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August 2009, Miami, USA
Value of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) in Core Banking Solutions
By: Jose Osorio & Eduardo Monterrey – Datapro Inc |
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SOA is neither a product nor a solution. It is a concept of enterprise software development which centers on combining and integrating IT applications to maximize their benefits to the organization. SOA is an integration framework that binds internal and external information and computing services to create a solution to support a business process. ...
For the past couple of years Datapro has been actively working with IBM in making SOA enabled its “e-IBS® Core Banking
System”. We initiated the project by getting the technology patterns, software framework, roles and responsibilities, and governance model well defined. We then began our work with simple services to illustrate the benefits of the approach and to gain support from colleagues in various business areas.
The model has remained consistent and the costs to run our SOA solutions have remained fairly constant while scaling up and scaling out. Today, the e-IBS® Core Banking System incorporates standard SOA-enabled interfaces which allows it to interact and collaborate with a variety of vendors, services and business channels.
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February 2010, Aruba
09 February 2010
IBS Journal News
BBA Bank in Aruba, a new offshore operation which is part of the Venezuelan group, Banvalor,
has become the first user of the new Java-based version of Miami-based Datapro's core system, e-IBS-Java. Banvalor
has been a customer of Datapro for about seven years in Venezuela, according to Oswaldo Armitaño, manager of BBA Bank.
It had originally chosen Datapro ahead of two other regional system suppliers, Arango Software from Panama and Cobis from
Ecuador, partly because Datapro, with a number of customers in the country, had ample experience. Armitaño describes
Datapro's installations in Venezuela as 'excellent', and BBA was happy to choose Datapro again for Aruba on this basis.
Banvalor decided to open an offshore bank in Aruba to cater to the wishes of many Venezuelans to save in hard currency
(mainly US dollars), following repeated devaluations of the Venezuelan Bolivar. Aruba, just half an hour's flight from
Caracas, was the ideal place to do so. Armitaño adds that the political and supervisory systems are very stable in Aruba.
Solid telecommunications with the US were also important for the bank since it is outsourcing all its system requirements
to Datapro's data centre in Miami.
As a start-up bank, BBA needed a core system plus functionality for Swift transfers, a treasury system, and an AML system,
all of which functionality are 'very good' in the Datapro e-IBS-Java package, says Armitaño. Unlike in Venezuela where Banvalor
uses local systems for some areas (including a locally developed treasury system), '99 per cent of BBA's systems are provided
by Datapro'.
The new system for BBA was delivered in three months, with the bank ready to operate from the end of September 2009. Armitaño
says the new system is 'very quick and user-friendly'. Datapro will hope that the rest of Banvalor follows suit, to move from
what Armitaño describes as a 'transition system' in place at present to the Java version.
Among the eight banks closed by the Venezuelan government last year was Banco Canarias. This had been one of 16 users of Datapro's
system in the country. However, the vendor gained when other banks which had been forced to close, including Banco Confederado,
Banco Bolivar, Banco Central and Banorte, were merged into an existing Datapro customer, Banfoandes. This entity has been renamed
Banco Bicentenario.
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August 2009. Miami, USA
Datapro @ CLAB 2009
Datapro was present at the recent CLAB 2009 conference, held in Miami. This conference was a meeting place and exchange of practical cases between bankers and leaders of technology executives and the financial market on the issues most important at this juncture.
The event was attended by experts on topics that are now in the center of the agenda, such as Mr. Carlos Fernandez of Banco Occidental de Descuento, Liliana Rojas of Center for Global Development and Mr José Pagés from ITAU Bank, among others .
Some of the topics covered were HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND ACHIEVE NEW DIRECTIONS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GENERAL BANKING, with an emphasis on success stories..
On behalf of Datapro, Mr. William Montiel - Director of Marketing and Alfredo Fernandez - Vice President of Marketing responded to requests for information about our company and its products by the participants.
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March 2009. Miami, USA
Datapro’s founder and President Ricardo R. Montero Sr. has been nominated for the Technology Leaders of the Year Awards
proposed by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
The Awards are presented to individuals who have shown direct and extraordinary technological experience, and whose managerial and marketing skills, as well as technological innovations make a considerable contribution to their organization and to their community at large.
This recognition was extended to Mr. Montero for his 40 years of experience in the development and implementation of banking systems products. Under his leadership, Datapro, Inc. developed the e-IBS® Core Banking System which currently runs the banking operations of more than 150 banks and financial institutions in 26 countries.
Congratulations to Mr. Montero for the acknowledgement of his leadership in the banking software industry in Latin America.
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March 2009. Miami, USA.
Datapro proud sponsor of the "Carnaval Miami Golf Classic Putting for Education" to collect funds for the education of poor children.
As in previous years Datapro was proud sponsor of the "Carnaval Miami Golf Classic Putting for Education" .
The event took place at the Shula’s Golf Club on March 12. |
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