Nigeria’s Keystone Bank has announced the ongoing and successful transformation of its business as a result of its acquisition of technology from IBM, ushering in a new era of service delivery and customer-centric operations for the bank.
Keystone Bank deployed a range of IBM software and hardware systems and technology solutions enabling the bank to significantly upgrade its computing and service delivery capabilities.
The bank’s back-end operational processes have significantly improved to higher efficiency levels hitherto unseen in the history of the bank and its ability to provide service to internal and external stakeholders has been strengthened. The new IBM systems deliver a 90% increase in process performance and have resulted in a 60% reduction in operating costs for the bank.
Within the first month of implementing the IBM solution, the bank’s end-of-day processing time for its daily customer transactions reduced from between seven to eight hours to less than three hours. Its IBM-enabled ‘computing capacity’ has also resulted in faster turnaround times for interdepartmental transactions, and boosted its ability to meet and exceed regulatory and customer obligations.
The bank decided to make technology the key driver and cornerstone of its business transformation and growth agenda in 2012, hence its decision to deploy smarter banking concepts and principles. As a result of this initiative, and investment in IT, the bank’s in-house systems, processes and capabilities have been overhauled.
“Our decision to go with IBM’s technology offering has paid off handsomely for the bank. Almost overnight, we experienced very significant cost savings and improvements in our data and transactions processing times,” says Phillip Ikeazor, Keystone Bank’s CEO.
“IBM provided Keystone Bank with superior technology, a better strategic roadmap going forward and lower cost of operations. Our goal of enabling our personnel to deliver prompt, cost effective and efficient service to customers and help transform our market perception and the way we function as a bank is well on course.”
Keystone Bank’s history reflects an enduring tradition of embracing change, against the backdrop of a tough economic environment. In the past decade, the Nigerian banking sector has experienced spates of regulatory reforms and consolidations resulting in frequent realigning and contraction of the financial services landscape.
Keystone Bank is one of several Nigerian-owned banks on the sales block for possible acquisition by investors.
The bank’s current management team was appointed by Nigeria’s apex bank and industry regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2011.
“We provided a scalable, bespoke suite of systems and solutions for Keystone Bank, and the best-in-class smarter banking technology that IBM deployed and implemented for the bank will cater for its current and future data management and transaction processing requirements,” says Taiwo Otiti, IBM’s country GM for West Africa.
“Banking and technology have become inseparable. No financial institution can survive today’s harsh market conditions without a robust technology platform.”
Keystone Bank joins more than 26 banks across Africa that are working with IBM to drive the growth of the financial services sector in their respective markets. IBM is rapidly extending its capabilities to a growing number of clients across the continent where it has locations in more than 20 countries.
Keystone Bank deployed a range of IBM software and hardware systems and technology solutions enabling the bank to significantly upgrade its computing and service delivery capabilities.
The bank’s back-end operational processes have significantly improved to higher efficiency levels hitherto unseen in the history of the bank and its ability to provide service to internal and external stakeholders has been strengthened. The new IBM systems deliver a 90% increase in process performance and have resulted in a 60% reduction in operating costs for the bank.
Within the first month of implementing the IBM solution, the bank’s end-of-day processing time for its daily customer transactions reduced from between seven to eight hours to less than three hours. Its IBM-enabled ‘computing capacity’ has also resulted in faster turnaround times for interdepartmental transactions, and boosted its ability to meet and exceed regulatory and customer obligations.
The bank decided to make technology the key driver and cornerstone of its business transformation and growth agenda in 2012, hence its decision to deploy smarter banking concepts and principles. As a result of this initiative, and investment in IT, the bank’s in-house systems, processes and capabilities have been overhauled.
“Our decision to go with IBM’s technology offering has paid off handsomely for the bank. Almost overnight, we experienced very significant cost savings and improvements in our data and transactions processing times,” says Phillip Ikeazor, Keystone Bank’s CEO.
“IBM provided Keystone Bank with superior technology, a better strategic roadmap going forward and lower cost of operations. Our goal of enabling our personnel to deliver prompt, cost effective and efficient service to customers and help transform our market perception and the way we function as a bank is well on course.”
Keystone Bank’s history reflects an enduring tradition of embracing change, against the backdrop of a tough economic environment. In the past decade, the Nigerian banking sector has experienced spates of regulatory reforms and consolidations resulting in frequent realigning and contraction of the financial services landscape.
Keystone Bank is one of several Nigerian-owned banks on the sales block for possible acquisition by investors.
The bank’s current management team was appointed by Nigeria’s apex bank and industry regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2011.
“We provided a scalable, bespoke suite of systems and solutions for Keystone Bank, and the best-in-class smarter banking technology that IBM deployed and implemented for the bank will cater for its current and future data management and transaction processing requirements,” says Taiwo Otiti, IBM’s country GM for West Africa.
“Banking and technology have become inseparable. No financial institution can survive today’s harsh market conditions without a robust technology platform.”
Keystone Bank joins more than 26 banks across Africa that are working with IBM to drive the growth of the financial services sector in their respective markets. IBM is rapidly extending its capabilities to a growing number of clients across the continent where it has locations in more than 20 countries.