http://bpcbt.com/news/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:29:56 +0400 HostCMS http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/561/ Unibank set to significantly expand its payments business Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4 August 2010 – BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, announced that it had been selected by Unibank to provide a complete in-house EFT payment processing solution. Unibank is one of the 5 leading banks in Armenia dealing with both local (Armenian card) and international cards. The Bank currently issues nearly 50,000 cards, of which some 37,000 are under the Visa brand. The expansion of the Bank’s payments business is a key strategic objective for 2010.   A year ago the Bank decided to make the move from an outsourced solution which lacked the flexibility for both issuing and acquiring that Unibank needed to fulfill its ambitious plans for growth. The Bank undertook a rigorous review of a number of alternative solutions and chose BPC’s SmartVista as the product most fitting its business and technological needs. SmartVista solution will now be running card management, including EMV, local card products, merchant and ATM management as well as comprehensive fraud prevention for the Bank. SmartVista’s broad range of capabilities effectively support and manage payments across all channels, including POS, branch, Internet, and mobile applications. From simple credit and debit cards to sophisticated loyalty programs and multi application smart cards, SmartVista supports all aspects of the payments business. After implementation is completed, BPC will be supporting the Bank in the certification of its direct interface to Visa and MasterCard. "The new in-house processing center will allow Unibank to dramatically grow its issuing and acquiring business whilst offering more attractive terms to our customers and improve the quality of services. With SmartVista, a modern fully functional processing solution at the core of our payments business we will be able to carry out joint projects with manufacturers and trade networks. We have already reached preliminary agreements with a number of well-known companies for launching a loyalty program; the first in country," said Retail Business Director, Unibank’s Deputy CEO Mesrop Hakobyan. “We are pleased that one of the largest and fast-growing banks of Armenia has chosen the SmartVista Suite - further strengthening BPC’s position in the CIS market. With a fully-functional processing center Unibank will have an opportunity to dynamically develop its card and e-payment business, to provide its customers with a wider choice of retail financial services and retain its leading position in the Armenian card market,” said Vasily Grigoriev, CEO, BPC Banking Technologies   UnibankCJSC “Unibank” offers a wide spectrum of the bank's services in Armenia being the leading institution in auto lending, money transfers and term deposits. It holds the 2nd place in mortgage lending and crediting for individuals and the 5th place in assets in RA. Unibank’s  assets exceed US$295 million. The quantity of active cards has reached 50,000. The Bank manages 69 ATMs and 483 POS-terminals. For more information, visit the company’s website athttp://www.unibank-armenia.com Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:38:00 +0400 Press releases http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/561/ http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/428/ Kiev, Ukraine  July, 16th, 2010  BPC was honored at the awards ceremony organized by the Banker Magazine, Ukraine for the new competition “The Professional Award in the field of Banking Technologies, Equipment and Services 2010”. Nominations had been invited under various categories from developers of IT systems and suppliers of equipment for banks and financial institutions throughout Ukraine. BPC’s SmartGuard solution, part of the integrated SmartVista suite of e-payment solutions, was the winner in the “Fraud Prevention Solutions” category. BPC’s Head of Projects in Ukraine , Michael Rakov was on hand to receive the award from Oleg Kapralov, Editor in Chief of the Banker Magazine. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:03:00 +0400 Press releases http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/428/ http://bpcbt.com/news/events/404/ 21-22 October, 2010 Singapore We are pleased to announce BPC’s 2010 Client Conference – Client Connections, to be held on 21-22 October in Singapore.At the conference you will have the opportunity to network with other distinguished financial services executives and IT professionals from around the world.Hear from industry leaders and commentators about the future of the global payments industry.Learn about  future enhancement planned for SmartVista from BPC experts.Attend this conference for direct access to your peers and the people and resources you need to profit from client connections. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:14:00 +0400 Events http://bpcbt.com/news/events/404/ http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/401/ BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, announced that it had been selected by Soyuz Bank to provide a complete in-house EFT payment processing solution Soyuz Bank set to gain strategic control over its payments business Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21 June 2010 – BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, announced that it had been selected by Soyuz Bank to provide a complete in-house EFT payment processing solution. Following a competitive bid process BPC’s SmartVista solution will now be running card management, including EMV, local card products, merchant and ATM management as well as comprehensive fraud prevention for the Bank. The Bank decided to move from an outsourced solution to a modern Open System platform to manage its ambitious growth plans for its payment’s business. SmartVista’s broad range of capabilities effectively support and manage payments across all channels, including POS, branch, Internet, and mobile applications. From simple credit and debit cards to sophisticated loyalty programs and multi application smart cards, SmartVista supports all aspects of the payments business. After implementation is completed BPC will be supporting the Bank in the certification of its direct interface to the global payment companies Visa, MasterCard and Diners Club Russia. “The Bank wanted control of this strategic part of its businesses as well as a solution that would significantly improve its competitive advantage”, said Mr Andrey Gorelov, Deputy Head of IT Systems. “SmartVista stood well ahead of its competitors and BPC’s staff impressed us with their industry knowledge and commitment to the customer.” “We are pleased to have been chosen by another major Russian bank, which is a further endorsement of our market leadership and SmartVista’s competitive strength” said Richard Phillimore, Executive Vice President, BPC Banking Technologies. “With SmartVista to support its payments business, Soyuz Bank will enjoy a scalable, low cost and flexible payments infrastructure for many years to come.” JSCB SOYUZ (OJSC): is a universal commercial bank, founded in 1993. After three other banks joined JSCB Ingosstrakh-Soyuz (OJSC) in 2003 it was renamed JSCB SOYUZ. Independent rating agencies and news agencies include SOYUZ Bank in the list of 40 largest banks in Russia. According to the “Profil” magazine (№20 (671) from 31.05.2010), as of 01.04.2010 SOYUZ Bank is on the 29th place in the list of the most reliable among the top 100 Russian banks. By 01.06.2010 the Bank’s authorized capital made up 5 billion rubles; assets amounted to 108,3 billion rubles. Regional network includes 40 points of sale and covers the main industrial and cultural centers of Russia: St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Tomsk, Tumen. Moscow has 11 operating offices. For more information, visit http://www.is.ru BPC Banking Technologies: BPC is the leading global provider of Open Systems e-payment solutions for the global financial industry. It provides SmartVista, a single integrated solution for transaction processing and card management. The company’s customer base includes the largest and most progressive retail banks across four continents. For more information, visit the company’s website at http://www.bpcsv.com Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:28:07 +0400 Press releases http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/401/ http://bpcbt.com/news/events/405/ 7-9 December, 2010 Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, France CARTES & IDentification is the key international event bringing together all the players in the digital security, smart technologies, payment and contactless sector. Every year it attracts the most complete international range of products, equipment and services. Launched in 1986, just a few years after the first smart cards appeared, the CARTES trade show in Paris drew a handful of experts for a program of strategic conferences covering payment and e-money. Over its 25 years, CARTES has become the trend setter for the market and the sector's innovations. Meet BPC at CARTES & IDentification. For more information about the event please visit http://www.cartes.com/. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:24:00 +0400 Events http://bpcbt.com/news/events/405/ http://bpcbt.com/news/events/393/ 9-10 June, 2010 MasterCard Worldwide OneSmart Club Conference Rennaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey This club meeting will focus on actual problems concerning mobile and e-commerce, account level management, multichannel retail services and the use of MasterCard products for Social Card projects. Learn about microchip technology for the development of new generation financial products and services. The Conference provides participants with a unique setting to meet, discuss and discover the sector's latest trends and new products, marketing and strategic issues, to test MasterCard PayPass technology in production and hear feedback on concrete case studies. Sergey Lukyanov, Deputy CEO, BPC Banking Technologies will present a case study on The Money Transfer Opportunity. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:05:00 +0400 Events http://bpcbt.com/news/events/393/ http://bpcbt.com/news/events/379/ 2-4 June, 2010 MasterCard Worldwide Debit and Prepaid Conference Corinthia Hotel, Budapest, Hungary The conference will explore top level industry and business strategies towards reducing cash payments in Europe. It will allow those more interested either in Debit or Prepaid to attend dedicated sessions and interactive workshops on these topics. This conference will look into the many ways our industry is delivering convenience, security and control to today’s consumer and how, together, we are helping to break down the barriers towards a cashless society. Theory will be debated in tandem with the important real-life “cash reducing” examples, insights and experiences of MasterCard's partners. Come and visit BPC at MasterCard's Debit and Prepaid Conference. We will have a booth open throughout the conference and our staff will be on hand to explain how we can help you seize the opportunities offered by the ever-changing payments market. Thu, 06 May 2010 12:43:00 +0400 Events http://bpcbt.com/news/events/379/ http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/archives/26/279/ January 17, 2003 By the end of 2005, MasterCard's authorisation and clearing and settlement solutions will undergo a major technology revolution aimed at converging the existing MasterCard and Europay systems on a unified technology platform. This includes MasterCard's BankNet, MDS and GCMS, and Europay's EPS-Net and ECCSS. In addition to that, a cardinal restructuring is planned in the way Processing Centres interact with the Payment Scheme — see Figures 1 and 2 below. Figure 1. Figure 2. Migration to the new technology will span the years 2003 to 2005, in the following sequence of phases: 2003 — 2004: communication system migration (X.25 to TCP/IP) 2004 — Q1 2005: authorisation system migration (EPS-Net to RSC) Q2 2004 — Q4 2005: clearing and settlement scheme migration (ECCF to IPM) Migration procedures will be similar to those applied for Processing Centre certification. In Q3 2003, Member Banks will have to complete special questionnaires (Q3 2003) detailing the chosen migration strategy and requesting the certification procedures. BPC is currently working on updates to its SmartVista software to make sure that all new and existing SmartVista customers get them in time to meet MasterCard's migration requirements. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:13:56 +0400 2003 http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/archives/26/279/ http://bpcbt.com/news/media/213/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:30:00 +0400 Media http://bpcbt.com/news/media/213/ http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/230/ BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, announced that it had been selected by Alfa-Bank to provide outsourced ATM maintenance services. Russia’s largest private bank set to further improve customer service levels Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27 April 2010 – BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, announced that it had been selected by Alfa-Bank to provide outsourced ATM maintenance services. Following a successful pilot in Saint Petersburg, BPC will now be providing a complete range of maintenance services including onsite repair, troubleshooting, quality assurance and remote support for over 500 SmartCash ATMs throughout Russia. BPC’s around the clock services will significantly improve ATM service availability to the Bank’s customers. For more than a decade BPC has been providing cost-effective, end-to-end outsourced solutions meeting the highest industry standards. BPC’s proven technology process – from order taking, to repair services, to supplying all necessary accessories – takes maintenances services to a completely new level. With modern and effective technical support to ensure service excellence, BPC can service equipment provided by all the leading ATM vendors. BPC’s ability to service Alfa-Bank’s widespread ATM network across Russia was a major factor in being awarded the contract. BPC is continuing to expand its operations throughout Russia to meet the ever increasing demand for its services. «The partnership with BPC will result in considerable cost savings for the Bank», said Andrey Sokolov, First Deputy Chairman, Alfa-Bank. «We can look forward to 24/7 availability of our SmartCash ATM network, further enhancing the Bank’s image as the „Best Bank in Russia“. „Providing operational support for such an extensive ATM network requires an unrelenting focus on service quality and the bandwidth to manage multiple time zones,“ commented Vasily Grigoriev, CEO, BPC Banking Technologies. „We are proud to have been selected to support this key customer touch point for Alfa-Bank.“ BPC Banking Technologies: BPC is the leading global provider of Open Systems e-payment solutions for the global financial industry. It provides SmartVista, a single integrated solution for transaction processing and card management. The company’s customer base includes the largest and most progressive retail banks across four continents. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.bpcsv.com About Alfa-Bank: Founded in 1990, Alfa-Bank is a full-service bank operating in all sectors of the financial market, including retail and corporate lending, investment banking, trade finance and asset management. Alfa-Bank is Russia’s largest private bank in terms of total assets, total equity and customer accounts. According to its audited IFRS financial statements for the first half of 2009, Alfa-Bank Russia, which comprises OJSC Alfa-Bank as well as subsidiary banks and financial companies, had total assets of $23 bln, a gross loan portfolio of $15.3 bln, and total equity of $2.5 bln. Net profit after tax attributable to the equity shareholders of Alfa-Bank Russia was $14 mln. The bank’s corporate and retail client base has grown considerably over the last several years: as of September 1, 2009 Alfa-Bank Russia had served over 55,000 corporate and 3.6 mln retail customers, while the branch network had grown to 341 offices across Russia and abroad, including a subsidiary bank in the Netherlands and financial subsidiaries in the United States and the UK. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:53:00 +0400 Press releases http://bpcbt.com/news/press_releases/230/