Reza habib, chief executive and vice-president of Habib Bank AG Zurich with Sanjay
Naithani, sales manager at Sun Microsystems, Middle Ease.
Habib Bank software
Habib Bank AG Zurich announced piloting a Java-based banking application called hPLUS at 11 branches across the UAE. Following the testing the bank intends to roll out this application to its branches worldwide. The bank's IT department is managed in Dubai.
    A Press release said that hPLUS is among world's first Java based banking solutions. The software based on core of 55 modules was written in Dubai
by Habib Bank AG Zurich's software developers. It provides 1,000 banking options, which can be used to run an internal banking system or to deliver home and Internet banking.
    The hPLUS is also lifely to be launched on the Habib Bank's web-site allowing its customers access to Internet banking. The bank is considering marketing the software to other banks, which requires Java based software solutions, according to the release.