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May 31, 2009 23:00: iRanking posted for May 2009 | remember "it's only an indicator" | Oracle FSS stayed up at #1 core banking systems vendor ahead of Temenos and Infosys | HCL and Mindmill were notably active and on the rise in May.

May 30, 2009 10:34: A Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based law firm inquiried after "Temenos TCB" - probably related to the Metavante and Temenos relationship | and the inquirer from Mexico looking for "temenos tcb e-banking" could talk with S1 who had the internet banking brief and were front-ending TCB in KBank.

May 29, 2009 08:15: Quoting Yahoo Finance: topic 'Pressure on S1 core banking" that is generating traffic today "S1 does not offer a 'core system' so there is no effect on S1. Its products buckle onto each users core system - usually referred to as 'front-end products'. The link below provides a good listing of core systems available in the market place today core_banking.html"

May 28, 2009 17:15: "Open Source" are noticeable added search terms lately | today from Seoul Korea "FNS Bancs open source" and from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam "core banking open source".

May 27, 2009 20:42: Based on inquiries we see, Topaz Anti Money Laundering software frorm Top Systems in Uruguay is a continuing and popular international bank trend for AML solution consideration.

May 27, 2009 09:21: In case anyone was wondering, New Core Banking Systems has announced a partnership and plan to merge with RDSI. New Core Banking Systems (NCBS) of Birmingham, AL is a relatively new developer of software and solutions for community financial institutions. Rurban Financial Corp. is a publicly-held holding company based in Defiance, Ohio whose subsidiaries are The State Bank and Trust Company, including Reliance Financial Services, and Rurbanc Data Services, Inc. (RDSI).

May 26, 2009 19:58: Today's core banking system comparison requests come from Tennessee USA for "finacle and flexcube compared" and from India for "TCS BaNCS vs Finacle"

May 26, 2009 09:07: Helpful x-refs for when you lose track or things change | from Auckland NZ, a search for "inntron lynx fs" found our quick cross-reference record and link on our Core Banking Ranking Page 3 | "Lynx Financial Systems Summit retail banking system >> was AttentiV >>> now under TietoEnator group"

May 25, 2009 18:56: An inquiry today, probably prompted by a competitive vendor and coming from Sydney in Australia, about "Temenos BankThai BAAC" - referring to the 2 Thai government-related client institutions where Temenos got it wrong, perhaps, and about which they should never produce any 'glowing terms' success stories as case studies.

May 24, 2009 09:47: Sunday, so far a day of interest in Finacle | from Greenwich, NSW specific search "finacle core banking ANZ" | from Chandigarh, India search for "finacle" | from Bangalore, India search for "about finacle software" | from Phillipines search for "finacle system" > Infosys

May 23, 2009 11:37: A sample extract the daily intel notes today | Samba Financial Group from Saudi Arabia is checking about just Finacle and Flexcube today | and there seems to be some information gathering going on with SEB Vilnius Bank from Lithuania searching for "core banking programs", and this continues a pattern of inquiries over the past few months.

May 22, 2009 12:01: A not-infrequent inquiry we receive is "what is Finacle database?" | well, according to Infosys data given to us, it is Oracle only at his time (tell us if we are wrong).

May 22, 2009 09:22: Here is a glimpse at a little of the Visitor activity recorded this morning: "infopro core banking system" from Phnom Penh Cambodia > Infopro Malaysia | "best bank software" from Burlington VT USA | "finacle microfinance" from Nigeria > Infosys | "symbols retail banking" from Mauritus > Sungard Ambit System Access | "IBBA IBM" from Romania > FinTech IBM Belgium | "core banking system" from top consultancy in Europe | "Nucleus Banking Software" from Accra Ghana > Nucleus Software | "Topaz Banking Software" from consultancy FL USA > Top Systems Ecuador | "core banking systems in Malaysia" from Washington DC USA | "NTBS retail banking systems" from Brisbane Australia > NTBS New Zealand

May 21, 2009 11:50: Equitorial Trust Bank in Nigeria has signed with Infosys for the Finacle universal banking application to replace their current legacy Globus banking system. Infosys point out that ETB joins other banks such as Hatton National Bank in Sri Lanka in moving away from the Globus to Temenos T24 upgrade track.

May 21, 2009 09:59: An inquiry from one of the largest regional banking groups looking for "important core banking system" as opposed to ? landed them on our core banking system vendors A to Z by vendor name list.

May 20, 2009 15:08: What the heck, inntron is on Twitter | twitter.com/inntron | today anyway | not sure what for yet, so we will see if the medium has room for boring IT and banking systems consultant stuff.

May 17, 2009 09:14: A lookup from Ghana for "iflex flexcube infosys finacle temenos t24" is a reminder of the set of vendors and systems included in the most international scenarios today | note that the Flexcube vendor is correctly Oracle now, though much of the market is still to catch up.

May 16, 2009 17:37: Nice to see Commercial International Bank (CIB) from Cairo, Egypt asking questions about the risks involved in installing a core banking system.

May 15, 2009 23:54: According to inquiries we see, there are indications that within Australia's Westpac Banking group there is ongoing consideration of the CSC Hogan banking system being used beyond the St George Bank they have recently taken over.

May 15, 2009 13:23: The "Top Ten" core banking system top vendors by iRank list - incorporating the top 5, top 10, top 15 and showing historic rankings back to 2004 - was updated as at 15/5/2009 to reflect interest & activity so far this month.

May 14, 2009 11:04: Prompted by a lookup by another Australian bank for "legacy hogan systematics anz" we are catching up on reports that ANZ National in New Zealand (ANZ acquired National Bank of New Zealand from the UK's Lloyds TSB in 2003) is not proceeding with earlier plans to migrate from a legacy CSC Hogan system to a common Fidelity Systematics core platform | you can bet Infosys is trying hard to get NZ, following the successful Finacle implementations for ANZ in Asia.

May 12, 2009 11:59: Amongst market intelligence data recorded today | noticed Xceed Financial Credit Union (XFCU) (formerly Xerox Federal Credit Union) is inquiring after the "top 5 online banking system vendors" from El Segundo California | other active new lookers for "core banking software" today was Fifth District Savings Bank, a community bank from New Orleans and Golf Savings Bank of Washington state ("bank core system vendors").

May 12, 2009 11:51: Temenos CoreBanking (TCB) is a trend overnight off multiple inquiries from IBM people and searches on terms like "Temenos IRIS software" and "Temenos Corebank" and "globus corebanking".

May 9, 2009 09:29: In what might be the first recorded lookup from Haiti, an inquiry for "icbs fiserv". Fiserv is "trending" a little.

May 7, 2009 20:31: Amid continuing heavier than usual website traffic today, searches that brought visitors to our listings included "list of IT banking system vendors", and the question "which is the best core banking software" from India | "the global vendors of core banking" from a bank in the Netherlands | and of course the well-served favourites like "core banking systems" and "private banking software".

May 6, 2009 20:21: Amid heavy website traffic today, noticed a "cooperative credit society system" inquiry from Mauritius landed on our Co-op and Microfinance product page and lead to interest in a number of listed systems and vendors starting with Trust.

May 6, 2009 14:22: The core banking system and vendor listing pages - particularly the ones in ranking order that we update based on our monthly iRanking data - are attracting increased numbers of visits and attention from the growing banking and financial services sector audience of visitors < definition of a good place to advertise >

May 6, 2009 09:47: Out of Dubai, an inquiry after a comparison with a lending focus for "Kastle versus Finnone" | and from Nepal "Rubikon banking software", and then from Vanuatu a specific lookup of the "Equinox banking system" - expect Neptune would prefer both were Rubikon inquiries - Neptune have been putting themselves about in Asia Pacific more lately.

May 3, 2009 19:59: Heard from French banking software group, Viveo Toolobject (a Viveo group subsidiary), about their ECM finance (Enterprise Component Model) approach to building custom banking solutions from a library of stored elements... mostly interesting but a little confused in the presentation | and also looked at Acute Softwares co-operative banking package and liked their honest approach to delivering cost-effective, functional and appropriate technology.

May 1, 2009 00:00: iRanking posted for April 2009 | remember "it's only an indicator" | Oracle FSS jumped to #1 ahead of Temenos and Infosys | Allshare and Callatay & Wouters were other active vendors on the rise in April.

April 30, 2009 11:53: No surprise that Metavante under FIS control has terminated agreements with Temenos and work has stopped on the joint development project to build a "next generation" core banking platform targeted at the US market and based on the Temenos CoreBanking (TCB) system. Some think this could be the death-knell of a system that seemed to have so much potential as a FSDM-based and technically well-architected retail core banking engine - needing the integrity of design to be maintained as necessary functional elements were developed and packaged ahead of commercial sales release.

April 29, 2009 12:34: From the USA today, a spate of specific inquiries including those about OSI banking software, Open Solutions core banking, Hogan core system, Hogan system CAMS II, Fidelity banking systems, core banking ACBS, Jack Henry Banking software.

April 25, 2009 12:59: The EasyBankCore system for co-operative banks in India is now listed since Acute Softwares was posted as the latest 'vendor of interest' in the core banking resources online | see Acute

April 23, 2009 09:41: Current interest from Singapore in "government savings bank thailand corebanking". Something new there? Last we heard it was an Infosys project of sorts (with Finacle people onsite). For years, other core system vendors including Temenos, Fidelity, Fiserv and Open Solutions were all sniffing around and at different times hinting they would have a deal. And prior to all that, GSB was a System Access Symbols client (pre-Sungard).

April 22, 2009 17:05: Neptune Software of the UK is talking about momentum around their web-based architecture system, Rubikon | recent announcements include the first implementation of Rubikon going live at TN Bank in Harare for retail banking, trade finance, treasury, business intelligence and e-banking. Other implementations are commencing at Victoria Commercial Bank in Nairobi and National Savings and Credit Bank in Lusaka. They also have secured their first UK customer for Rubikon with London-based Bank Monarch to implement the software for retail, corporate, treasury and trade services.

April 21, 2009 10:45: Here is a sampling of generic "core banking systems" or similar lookups that led to the core banking vendor and system resource pages overnight | from Jordan "core banking vendors" | singapore "core banking system" | Saudi "internet banking solution rankings" | Bangladesh "banking software used by bangladeshi private banks" | Germany "core banking system" | Qatar "best core banking software", "doha core banking software" | USA Tx, Va "banking software vendors" | India "top core banking solutions" | Canada "banking software vendors" | Egypt "egypt core banking system projects" | USA Ks "new core banking systems" | Spain "banking software vendor italia" | USA NY (CU) "retail banking software"

April 20, 2009 17:34: The big question today came from Malaysia where they are consider "unix vs mainframe core banking".

April 19, 2009 08:39: The spread is always interesting. Here is a sampling of specific vendor and system lookups recorded overnight | from Canada about Infosys Finacle, from Kuwait about TCS BaNCS, from Italy and South Africa about Canopus Macrobank, Nepal about Silverlake Axis and Oracle Flexcube, Lithuania about Forbis, India about Chordiant and Infosys Finacle, Pakistan about Misys and Sungard Ambit Symbols, Iran about Kishware, Greece about Intracom Profits | remember most lookups by parties of interest - that are usually early lookers - come off generic "core banking systems" or similar like "core banking software" search terms - and there were plenty of those overnight.

April 18, 2009 09:42: The comparison request du jour is "Cores Bancarios TCS banc vs T24" and comes from Chile.

April 17, 2009 17:33: A popular set of inquiry search terms indicating something lately is accumulated as "australia core banking solutions software".

April 16, 2009 10:26: The "Top Ten" core banking system vendors table - incorporating the top 5, top 10, top 15 - top vendors by iRank list with periodic previous rankings shown back to 2004 - received a mid-month update as at 15/4/2009 to reflect movements so far this month.

April 14, 2009 21:22: ref. our April 5 fresh note about a real bank "planning a large scale core system replacement" and seeking the latest points of comparison between FlexCube and Finacle from us | our direct inquiries seeking updates went to each vendor's sales & marketing contacts and we have not seen responses... both Infosys and Oracle FSS are either very slow or not interested in competing for real business? We know other top vendors that would act quickly and respond with interest.

April 13, 2009 11:27: It may or may not be worth mentioning that two vendors and systems appeared more than usual in inquiries this past week | namely Profile core banking system (meaning the one from Fidelity and formerly Sanchez, and not the Profile Systems product from Greece) and the other one was Open Solutions OSI core banking.

April 8, 2009 21:56: A quick mention in case someone wants to connect with a money transfer company in India inquiring about a By Phone Payment System today | contact us

April 8, 2009 21:50: The V.bank system is now represented since the latest 'vendor of interest' from France was added to the core banking resources online | see Viveo

April 7, 2009 09:57: We see others are suggesting the acquisition of Metavante by Fidelity will likely affect Metavante’s deal with Temenos to jointly develop and market a next generation core banking platform based on the Temenos CoreBanking TCB product. It should. It would probably be a wiser choice to base the future solution for the larger banks, with retail banking, real-time, customer-centric requirements focus for core systems, on the FIS Corebank (same data model and basic architecture as TCB), and Profile platforms where their development is already focused today.

April 6, 2009 19:42:The comparison request du jour is "viveo vs delta vs iflex" and comes from Tunisia.

April 5, 2009 18:13: For a bank planning a large scale core system replacement, this week we will try and compile the latestdetails and points of comparison across technology, architecture and business functionality between FlexCube 10.0 from Oracle FS and Finacle 10.2 from Infosys | all relevant input greatly appreciated.

April 3, 2009 11:49: Not sure if it is a trend, but there is an impression that lately more US-based financial institutions are looking for core banking system and vendor information online | ref. first time visitors (new lookers) from banks in 5 US states in recent days using search terms like "bank core system vendors", "core banking system", and "core banking software".

April 1, 2009 21:55: Announcements and pronouncements about the planned Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) takeover of Metavante indicate Temenos expect their relationship with Metavante to continue under an FIS structure. Interesting. The combined "processing center" will be a powerhouse, but it is a competitive world, and one must wonder how do TCB and T24 coexist or compete in the US market under Fidelity?

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April 1, 2009 00:10: "it's only an indicator" | iRanking posted for March 2009 | Temenos, then Infosys and Oracle FSS unchanged at #1 to 3 | Infrasoft Technologies rose quickly to #13 this month | Neptune is up 15 places to #17 | and both Cobiscorp and Arango Software International moved up strongly based mostly on attention from the Americas.

April 1, 2009 00:04: A reminder that our response about "what is the definition of core banking software?" or "what are functions in core banking application software?" has been in our FAQ Answers since early 2007 | we are aware the definition changes over time | it is our best effort as of that time - see "Core banking system Definition"

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