OREANDA-NEWS. September 19, 2011. The first conference in banking IT entitled BankIT.KZ was held in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the National Bank of Kazakhstan, National Bank of Belarus, Association of Belarusian Banks, and the Scientific and Technological Association Infopark. IBA Group’s development centers in Belarus and Kazakhstan, namely IBA Minsk и IBA Kz, represented the company at BankIT.KZ, reported the press-centre of IBA.

Before the opening of BankIT.KZ, a press conference was held with journalists from nine editions and two TV channels in attendance. The following officials appeared before the audience:

Oleg Veremeichik, Head of the Central Department of Information Technologies of the National Bank of Belarus

Sergei Molchanov, Director of the Department of Information Technologies of the National Bank of Kazakhstan

Vladimir Basko, Director General of the Scientific and Technological Association Infopark

Gennady Molchanov, Sales Director for CIS countries at IBA Minsk

Vladimir Sirotko, CEO of SoftClub Ltd.

Sergei Molchanov of IBA, speaking about the importance of BankIT.KZ, said: “This event will foster closer cooperation between Belarus and Kazakhstan in the creation of a single information space in the banking area. The dialogue that we begin in Almaty will continue in Minsk at BankIT’2011 to take place in November this year.”

BankIT.KZ focused on the formation of a single financial space for the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and implementation of information technologies in the area of finance in Belarus and Kazakhstan. Belarusian and Kazakh bankers met with IT experts to share experience and discuss possibilities for mutually beneficial cooperation.
IBA presented the following reports:

IBA Mobile and Internet Banking Solutions Based on IBM WebSphere Portal Server by Alexander Kovalev, Technical Director of E-Business Division

Organization of Service Desk and Operation Management Processes in Banks According to ITIL V3 Using IBM Tivoli by Dmitry Trubach, Department Head

Automation of Managerial Accounting in a Commercial Bank Automation by Yury Zhalnerkevich, Project Manager.

Molchanov reiterated the intention of IBA Group to expand its business in Kazakhstan, saying: “We see many ways and possibilities for cooperation with banking institutions of Kazakhstan. In 2010, IBA Group opened a representative office in Kazakhstan, and in July of this year a development center. We want to be closer to Kazakh customers, to know better about their needs, and to be able to provide the best possible services. We are ready to bring to Kazakh banks the positive experience that IBA accumulated during nearly two decades of successful implementation of international projects.”

Following the conference, IBA conducted talks with and made presentations for prospective Kazakh clients.