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:
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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
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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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