IBS Journal November 2016


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AWS joins BBVA digital journey


computing deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS). One of several agreements that the Spanish FI is forging with strategic providers, this will see AWS become its preferred cloud infrastructure services provider.


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“The digital transformation of our business means that our technology platforms must be prepared to face an exponential transactions growth and cloud computing technologies have much to contribute in this direction,” says Ricardo Moreno, Global Head of BBVA Engineering. “Working with AWS and having them accompany us on this journey not just with their products but also with their expertise, will accelerate our transformation.”


BBVA has been using AWS to run its analytics application for Commerce 360 (currently available in Spain), and will now look to migrate selected components of its platforms to the cloud. It will also create a ‘Cloud Community’ to improve knowledge sharing and adherence to architectural


BVA has announced a global cloud


and security policies and standards, ensuring regulatory compliance.


“We are thrilled to be working with BBVA, one of the world’s leading innovators in the financial sector,” says Mike Clayville WW VP Commercial


Sales at Amazon Web Services. “By using the AWS Cloud, financial organisations can drive innovation while maintaining high levels of security, compliance and data privacy. We are excited to continue helping BBVA on its transformation journey and supporting them to drive innovation for their end customers.”


Scott Thompson Ecobank signs landmark Masterpass deal


Understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to roll-out its Masterpass mobile payment offering across 33 African countries. The FI says that the agreement will enable it to achieve its 100 million customer ambition by 2020.


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This is Mastercard’s largest Masterpass deal thus far. The QR-based solution had previously been available to Ecobank customers in Nigeria and now the following will be onboard by the end of 2016: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial


cobank has inked a Memorandum of


Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.


Group CEO Ecobank, Ade Ayeyemi, says: “With partnerships such as the one we have with Mastercard, we are well-positioned to meet the growing demands of consumers and merchants across Africa. We will use Masterpass QR to leverage the power of digital to bring millions of people into the formal financial sector. Our mission at Ecobank is to build a world-class Pan-African bank that contributes to the integration and socio- economic development of the continent.”


Scott Thompson


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