GAMMA with Multicountry feature goes live at Samba Financial Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 01 Sep 2017—Samba Financial Group (Samba) went live with ABRIS’ GAMMA for monitoring and managing Temenos T24 operations. GAMMA has been configured for branches in Dubai, Qatar, the Cayman Islands and Saudi Arabia. The new Multicountry feature, in particular, was fundamental to the process.
Evolution with the Multicountry feature
2 years ago, Samba conducted a strict POC evaluation and choose GAMMA from a pool of several solutions. The ABRIS flagship product impressed the client with its versatility and constant evolution. They requested a new feature from ABRIS, which enables clients to run separate COBs for each country. Multicountry has become available with release 2.4.4, and was first implemented at Samba.
Smooth implementation
The ABRIS team started the offsite implementation with the UAT environment in the second half of November 2016. After the successful completion of SIT and UAT implementations, Samba gave the green flag to go-live in June. The go-live date was set for 24th August 2017.
The ABRIS onsite visit started with an intensive, two-day training for System Administrators and operators. After this, the team assisted Samba experts with the installation of GAMMA in the production environment. The go-live was smooth, allowing the system handover to take place on the same day.
As mentioned, Samba’s primary focus is on the online and COB monitoring of their T24 core banking processes. In addition, Samba will utilise all GAMMA functions, like the complete automation of COB processes from pre-COB to post-COB. Currently, GAMMA COB services are only running in Dubai, Qatar and the Cayman Islands. These are still in the implementation phase in Saudi Arabia.
Samba is ABRIS’ second GAMMA client in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after Alinma Bank. The Group is the very first ABRIS client to use the Multicountry feature.
About Samba Financial Group
Samba is one of the region’s largest and most acclaimed financial services groups. The Group boasts unrivalled reputation for world-class financial solutions comparable with the best in the world. Samba has been leading the industry in innovation with a long list of industry firsts. As a matter of fact, it has played a major role in the modern transformation of banking in Saudi Arabia. Samba’s world class services, market-leading products and superior technology have made them one of the most successful financial services brands and the most internationally acclaimed bank in Saudi Arabia and even the Middle East.
Samba Financial Group has grown from being Saudi Arabia’s premier bank into an international financial services entity. Samba’s expanding presence in the Middle East, Europe and South Asia includes branches in the U.K., Dubai, Pakistan, and Qatar. International growth is a vital part of Samba’s vision as it seeks to bring its brand of world class banking services to customers in more and more markets around the world.
For more information, visit: www.samba.com