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Habib Bank AG Zurich (HBZ), has won the
‘Banker ME Best LINUX Implementation in the Financial Sector
2004 Award’ at the CPI LINUX Conference in October 2004. The
award was presented by Mr. Ahmad Bin Byat, Director General of
the Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone
(TECOM).
The award recognises that Habib Bank AG Zurich
has one of the most technologically advanced banking systems
deployed across the enterprise. Mr Haja Alavudeen, Senior Vice
President & Head of Information Technology, Habib Bank AG
Zurich said, “We are delighted that Habib Bank AG Zurich has
won its fourth consecutive award. Our vision to adopt LINUX
since 1998 was recognised as revolutionary in the banking
industry. By 2000 we were the first bank in the Middle East,
and one of the first in the world, to fully deploy LINUX in a
banking enterprise.”
The technology
system runs on the LINUX (SuSe.9.2) platform. The bank’s
software partner BiLogic Systems Inc. has implemented some of
the latest software solutions previously unused in the region,
based on Java from Sun Microsystems. In the bank’s aim to
provide the highest service levels with peace of mind
security, Habib Bank AG Zurich use LVS (Linux Virtual Server)
technology, which has been modified for secure session
management, thereby providing greater security for their
clients. The solution provides a clustering solution which
offers a scalable and redundant solution with secure session
management.
This technology results in an integrated
banking, e-banking and mobile solution for the enterprise and
customers. Habib Bank AG Zurich’s clients use telephone
banking, PDA banking, Internet banking, SMS messaging and ATM
machines to control their finances 24 hours a day. Due to this
technology the highest security is in place and cost savings
are passed onto the customer. Mr Alavudeen commented, “A good
example of this is HBZcms, our on-line Third Party Fund
Transfer service.”
HBZweb (http://www.habibbank.com), a
unique Internet banking service, provides over eighty options
for account holders to transact and query account information.
Options include secure mail, unlimited secondary account login
management, global unified login access, event driven mobile
and PDA banking (HBZgsm/HBZpda) allowing monitoring of
accounts and alerts, bill payment, third party fund transfers
(HBZsecure key), electronic Letters of Credit (HBZeLC), secure
online payroll management system (HBZpay) and document level
drilling. Additionally, Microsoft Excel, text and XML
downloading of statements of accounts with live history for up
to ten years for all accounts, also allows clients easy
integration with their own systems.
Habib Bank AG
Zurich’s proof of success is in their users. 64.3% of credit
customers and 71.4% of depositors are presently using the
Habib Bank AG Zurich integrated e-banking and mobile solution
powered by LINUX.
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