DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced the deployment of the Temenos award winning Islamic banking solution IslamicSuite as its core banking system. QIB seamlessly migrated from a number of fragmented systems to a single fully integrated Temenos platform.
The transformation program, which was concluded on schedule in a record timeframe of 2 years, included the replacement of QIB’s core banking system, covering all business lines, as well as the introduction of new peripheral systems and upgrades of existing ones in areas such as Treasury Operations, Enterprise Content Management and Collections. Furthermore, the majority of the Bank’s core infrastructure needed a refresh to mitigate the risks associated with obsolete and out of support technologies.
The transformation program involved a huge number of activities to revamp QIB’s infrastructure landscape which included the replacement and upgrade of hardware, networks, security & communication upgrades as well as a brand new middleware to connect the new core banking system with all QIB’s channels and peripheral applications.
The cutting-edge system has allowed QIB to adopt international best practices and has been customized to match QIB’s Sharia compliant processes and procedures as well as Qatar’s Central Bank regulatory requirements. QIB’s Board of Directors recognizes that investment in technology is a critical component for upgrading the Bank’s services and improving its operations. The system deployment is expected to increase automation, mitigate risk, put in place better controls, improve speed of service, improve productivity and reduce overall cost.
Krishna Kumar, Chief Operating Officer at QIB, comments: “The newly implemented Temenos core banking system will allow us to improve our operations in a number of ways. We are already witnessing many efficiency gains, beneficial both to our customers and the Bank. Many manual procedures have been automated, giving us more time to personally serve our customers.
Jean-Paul Mergeai, Head of Middle East & Africa at Temenos, said: “We are delighted by the successful implementation of our core banking solution at Qatar Islamic Bank. The successful core banking transformation story that we share with QIB comes as a result of strong collaboration between QIB, Temenos and its partners.
