October 17, 2005

Banking Production Centre (BPC) will be hosting the Third annual meeting of its customers — SmartVista User Group 2005, which will be held from 12 to 14 November 2005, Bordeaux, France. The meeting is expected to bring together card, retail and IT business executives from banks and non-financial companies of Russia, Tatarstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Asia Pacific, currently operating or implementing transaction processing and card management solutions based on the SmartVista suite of software products.

The agenda of the meeting is shaped to reflect the developments and trends in the retail banking and card business. The sessions held in the framework of the conference will deliver case studies and presentations from the leading experts in specific areas of the industry, among them IBM, Financial Network Services (FNS), R-Systems (USA-India) and more. This year the conference will be featuring Oracle as Official Partner of SmartVista User Group, and Eracom Technologies as Sponsor of Session “IT-Platforms and EFT Solutions”.

BPC’s specialists will also take an active part in the conference providing a comprehensive overview of the latest features and functions of the SmartVista suite of products in the field of retail lending, EMV support, Internet-banking, fraud monitoring etc. Special part of the programme will be dedicated to the integrated solutions for retail banking based on SmartVista and third-party software products.

Year after year SmartVista User Group is offering BPC’s customers, partners and specialists a valuable opportunity to network, establish effective business relations, share experiences and discuss the prospects for cooperation. Following SmartVista User Group BPC’s customers will be able to visit Cartes & IT Security 2005 exhibition and conference that will take place from 15 to 17 November in Paris.