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Russia's Second Largest Bank Goes Live with FIS Core Banking Suite





http://www.fisglobal.comVTB24, Russia’s Second Largest Retail Bank, Goes Live with FIS Profile Core Banking Suite

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), one of the world’s largest providers of banking and payments technology, today announced that VTB24, the second largest retail bank in Russia, with US$24 billion in assets, 4.5 million clients and a network of almost 500 branches throughout the country, has gone live with the FIS Profile® core banking suite.
“Deployment of effective technology is a key element in enabling VTB24 to deliver first-class banking services to current and prospective customers, encompassing high net worth individuals and those in the small business sector. FIS Profile will address the challenges of real-time availability, scalability and improved time to market.”
Over the next two to three years, VTB24 plans to not just increase its customer base significantly but also to develop strong long-term partner relationships with each individual client. FIS Profile is being rolled out through a phased programme, initially for the bank’s loan business, along with the Profile Direct Web-based front end for back office servicing. This will be followed by current account, deposit and credit line products, debit and credit cards.
Dmitry Rudenko, 1st Deputy President-Chairman of the Board of VTB24, explains: “VTB24 is one of the leaders of the national retail banking sector. For us it is vital to transform into a full-service credit institution, operating in all key segments of the Russian banking market.
“VTB24 is focused on expanding the range of products available to retail customers and improving the level of customer support. We want to position ourselves as a leading provider of reliable, customer-friendly banking services. Last year, for example, we increased our network of cash machines to over 4,000 and made more ATM services available, including automated cash deposits and loan repayment options.
“Deployment of effective technology is a key element in enabling VTB24 to deliver first-class banking services to current and prospective customers, encompassing high net worth individuals and those in the small business sector. FIS Profile will address the challenges of real-time availability, scalability and improved time to market.”
Mark Davey, executive vice president, FIS International business, commented: “We have been working closely with VTB24 to ensure a smooth transition from the bank’s systems to FIS Profile. This includes integration services to incorporate FIS Profile with the bank’s IT environment architecture, as well as localising the core system to suit the Russian market. We are also supporting production operations and branch roll-out in line with VTB24’s accelerating growth.
“FIS is proud to be a strategic provider of banking technology services to VTB24 – and this is a significant step towards consolidating our success in the highly demanding Russian banking market.”
About VTB24
VTB24 is one of the major players on the Russian banking services market. We are part of the international VTB Bank Group and focus on servicing of individuals, private businessmen and small businesses. We offer our customers basic bank products used in performing international financial transactions.
The services rendered include the issuance of bank cards, mortgage and consumer lending, auto lending, remote account management systems, grace period credit cards, time deposits, lease of safe deposit boxes and money transfers. VTB Bank OJSC is the major shareholder (98.93% shares) of VTB24. VTB24 acts under the General Licence No. 1623 issued by the Bank of Russia on July 13, 2000.
FIS delivers banking and payments technologies to more than 14,000 financial institutions and businesses in over 100 countries worldwide. FIS provides financial institution core processing, and card issuer and transaction processing services, including the NYCE Network. FIS maintains processing and technology relationships with 40 of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top 10. FIS is a member of Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500® Index and consistently holds a leading ranking in the annual FinTech 100 rankings. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., FIS employs more than 30,000 on a global basis. FIS is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the “FIS” ticker symbol. For more information about FIS see www.fisglobal.com.

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Russia's Second Largest Bank Goes Live with FIS Core Banking Suite





http://www.fisglobal.comVTB24, Russia’s Second Largest Retail Bank, Goes Live with FIS Profile Core Banking Suite

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), one of the world’s largest providers of banking and payments technology, today announced that VTB24, the second largest retail bank in Russia, with US$24 billion in assets, 4.5 million clients and a network of almost 500 branches throughout the country, has gone live with the FIS Profile® core banking suite.
“Deployment of effective technology is a key element in enabling VTB24 to deliver first-class banking services to current and prospective customers, encompassing high net worth individuals and those in the small business sector. FIS Profile will address the challenges of real-time availability, scalability and improved time to market.”
Over the next two to three years, VTB24 plans to not just increase its customer base significantly but also to develop strong long-term partner relationships with each individual client. FIS Profile is being rolled out through a phased programme, initially for the bank’s loan business, along with the Profile Direct Web-based front end for back office servicing. This will be followed by current account, deposit and credit line products, debit and credit cards.
Dmitry Rudenko, 1st Deputy President-Chairman of the Board of VTB24, explains: “VTB24 is one of the leaders of the national retail banking sector. For us it is vital to transform into a full-service credit institution, operating in all key segments of the Russian banking market.
“VTB24 is focused on expanding the range of products available to retail customers and improving the level of customer support. We want to position ourselves as a leading provider of reliable, customer-friendly banking services. Last year, for example, we increased our network of cash machines to over 4,000 and made more ATM services available, including automated cash deposits and loan repayment options.
“Deployment of effective technology is a key element in enabling VTB24 to deliver first-class banking services to current and prospective customers, encompassing high net worth individuals and those in the small business sector. FIS Profile will address the challenges of real-time availability, scalability and improved time to market.”
Mark Davey, executive vice president, FIS International business, commented: “We have been working closely with VTB24 to ensure a smooth transition from the bank’s systems to FIS Profile. This includes integration services to incorporate FIS Profile with the bank’s IT environment architecture, as well as localising the core system to suit the Russian market. We are also supporting production operations and branch roll-out in line with VTB24’s accelerating growth.
“FIS is proud to be a strategic provider of banking technology services to VTB24 – and this is a significant step towards consolidating our success in the highly demanding Russian banking market.”
About VTB24
VTB24 is one of the major players on the Russian banking services market. We are part of the international VTB Bank Group and focus on servicing of individuals, private businessmen and small businesses. We offer our customers basic bank products used in performing international financial transactions.
The services rendered include the issuance of bank cards, mortgage and consumer lending, auto lending, remote account management systems, grace period credit cards, time deposits, lease of safe deposit boxes and money transfers. VTB Bank OJSC is the major shareholder (98.93% shares) of VTB24. VTB24 acts under the General Licence No. 1623 issued by the Bank of Russia on July 13, 2000.
FIS delivers banking and payments technologies to more than 14,000 financial institutions and businesses in over 100 countries worldwide. FIS provides financial institution core processing, and card issuer and transaction processing services, including the NYCE Network. FIS maintains processing and technology relationships with 40 of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top 10. FIS is a member of Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500® Index and consistently holds a leading ranking in the annual FinTech 100 rankings. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., FIS employs more than 30,000 on a global basis. FIS is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the “FIS” ticker symbol. For more information about FIS see www.fisglobal.com.

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Russia to Create an Alternative to Visa/MasterCard





Europe announced they are planning an alternative debit network to Visa and MasterCard, which should go live in 2010, (Monnet Should Be Ready for 2010 Launch) and the Russian Information Center claims that Russia is planning to do the same with a national payment system.



Russia to create an alternative to Visa and MasterCard



"The Russian ministry of Finance is going to introduce a draft bill on the national payment system in November 2009, reports the Kommersant newspaper. At the moment a group of experts engaged in development of the payment card system is working on the document.

The national payment system will probably be created on the basis of an existent Russian system in order to reduce dependence on the foreign market players.



Interestingly, the first attempt to set up a national payment card system was made in 1993 by the Bank of Russia, but it failed. Later some private companies ventured at running their own systems of that kind but never succeeded. In 2005 the Central Bank of Russia claimed the all-Russian payment system will be based on Sberbank's Sberkart system, which was renamed into the United Russian Payment System (URPC) in 2008.



Today, the major players on the Russian market are Visa and MasterCard accounting for more than 85% of all cards issued and transactions performed using payment cards. Besides, there are about 20 small payment systems operating in Russia, such as the URPS and Golden Crown (3% and 5% respectively).



By the 1 September 2009 Sberbank had issued over 35 million payment cards (3.5 million URPS cards, while the rest is Visa and MasterCard). The truth is that Visa and MasterCard systems are already a part of the Russian market, while expenses on creation of a solely Russian payment system are huge.



Source: www.lenta.ru



More Information: 

Russian Payments System



The State of the Russia's Payment Systems (PDF)





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