LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polaris Software Lab Limited (POLS.BO), a leading global Financial Technology Company today announced the launch of its FT Grid, the largest cloud offering with the capacity to cater to 100 Million Customers (MC). It will enable Polaris to offer its Financial Technology infrastructure and banking products on a pay-per-use (cloud) model to banks and financial institutions through a ready-to-use platform with industry-standard hardware, middleware, RDBMS and network connectivity components changing the face of banking globally. IdenTrust and IBM have partnered to provide reliable and scalable IT Infrastructure for FT Grid.
To cater to the three major global markets for Polaris, the FT Grid will be offered in three different variants. This distinction has been made to cater to ready markets across geographies keeping in mind their respective requirements.
- FT Grid 7010 Core Banking – Lowest cost CBS, Mobile-banking & Pre-paid card solutions for Global banks in developing economies such as India, Bangladesh, African Countries, Vietnam
- FT Grid 8010 Capital Markets - Wealth Management, Mutual Funds, Brokerage Services and Risk & Treasury Applications for Maturing Markets in the European Union
- FT Grid 9010 Corporate Banking - Liquidity, Payments, Collections and Customer on Boarding for developed markets such as US, Canada & Australia
The FT Grid is a complete Enterprise Class Cloud+ Solution with multiple features such as virtualization, scalability, reliability, global reach, 24x7x365 support with vernacular localisation and information security that enables services to be provided at the customer's doorstep. Its rich functionality and yet easy to implement features will help banks overcome difficult core banking implementation complexities across the board. The FT Grid will enable banks and financial institutions to readily access applications on a robust infrastructure, helping them avail services on per account / branch per month or equivalent usage based charges. It will also allow clients to avoid license procurement and maintenance, reducing costs significantly.
Speaking on the occasion, Arun Jain, Chairman & CEO, Polaris Software said, "Polaris prides itself in launching the next generation FT Grid in the cloud environment. With the launch of the FT Grid we firmly establish ourselves as the complete Financial Technology company. We have branded this offering as ‘GRID’ to match with our vision of making banking services available as ubiquitously as electricity is available over a power grid today. As leaders in financial technology we have taken the initiative of launching this offering in keeping with Polaris’ tradition of leading the field."
About Polaris Software Lab
Polaris Software Lab (POLS.BO) is a leading Financial Technology company, with its comprehensive portfolio of products, services and consulting. Polaris has a talent strength of over 11,000 solution architects, domain and technology experts. The company owns the largest set of Intellectual Properties in the form of a comprehensive product suite, Intellect GUB M180. Intellect is the first pure play SOA based application suite for Retail, Corporate, Investment banking and Insurance.
Polaris is headquartered in Chennai and has offices in all global financial hubs including Bangalore, Belfast, Chennai, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fremont, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hyderabad, Illinois, Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid, Manama, Melbourne, Mississuaga, Mumbai, Neuchatel, New Delhi, New Jersey, Paris, Pittsburgh, Pune, Riyadh, Santiago, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, St. Germain En Laye, Sydney, Thane, Tokyo, Toronto, Utrecht, Victoria and Wicklow. For more information, please visit http://www.polarisFT.com/
About IdenTrust
IdenTrust is a leader in trusted identity solutions recognized by financial institutions, government agencies and businesses around the world. The only bank-developed identity authentication system, IdenTrust provides a legally and technologically interoperable environment for authenticating and using identities in more than 175 countries. IdenTrust enables end-users to have a single identity that can be used with any bank, any application, and across any network. IdenTrust identities are globally interoperable under uniform private contracts. For more information, please visit www.identrust.com
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