Summary Type of financial institution: Universal bank Headquarters: Karachi, Pakistan Branches: 1000+ Assets: $5.8 billion (2010)
Project scope: Core banking system conversion and centralisation, head office and branches System/vendor replaced: Cobol-based in-house software System/vendor installed: Sungard Ambit from Sungard Technology: IBMpSeries servers with AIX and Oracle
Current functionality: Conventional and Islamic banking across all areas, back office, branch and alternative channels
Interfaces: A range of home-grown and external systems, incluidng ACI's payment solution, POS software, in-house utility bill payment system and collections software
Selection team: Bank and local partner Selection time: 14-15 months Installation team: Bank and vendor at the outset, then bank Installation time: Four years+ Level of satisfaction: High