Software for Building Savings Banks among Microsoft Awards Winners

The new core banking system StarBUILD II for building savings banks, and especially the possibility to  provide its functionalities through web services, has become the winner of the Microsoft Awards 2012. The prize is honored annually to the best the best IT projects implemented by Microsofts´ partners on the MS technologies.

System StarBUILD II constitutes a new technological generation of core banking systems for building savings banks.  It was implemented in the Stavební spořitelna České spořitelny (SSČS).

One of its key benefits of the system is that based upon online web services the functionalities that so far had been available mainly internally also for external front-end system of the Česká spořitelna. , This solution brought to SSČS faster communication, automation and optimization of business processes. For clients SSČS this means easier access to their building savings products and shorter time for processing their requests. The new solution also enabled on-line connection for Internet banking system of the Česká spořitelna with system StarBUILD II in SSČS. Thus, the clients obtain the benefit of a direct access to their accounts and building saving loans.

"Fast and flexible data exchange with clients and distribution channels is very important to us. On-line connection between our core-banking system and the front-end applications of the Česká spořitelna will allow us to shorten the response time, automate more of the processes associated with the dealing of client requirements and provide real data to other current systems. I especially appreciate the compliance with the planned schedule and budget," commented the solution of Asseco Central Europe Director of Information Technology at SSČS Robert Drozda.

The new core-banking system StarBUILD II is built on the MS.NET platform. One of its key aspects is service-oriented architecture (SOA), which brings significant simplification in the integration with other front-end systems, and increasing the reusability of the solutions.  This results in reduction of information system integration costs.

The SOA technologies implemented in the system StarBUILD II enables further easy expansion of the web services portfolio, making the StarBUILD II core system´s additional functionalities  accessible  for other external front-end applications.

Stavební spořitelna České spořitelny
Stavební spořitelna České spořitelny (SSČS) belongs to one of the major groups in the domestic market - Financial Group of the Česká spořitelna. SSČS offers to its clients building savings accounts with state support. It   provides loans tied to housing needs funding. As of 31 December 2011 SSČS administered almost 1 100 000 building saving accounts and nearly 190,000 credit accounts. SSČS distributes its products through the branch network of the Česká spořitelna and its external partners.  To increase SSČS´s operational excellence processes counts to the permanent strategic goals. For more information on SSČS visit www.burinka.cz.