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«Bank Review» – leading russian magazine about banking. Sphere of interests of banks and bankers.
The basic headings: Twitcomment, Regulators, Bankers, Best-cases, New products, Technologies, ThinkBank, Persons, Wealth Management etc.
Subscribes and readers:
- bankers and experts of banks;
- heads and employees of state bodies;
- service providers for banks.
Established in 1996. Monthly.
Printing by 10500 copies.
Volume: 128 pages
Publisher: Methodology of business, Ltd.
125008, Moscow, 3rd Horoshevskaya str., bld. 18/ 1, office 303
Tel: +7 (495) 940 8277
www.bosfera.ru
business new europe (bne) is the only magazine covering business, economics, finance and politics in the dynamic new markets of central, eastern and southeast Europe. bne's veteran team of journalists have more than 50 years of collective experience of reporting on this dynamically growing region and can explain the "why" of "what" is going on. Meet the captains of industry that are building the new European economies, receive up to the minute commentary and analysis of breaking news events and spot the slow-moving trends as they appear. bne is available online at http://businessneweurope.eu or as a print issue.
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Founded in 1994, CompuTel is Russia’s leading systems integrator that provides a broad range of services designed to implement, manage and support complex information systems. Our product portfolio features cutting-edge authentication and information security solutions based on high-performance Thales e-Security products that span all data protection requirements. Our clients include Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Raiffeisenbank, Rosenergoatom Concern, MMC Norilsk Nickel and McKinsey & Company among many others.
Backbase delivers Bank 2.0 Portal software that provides a new, user experience layer on top of underlying infrastructure and IT systems. It gives financials the opportunity to create interactions that link customers to relevant information and applications to fit their needs and preferences. With its modern, widget-based architecture Backbase Bank 2.0 Portal provides the flexibility and speed to create modern portals that truly empower the customer.
Unlike most traditional IT portal vendors, Backbase has created a contemporary, business-driven portal solution that makes portal management easy for e-business professionals. This means faster time to market and more flexibility to optimize online channels with less IT support.
The unique Backbase approach enables financials to drive self-service, fuel online revenues and turn their online banking channel into a true Customer Engagement Platform. Global financials such as ABN Amro, AIG, Al Rajhi Bank, Bank of America, Barclays, ING, UBS and Visa have improved their online customer interactions and maximized online customer experience, retention and conversion, by leveraging Backbase’s Bank 2.0 technology.
Backbase was founded in 2003 and is privately funded with operations in New York and Amsterdam.
DHL – The Logistics company for the world
DHL is the global market leader in the logistics industry and “The Logistics company for the world”. DHL commits its expertise in international express, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation, contract logistics and international mail services to its customers. A global network composed of more than 220 countries and territories and about 275,000 employees worldwide offers customers superior service quality and local knowledge to satisfy their supply chain requirements. DHL accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection, disaster management and education.
DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of 53 billion euros in 2011.
DHL in Russia
DHL in Russia is the market leading provider of Express and Logistics solutions. Established in 1984 and with over 27 years of operating expertise and experience in Russia, DHL has progressively expanded to serve over 800 towns and cities across Russia, with a network of over 150 stations. DHL Russia has a fleet of over 800 commercial vehicles.
Detailed information about DHL and the services it offers in the Russian market are available at www.dhl.ru, where it is also possible to place an online order for collection of your consignments and monitor the delivery process.
VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet security applications and transactions. VASCO has positioned itself as a global software company for Internet security serving a customer base of approximately 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries, including approximately 1,700 international financial institutions. VASCO’s prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.
Strands Finance is a leading global provider of innovative Personal Finance Management (PFM) solutions to leading financial institutions such as PostFinance, Bank of Montreal, ING and BBVA. Strands Finance’s award winning technology is delivered through a scalable and highly customizable solution, Strands PFM. Strands PFM gives banks the ability to gain new customer insights, further engage customers, acquire new customers, and improve cross-selling.
Strands Finance is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in the U.S. and Europe.
Adobe Systems Inc. is the world's leading developer of revolutionary software for any kind of data, including text information, graphics, video, and web-content. Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Digital media includes Creative product line and documents solutions. In digital marketing Adobe provides innovative solutions for optimization, calculation and management of marketing campaigns, which enables marketers, advertisers, publishers, and analysts effectively solve business challenges. The tools included in Adobe Digital Marketing Suite, an integrated and open platform for online business optimization, allow to identify the most effective marketing strategies, manage search campaigns, collect information about users and create automatically targeted personalized content, automate communications with customers and achieve maximum return on investment.
CROC has been operating in the Russian IT market since 1992 and leads the systems integration services segment (IDC reports, 2002-2011).
CROC is focused on providing comprehensive services and solutions to corporate businesses: from engineering infrastructures of large office and industrial buildings to high-performance computing and data networks. CROC is a solution provider for 1,000 enterprises throughout Russia, including 60% of Russia's Top 500 businesses. CROC is a partner of more than 180 hardware and software vendors and is a specialist in implementation of integrated solutions comprising infrastructure creation and business process automation.
SPSR-EXPRESS was founded in 2001, and since then it has taken the leading position in the market of express delivery, combining global experience and modern technologies.
SPSR-EXPRESS is the largest private Russian company to provide the entire range of logistics services in Russia and abroad.
Documents, cargo and parcels delivery meets international quality standards
SPSR-EXPRESS is a powerful affiliated network consisting of 200 own branches and representative offices all over Russia.
We cover over 4 400 towns and cities from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok using our private fleet of over 950 vehicles of different load-carrying capability.
SPSR-EXPRESS has over 3 500 specialists who take care of transportation of shipments on a daily basis to ensure fast and reliable delivery.
Company’s mission
Ensure maximum efficiency of our clients’ business by increasing the speed and reliability of correspondence, parcels and cargo delivery using modern technologies and suitable logistics decisions.
Today SPSR-EXPRESS has all the necessary resources for fast and high quality delivery of shipments.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft corporation is the global leader in software manufacturing, provision of services and development of Internet technologies for personal computers and servers.
Microsoft corporation develops and releases a broad range of software products. They include desktop and network operating systems, server applications for client-server media, desktop business applications and office applications for users, online programs and games, Internet surfing and development tools. Besides, Microsoft offers online services, publishes books on computers, manufactures peripheral facilities for computers, conducts research and development of new computer technologies. Microsoft products are sold in more than 80 countries of the world; they have been translated into more than 45 languages (including Russian) and are compatible with most PC platforms.
Microsoft products are licensed in the Russian Federation (just as in all other European states) by Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited (MIOL). All references to license transactions with Microsoft have been made by MIOL.
Microsoft representative office has been present in Russia since November 1992 (from July 2004 — Microsoft Rus LLC). It is in charge of software promotion, partnership development, introduction of products, localization of advanced solutions and development of the Russian information technology market.
For more information on Microsoft and its products, please visit Microsoft web servers: http://www.microsoft.com/rus (Russian) and http://www.microsoft.com(English).
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the US and/or other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact information:
Microsoft, 125252, Moscow, PO box 70
Tel. 7 (495) 967-85-85
Fax: 7 (495) 967-85-00
E-mail: russia@microsoft.com
Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help customers to print less and save more. Perceptive Software, a Lexmark company, is a leading provider of process and content management software that helps organizations fuel greater operational efficiency.
Lexmark's success is driven by the company's overarching commitment to its customers. With a corporate vision of "Customers For Life," we earn our customers' loyalty by listening to them, anticipating their needs and working to create value for them.
CR2 is the leading global provider of innovative self-service banking solutions providing banking institutions worldwide with robust and flexible ATM, Internet, Mobile, Kiosk and POS channels.
CR2’s BankWorld is the only integrated self-service platform available that lets banks actively manage all electronic channels from a single platform. BankWorld enables banks to design new products, services and screens, deliver personalised offerings, cross-sell and upsell products to the right customer at the right time and right channel.
Over 100 banks in 60 countries have adopted CR2’s solutions. Headquartered in Ireland, CR2 has offices in 8 countries including representatives in Moscow, Kiev, Riga and Bucharest.
Nanosemantics holds a leading position on the Russian market of business-oriented AI-technologies. The company was founded in 2005 by Igor Ashmanov and Alexander Klyachin; in 2007 Natalya Kaspersky joined the team as a shareholder and investor.
Nanosemantics develops new human-computer technologies and online services. Our interfaces help computers understand human language and then process it to help users. Our primary development is an Inf, or a virtual consultant, which is installed on the company site and can solve various tasks: provide necessary information about the company and its products, help online customers find the product they are looking for or provide technical support. Our solutions have proved successful for every business: they help companies bring a new dimension to their customer support, reduce workload on help-desks and call-centers, increase efficiency of marketing campaigns and add to customers’ loyalty.
Our Infs are already employed by a number of companies — finance companies and banks (Finam, DeltaCredit, Alfa-Capital, TCS bank), telecom companies (Yota, NETBYNET, MTS, Tricolor TV), WebMoney, RU-CENTER, AtlantM, MAXIM magazine and others.
Nanosemantics is the author of iii.ru, a Russian-speaking Inf community, where anyone can create and teach their own Infs for free. Launched in March 2009, it has by now reached the audience of 1 020 000 users and more than 2,6 million Infs since then.
Основной целью деятельности ассоциации «Электронные деньги» является развитие рынка электронных платежных систем на территории Российской Федерации.
The European Payments Council (EPC) is the coordination and decision-making body of the European banking industry in relation to payments. The term bank is used in a non-discriminatory fashion and includes payment institutions. The purpose of the EPC is to support and promote the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). SEPA is a European Union (EU) integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union. SEPA is currently defined as consisting of the 27 EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Monaco. The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks which help to realise SEPA. The EPC consists of 74 members representing banks, banking communities and payment institutions. More than 360 professionals from 32 countries are directly engaged in the work programme of the EPC, representing all sizes and sectors of the banking industry within Europe. For further information on the EPC please contact secretariat@epc-cep.eu or visit www.epc-cep.eu.
Ассоциация «Национальный Платежный Совет» объединяет участников российской платежной индустрии и своей деятельностью содействует развитию рынка электронных платежей, привнесению инноваций, обеспечению высокого качества и безопасности услуг, а также повышению экономической и социальной роли платежной индустрии в России.