cycle. Isbank also has chosen to migrate to a Java-compliant environment and will implement Corebank J2EE (Java2 Platform Enterprise Edition).
Corebank J2EE will replace the bank's existing home-grown legacy applications. Isbank is the largest bank in Turkey and is ranked 53rd in Europe, based on the bank's consolidated Tier-1 capital strength and assets of $69 billion, according to The Banker. Isbank offers its customers a comprehensive range of retail products and services, including savings and term deposit accounts, current accounts, overdrafts, and term loan and commercial lending.
“We currently are running a project - the Customer-centric Transformation Program - in which we are substantially investing in a new IT infrastructure,” said Hakan Aran, manager, Isbank. “With more than 15.5 million customer accounts to support, Corebank is central to this huge transformation programme. Throughout the selection process, we have been impressed constantly by the depth of industry knowledge and superior level of commitment shown by FIS. We opted for Corebank J2EE, as it best suited our requirements. It provides customer-centric flexibility, integrates to a Java-adapted environment and has proven capability to match the scale of our operations. We are very excited about the possibilities Corebank will afford our business.”
Isbank's decision to find a new core-system environment resulted from the need to improve operations, reduce costs, improve customer service and generate new revenues. Isbank also wanted to move from its current hierarchical database onto a relational database.
With Corebank, Isbank now has a comprehensive core banking solution with proven integration, open architecture and robust functionality. A true real-time, continuous-processing solution, Corebank provides a multichannel, multibranch, multicurrency, multilingual retail banking environment.
One of the bank's main objectives is to be able to launch new products quickly and easily, in response to market demands and changing customer needs. Product Build, one component of Corebank, is designed to support faster introduction of innovative product structures and packages. Isbank currently has a strong share of Turkey's lending market and is eager to build on this to become a leading player in the fast-emerging mortgage market.
“Corebank's rich design capability and well-structured architecture will enable us to build innovative products quickly in the rapidly growing mortgage segment in Turkey - a priority area for our business,” said HaMr Aran. “Rather than relying on proprietary technology as most banking systems do, Corebank J2EE is a standards-based application, which means it can flex to react to industry technology trends and improve processing for our customers' and our prospects' benefit.”
“This project is another important milestone in the development of Corebank,” said Mark Davey, managing director for FIS' EMEA region. “Corebank already is used by more than 150 major banks, and this project with Isbank, one of the biggest banks in one of the world's fastest growing markets, shows that our technology now has the scale and breadth of functionality to support the ambitions of even very large financial institutions. We are excited and proud to be able to use the most modern technology to power the systems that run at the heart of the world's most respected banks.”
About Isbank
The inception of Turkey's first truly national bank following the promulgation of the Republic dates back to 26 August 1924. Since then, Isbank has enjoyed continuous growth and a reputation in the global banking industry for innovation. Isbank tops the list of Turkey's most respected and trustful enterprises, while also carving itself a place among the world's largest corporations. Isbank currently has around 900 branches and in excess of 2,000 ATMs. Isbank also operates eight overseas branches. In addition, Isbank GmbH has 12 branches in Germany, two in the Netherlands and one each in both France and Switzerland.
About Fidelity National Information Services
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS), a Fortune 500 company, is a leading provider of core processing for financial institutions; card issuer and transaction processing services; mortgage loan processing and mortgage-related information products; and outsourcing services to financial institutions, retailers, mortgage lenders and real estate professionals. FIS has processing and technology relationships with 35 of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top 10. FIS is a member of Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index and has been ranked the number one overall financial technology provider in the world by American Banker and the research firm Financial Insights in the annual FinTech 100 rankings. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., FIS maintains a strong global presence, serving more than 9,000 financial institutions in more than 80 countries worldwide. For more information on Fidelity National Information Services, please visit www.fidelityinfoservices.com.
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