JOHANNESBURG, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
With the African
Continent's economy beginning to thrive Misys brings together the
financial community to explore how new technology innovations can
assist financial institutions to meet customer demands
Misys, the global leader in financial services software
solutions, welcomed leaders from across Africa's financial services sector to take
part in the company's first 'Misys Africa Market Focus 2013' held
in Johannesburg from 5 to 6
March.
Bret Bolin, CEO of Misys,
Erin Smith, Managing Director of
Misys Africa, and local representatives from international research
firm IDC, addressed a significant proportion of African financial
institutions at the two-day event.
"Africa is a very important
region for us," states Bret Bolin,
CEO of Misys, "We are experiencing a great return on past
investments there and are committed to accelerating future
investments in our team, solutions and partner ecosystems to ensure
that our current and future clients realise the full value from
Misys solutions."
The forum was a unique platform where banks met to discuss the
trends that have an impact on the current financial services market
across Africa. Recognised
financial experts from across the region presented future-proof
strategies that will help today's financial institutions take
advantage of emerging market opportunities. Areas such as trade
finance, payments, retail channels and global risk management were
top priorities at the event, including much discussion on
innovative ways for corporate banking products and services can be
delivered via portal technology to customers. Industry leaders were
able to network at the event and share know-how with their peers in
the financial community towards the common goal of improving their
businesses and customer experience.
"Visionary companies in Africa's financial sector are making all
efforts to identify opportunities and invest in these to reinforce
their competitive position," notes Erin
Smith, Managing Director of Misys Africa. "This can only be
achieved by strengthening institutional foundations and finding
more efficient methods with which banks can meet their customer
demands along with being agile in finance trading to be
operationally risk proof. Building on our double digit growth in
Africa in the last year and the
evidence of multiple successful client implementation projects, we
are in a privileged position to be able to provide our customers
with this opportunity to share knowledge and drive future growth in
the region."
Amongst the forum's key discussion topics are dedicated seminars
on enterprise-level risk management, new payment channels for
Africa's unbanked populations, and
the impact of Basel regulations on
local financial technology applications.
About Misys
Misys is at the forefront of the financial software industry,
providing the broadest portfolio of banking, treasury, trading and
risk solutions available on the market. With 1,800 customers in 120
countries our team of domain experts and partners have an
unparalleled ability to address industry requirements at both a
global and local level.
Misys is able to address all customer requirements across both
the banking and trading book businesses. Misys is the trusted
partner that financial services organisations turn to for help
solving their most complex problems.
Find out more at http://www.misys.com
For further information please contact:
Daniel Mercado
Account Manager
Memac Ogilvy PR
+971-4-305-0320
Daniel.mercado@ogilvy.com
Edward Taylor
Global Head of PR, Misys
+44(0)203-3320-5530
edward.taylor@misys.com