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IBS Journal October 2015


ANZ extends partnership with IBM in AU$450m deal, co-funds innovation lab


ANZ Bank HQ, Melbourne © Donaldytong, Wikipedia


Australia and New Zealand-based banking group, ANZ, has signed a new five-year deal worth AU$450 million ($315 million). The deal covers a wide range of projects and capabilities, including setting up an innovation lab and introducing common digital banking platforms across ANZ’s worldwide network. IBM is already a long-standing partner


of ANZ, having worked with it for over four decades. As part of the agreement, IBM will pro-


vide access to its ‘vast software portfolio’ as well as ‘next generation cloud development capabilities and core systems infrastructure’. Solutions include integration, content man- agement, data, analytics and cloud software. The vendor states it will help the bank


to ‘gain deeper insights of its nine million customers worldwide’. CIO of ANZ, Scott Collary, echoes the sentiment: ‘Understand- ing our customers’ needs and preferences around mobile and digital banking is criti- cal to our business.’ The innovation lab will see investment


from both parties. It is underpinned by IBM’s cloud development Platform-as-a-


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What systems are in place at ANZ? •


Like any large multinational, ANZ relies on numerous software and solutions providers for its technology needs. These include:





Infosys’ Finacle, rolled out across its international network for core banking capabilities;


• Misys’ LoanIQ for syndicated lending; •


FIS’ Systematics core banking system for the group’s New Zealand subsidiaries, ANZ New Zealand and National Bank;


• Bottomline Technologies’ software for mobile cash management;


Service (PaaS), Bluemix. According to IBM, it ‘will enable the bank’s developers to build, test and deploy new applications and ser- vices at a fraction of the time and cost previously taken’. The focus is on all things digital, customer service improvement and


© IBS Intelligence 2015 www.ibsintelligence.com • •


Gresham’s Clareti Transaction Con- trol (CTC) for financial data capture and reconciliation (and in doing so, it became the first live user of CTC);


Fundtech’s Global Cashplus (GCP) cash management system for its Asia Pacific operations;


Fundtech’s PayPlus payments platform for low-volume, high-value payments;


• CGI/Logica’s LAPS payments platform for low-value, high-volume payments;


• CGI’s Trade360 trade finance platform, supplied on an hosted basis, for ANZ’s trade finance business worldwide.


productivity increase. As part of ANZ’s private cloud environ-


ment – supporting mobile banking – IBM will deploy its latest z13 mainframe and Power8 infrastructure.


Tanya Andreasyan


news: aus/nz round-up


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