Infosys Finacle™ a leader among Global Banking Platforms: Independent research firm

Bangalore, December 18: Infosys today announced that Finacle™, the universal banking solution, has been ranked as a long-term leader in The Forrester Wave™: Global Banking Platforms, Q4 2012, published by Forrester Research, Inc. Vendor offerings were evaluated on 62 key parameters for banking platforms under the categories of Current Offerings, Strategy and Market presence. Infosys Finacle™ scored highest in the categories of multichannel enablement and implementation and development resources.

In The Forrester Wave™ report, Jost Hoppermann, Vice President, Principal Analyst, wrote – “Infosys is one of the long-term Leaders. Infosys Finacle™ banking platform offers strong, close to very strong, overall functionality. The product base is very broad, and business capabilities are very strong. The product configurator is strong across comprehensiveness, pricing, bundling, and commissions. The ability to enable multichannel support is strong, with a high number of directly supported channels. Platform agility is strong based on sound, close to strong, application architecture and strong support of development and integration.”

Haragopal M, Global Head – Finacle™, Infosys said, “Banks today are faced with several demands like catering to changing customer dynamics and managing multiple banking channels; they also have to constantly look for ways to tap into new markets while adhering to tough regulatory requirements. Finacle™’s technology-led innovations not only enable banks to run their business effectively but also lay a strong foundation that will help transform their banks for tomorrow. We believe The Forrester Wave™: Global Banking Platforms study reaffirms our position as a partner of choice for banks globally.”
Infosys Finacle™ partners with banks to transform process, product and customer experience, arming them with a host of innovations. Today it is the banking solution of choice for 165 banks across 80 countries and serves more than 350 million customers efficiently.

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