The Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards 2008

The following are the winners of The Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards. This award aims at recognizing the best practices in the Asia-Pacific banks that emerge from the use of technology and make significant difference to the bank’s functional ability. The winners are banks that had successfully implemented or made fully functional their IT projects by the year 2007. The winning entries will also be developed into case studies and promoted as best practices in the region.

Awards presented by
Philip Strause, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker, former head, Financial Institutions Practice, Asia Pacific, Deloitte & Touche
Venky Krishnakumar, Senior Advisor, Global Retail and Commercial Banking Group, Barclays Bank, Singapore
Alexander C. Escucha, First Vice President, China Banking Corp.,
Philippines


Best Banking Security Systems
Winning bank - Kotak Mahindra (India)
Winning vendor - Paladion
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Agnelo D'souza, associate vice president of Information Technology, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Vinod Vasudevan, director, Managed Services, Paladion.


Best Branch Automation & Networking
Winning bank - Seylan Bank (Sri Lanka)
Winning vendor – NCS
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Chang Chew Lik, general manager, Financial Services Industry, NCS Group, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Ajantha Madurapperuma, senior deputy general manager, Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best Call Centre
Winning bank – GE Money Thailand
Winning vendor – Avaya
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Dharittee Kritsernvong, senior vice president, GE Money, Thailand, Fulvio Toniotti, regional account director, Asia Pacific, Avaya, Voranuch Dejakaisaya, chief information officer, GE Money, Thailand, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best Core Banking
Winning bank – Federal Bank (India)
Winning vendor – Infosys
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank,
G. Rajagopalan Nair
, deputy general manager of IT, Federal Bank, M. Venugopalan, chairman and CEO, Federal Bank, K. Raghunath, head delivery manager, Finacle South Asia, Infosys, Vishal Bhatia, project manager, Finacle, Infosys, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best CRM/Applications Project
Winning bank – Chinatrust Commercial Bank (Taiwan)
Winning vendor – Teradata
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Mark Chen, senior vice president and country head, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Vietnam, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best Data and Analytics Project
Winning bank – HSBC Malaysia
Winning vendor – SAS Malaysia
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Jimmy Cheah, managing director, SAS Malaysia, Mark Bennett, senior manager, Credit Risk Management, HSBC, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best E-Banking
Winning bank – Hong Leong Bank (Malaysia)
Winning vendor – IBM Malaysia
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Millie Yong, business manager, Financial Services Sector, IBM Malaysia, Ken Yong, head of e-Banking, Hong Leong Bank, Victor Khor, chief operating officer, Transaction & e-Banking, Hong Leong Bank, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


HR Systems (Letter of Commendation)
Bank – Union Bank of India
Vendor – TCS
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank,
R. Suryanarayanan, senior manager HR, V.R. Iyer, general manager of IT, Union Bank of India, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker



Best Multi-channel Capability
Winning bank – AmInvestment Group
Winning vendor – N2N Connect
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Nicholas Chua, executive director, N2N Connect, Danion Ong, head of IT for investment banking, Information Services Department, AmInvestment Bank, Lee Yew Kin, head of retail brokerage, AmInvestment Bank, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker


Best Retail Payment
Winning bank – Bank Mandiri (Indonesia)
Winning vendor – Silverlake
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank,
Dr
Raymond Kwong Yong Sin, managing director, Silverlake Axis, Suresh Gummalam, senior vice president, IT Business Solutions and Applications Services Group, Bank Mandiri, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker



Best Risk Management
Winning bank – Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore)
Winning vendor – Atos Origin
From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and former principal Deloitte Consulting, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, global retail and commercial banking group, Barclays Bank, Lim Swee Kim, regional client director, Atos Origin, Chieng Shaw Fen, project manager for Basel II Calculation and Reporting Solution (BCRS), Standard Chartered Bank, Keith Newington, programme director of BCRS, Standard Chartered Bank, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker.


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