Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Arabia has chosen Temenos for a digital overhaul and to improve its Islamic lending and financing products, reports Antony Peyton of Fintech Futures (Finovate’s sister publication).

Al Rajhi, which is described as the nation’s second largest bank and the world’s largest Islamic bank, has total assets of over $97 billion.

It plans a “complete renovation” using Temenos T24 Transact and additional digital solutions including Temenos Infinity and Temenos Loan Origination product.

Waleed Al Mogbel, deputy CEO, Al Rajhi Bank, said the Temenos platform will “enable us to transform faster, drive out complexity and lower our overall total cost of ownership”.

Jean-Paul Mergeai, managing director Middle East and Africa at Temenos, added that the vendor has 19 clients in Saudi Arabia and this “new signing further cements our presence in the country where we have been operating since the late nineties”.

The bank will use the Temenos Islamic Banking Suite, coupled with its “Saudi Model Bank” application which includes pre-configured local functions, to cater for the specific Saudi regulatory requirements.

Al Rajhi operates in more than 570 branches across Saudi Arabia as well as in Kuwait, Jordan and Malaysia. It was founded in 1957.

As noted above, Temenos is well established in Saudi Arabia. Customers include Alawwal Bank, Amlak International, Alinma Bank, Bank Albilad, Banque Saudi Fransi and Samba Financial Group.

Back in October 2018, treasury and capital markets (TCM) tech specialist Murex signed up Al Rajhi for its flagship MX.3 platform.

Temenos demonstrated its Connect Mobile Banking solution at FinovateEurope 2015. The company is also an alum of our developers conference, presenting a discussion on its B2B Financial Apps Marketplace at FinDEVrSilicon Valley in 2015.

Founded in 1993, Temenos is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Credorax, a payments company, has selected Temenos T24 Transact, deployed on the cloud, to provide SME, merchant acquiring and cross-border payment services, reports Henry Vilar of Fintech Futures (Finovate’s sister publication).

The firm has created an API-centric technology ecosystem with the Temenos open banking platform running on Microsoft Azure.

Temenos was the first banking software provider to launch a cloud offering running on Azure and since 2011, T24 Transact has been available as a managed service on the Temenos Cloud.

T24 Transact is part of Temenos’ new batch of products announced earlier this month.

Now, Credorax is a fully-fledged European commercial licensed bank via the Malta Financial Services Authority, and offers a suite of services, including fraud detection and local processing.

Steen Jensen, managing director – Europe, Temenos said: “With T24 Transact, Credorax can capitalize on real-time flexible technology today, as well as have a foundation for future growth.”

“We want to provide the scalability necessary to dominate the financial services industry and couple that with versatile and innovative cloud services,” added Moshe Selfin, COO of Credorax.

Credorax’s move into cloud-based banking was motivated by the introduction of PSD2, according to the firm.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Temenos demonstrated its Connect Mobile Banking solution at FinovateEurope 2015. More than 3,000 companies around the world, including 41 of the top 50 banks, leverage Temenos’ technology to support the transactions of more than 500 million bank customers.

Temenos is partnering with Bloomberg to deliver contingency net asset value (NAV) calculations to buy-side institutions, reports Henry Vilar of Fintech Futures (Finovate’s sister publication).

The company will make its Temenos Multifonds Global Accounting product accessible via the Bloomberg Terminal, so it operates with data, analytics, and other investment workflow services Bloomberg offers.

According to the firms, this offering allows asset managers to generate NAV estimates independent of and in parallel to their fund administrators, enabling “accurate daily oversight,” and ensuring continuity of operations in the event of outages.

“By combining Temenos’ distinctive accounting capabilities with Bloomberg’s data and services, we will provide asset managers with a more comprehensive investment lifecycle workflow, support their relationships with fund administrators, and pave the way to deliver additional innovative solutions to buy-side institutions in the future,” said Jean-Paul Zammitt, global head of financial products, Bloomberg.

“We will offer an easy, plug and play solution with a low TCO, starting with NAV oversight and contingency through Bloomberg’s Terminal customers, with a view to unlocking further opportunities into the front and middle office over time,” added Max Chuard, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Temenos.

Initially focused in the U.S. and Europe, Bloomberg hopes to build relationships within the buy-side industry to provide sales, marketing, and services support. Temenos hopes this opens up new business opportunities.

NAV calculations can be impacted by errors and outages with detrimental results for a firm’s fund operations, performance and reputation. Delivered via Bloomberg, this solution delivers shadow NAV oversight, with no need for onsite infrastructure or associated overhead.

The firms said this gives asset managers and other buy-side institutions a way to validate calculations provided by third-party fund administrators, combining Bloomberg’s buy-side reach and Temenos’ fund accounting software.

Temenos demonstrated its Connect Mobile Banking solution at FinovateEurope 2015. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the company is also an alum of our developers conference. Temenos presented its B2B Financial Apps Marketplace at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2015.