ICS Bank Named Banking Software of the Year 2011

ICSFS, the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions has been recognised as “the Banking Software of the Year 2011" at Beacon of ICT Awards.

Beacon of ICT awards, the merit-centric awards organized by Communications Week Media publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek newspaper, is an annual industry wide celebration that rewards best practices and recognizes outstanding contributions, deserving talents, contributions and commitments to the growth of the ICT industry.

“We are delighted to have been recognised for the second year in a row as the Banking Software of the Year” said Robert Hazboun, managing director of ICSFS.

“We have been delivering outstanding and innovative solutions since 1997 in Nigeria, and are dedicated to continue providing distinguished financial products and services to our clients in the Nigerian Market,” he said.

Wael Malkawi, executive director for Business Development at ICSFS stated that “We are really pleased and honoured to receive this award for the second year in a row. This wouldn’t have been achieved without the dedication of ICSFS towards the Nigerian ICT Market, and our local support presence since October 2011.”

Malkawi added, “We also hope that we can add value to the Nigerian and Regional Market in the coming years, by delivering service excellence with our banking solutions especially with our long expertise in the Islamic Banking”.

ICS BANKS® provides a complete suite of banking business modules with a rich sweep of functionality and features, addressing business needs and automating accounting processes, as needed, to improve a bank’s business performance. ICS BANKS® has always been a pioneer in utilizing the latest technology to serve financial institutions.

 In addition to its embedded Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA), the system is deployed in a multi-tiered setup that runs on a web thin client, J2EE environment.