10 February 2015 – Telenor banka, together with Asseco SEE, showcased its heretofore work and announced future innovations at the prestigious international conference Finovate Europe. The presented innovation will enable Telenor banka’s customers to get customized offers by two industries in one place – telecommunications and banking.
The complex IT solution, whose demo version was showcased, is an example of a fully automated and personalized online offer of purchase loans for smart devices, customized to the customers’ need in real time. This innovation will be an update of the existing offer of interest-free loans for purchasing devices from Telenor’s offer that the bank introduced at the beginning of December 2014.
“It is our great pleasure to see that Telenor banka has been recognised as one of the important innovations in banking and financial services in Europe in 2015. The showcased innovation is based on the advantages of direct banking technology and the possibilities it offers. This is a true example of local knowledge being competitive in the international market by idea and realisation,” says Martin Navratil, Chairman of the Executive Board at Telenor banka.
The Finovate audience had the opportunity to become familiar with fully mobile banking, which changes customer experience and reshapes financial services and products so that they are entirely customised for mobile device use.
“We are proud of the fact that we have provided the complete IT solution for the first direct bank in the SEE region, from the basic (core) banking system to all channels (mobile, e-banking and ATM network). We are particularly proud of the fact that we managed, together with Telenor Bank, to implement this large project in only seven months” said Piotr Jelenski, the President of Asseco SEE Group’s Management Board and added: “Today we saw how complex IT solutions provide easy and simple user experience adjusted to clients’ needs.”
Finovate Europe 2015 gathered 70 companies, each of them having only 7 minutes to showcase the latest and most advanced innovations in the field of financial services.
“Every year at Finovate we get to see numerous interesting innovations in the domains of financial transactions, online banking, and sale through mobile devices. We are very pleased to have selected Telenor banka and Asseco SEE, who showcased their best and latest innovations at the conference,” says Erik Mattsson, CEO of Finovate. “It is our great pleasure to have had the chance to see in what way will the synergy of telecommunications and banking sectors expand to the finance market offers that are enabled by advanced banking technologies,” adds Mattsson.
Telenor banka and Asseco SEE will continue to work on solutions that meet the growing needs of customers for simple, easily accessible, and interactive financial services.
About Asseco SEE:
Asseco SEE is one of the largest IT companies dealing in the production and implementation of own software solution and services in South Eastern Europe and Turkey. The company provides IT solutions for different industries, including finance, payment, public administration, and telecommunications. Since October 2009, Asseco SEE has been listed at Warsaw Stock Exchange. Asseco SEE has near 1,400 employees in 13 countries around the world. More than ten of the 15 biggest banks in South Eastern Europe are already customers of the company.
About Finovate Europe:
Finovate Europe is a conference that allows only demo presentations, and it is intended especially for greatest and latest innovation of new and existing companies operating in the field of banking and finance technologies. The conference takes place in London and offers a look inside the future of money through the quick, clear, and unique format of short demo presentations. Finovate Europe is organised by The Finovate Group. If you need more information about the event or wish to watch videos from earlier demos, please visit www.finovate.com.
Telenor Banka is part of the Telenor Group, one of the largest world mobile operators with more than 192 million customers on 13 markets.
In 2013, Telenor acquired 100% of the shares of KBC Bank, with the aim to offer to Serbian citizens through Telenor Banka modern and innovative mobile and Internet financial services.
Telenor is the largest single investor in Serbia with an initial investment of 1.53 million euros. The first mobile and online bank in the country is oriented towards daily citizens’ transactions, offering them daily banking on the move. Telenor Banka is the 2014 laureate of the American Chamber of Commerce’s Leaders in Change Award.
Media inquiries:
Jelena Srećković, PR and CR Expert, 063 430 192, jelena.sreckovic@telenor.rs