Infosys Technologies Ltd. and The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) have announced that CFS has chosen Finacle™ Universal Banking Solution to power its business transformation initiative. As part of the programme, CFS, part of The Co-operative Group, the UK’s largest consumer co-operative, will replace systems across its back-office and channels in the Retail Banking and Corporate Banking businesses with Finacle™. This initiative will also include the implementation of Finacle™ core banking, CRM (uniting CFS banking and insurance businesses) and e-banking solutions across the critical home-market operations of CFS in the UK.
A strong customer focus and high operational excellence are vital as part of CFS’s future development and growth strategies. The existing technology infrastructure while fit for purpose at present is considered unsuitable for future requirements and CFS has decided to replace the existing legacy systems with a world-class banking solution.
“The Enterprise Platform programme is a strategic initiative for CFS and deploying the right technology is critical to creating a client-centric business based on our core principles of value, fairness and social responsibility,” says David Anderson, chief executive at the co-operative financial services.
“The value-driven best-in-class capabilities of Infosys combined with the global leadership of Finacle™ Universal Banking Solution provides CFS a strategic partner with proven expertise for achieving the group’s transformation objectives,” says Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of the board of directors, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
The rigorous selection process focused on acquiring a new generation platform to support the group’s crucial objectives of product innovation and client-centricity, standardisation of platforms and processes, and scalability for future growth. ”We selected Finacle™ from Infosys as our strategic partner in this transformation journey for the strong technical architecture and functionality of the Finacle™ solution, extensive domain knowledge of the team and the global experience of working with leading financial institutions. Infosys’s approach to sustainability was also important, given the importance we place in this area,” says Clive Elliott, director of Enterprise Platform at the co-operative financial services.
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