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•Habib Bank AG Zurich
Awarded Banker ME Best LINUX Implementation in the Financial Sector
2004
•High Tech bank leads to smoother banking services
•Over
70% of the bank's depositors are using the bank’s integrated
e-banking and mobile solution
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates) –
November 10, 2004 – Habib Bank AG Zurich (HBZ), one of the leading
international banks operating in the United Arab Emirates, have 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.
Background:
Similar
systems are presently used by Google who run a 10,000+ server
cluster and Amazon who estimated a cost saving of $250 million by
migrating to LINUX.
About Habib Bank AG Zurich
Habib Bank
AG Zurich was established in 1967 on a solid foundation of banking
tradition that spans several generations. Traditional banking values
set in the context of international banking has determined Habib
Bank AG Zurich’s corporate philosophy - "Service with Security" -
for over 35 years in operation. Providing trade finance, corporate,
consumer, private, retail and correspondent banking products, the
bank offers highly personalized service to its customers through its
international network of over 30 branches. In addition to offering
traditional banking products over a number of channels, HBZ's
leading technology solutions allows its clients to manage their
accounts and conduct real time transactions 24 hours a day world
wide through http://www.habibbank.com
Press
Contacts:
Nick Leighton, NettResults Management Consultancy
PO
Box 72587, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 331
1593
Fax: +971 4 331 1562
Email:
nick@NettResults.com
www.NettResults.com
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