IT Digest
Trends in the Internet banking market (5/4/2005)
A survey from Prince & Cook on 257 users of Internet banking services in Argentina showed 64% use the Internet as the main channel of communication with the bank, 31% go to their branches, and 5% use call centers. Most of Internet access is for checking account balances, 36% use it to payservices and 34% for transfers. Also 26% of uses fear Internet transfers for security reasons. The profile of these users show a high level of education and high income, which lead domestic banks to improve services and strengthen fidelity. Banco Itau is renewing its Web site that has 20,000 active users and a new Java development by Technisys replacing the former based on Visual Basic. The project runs in a AS/400 and had total costs of US$700,000, estimates Angel Zeni, system manager Itau.
Apertura
"Business trip journey." (03/10/2005)
"The argentine Guru of Cyberbanking." (06/28/2004)
"Technisys to implement the first Java Core Banking System in Europe." (10/26/2003)
"Technisys referral to the LatinTrade's Top 100 Banks, September 2002 issue story, emphasizing Technisys's vast experience with Latin American financial technology."
Speer & Associates
LatAm bank sites show dramatic improvement (02/07/2002)
One of our top clients, Banco Galicia, was recently rated as #3 in the Western Hemisphere's top 25 list in a Speer & Associates study titled "December 2001 Banking Web Site Evaluation." The current evaluations include 157 leading financial services companies, 89 from North America and 68 from Latin America.
The Business Journal
Banking conference knows Latin America leads to growth (08/24/2001)
Technisys Looks Abroad, Seeks US$4mn-7mn (06/04/2001)
"Still growing at 100%" - Technisys (02/28/2001)
