IBA is planning to participate in the 6th international forum on banking information technologies Bank IT ’09 as the event’s general partner. The forum will take place from November 18 to November 19, 2009 in Minsk, Belarus.

Organized by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, the scientific and technological association Infopark, and the Association of Belarusian Banks, the forum is aimed at sharing experience in banking IT to improve efficiency of the finance and credit system of the Republic of Belarus.

IBA has participated in the forum since 2004, as banking IT is one of IBA focus areas of business. IBA has been involved in the development of IT solutions and hardware for the banking sector since the very moment of its foundation.

For IBA, the forum is a vehicle for better understanding of the needs of the customers involved in the banking sector of economy.
At the Bank IT plenary sessions and sections, IBA and its partners will speak on the following topics:

• IT as a basis for overcoming the financial crisis. Sergei Levteev, IBA CEO.
• IBM Cognos: financial analysis, planning and control of banking activity. Joint
• IBA, IBM EE/A, and Alpha-Bank presentation.
• IBM FileNet: an effective tool to manage banking business processes. Joint
• IBA and IBM EE/A presentation.
• Mobile banking, mobile commerce. Trends and perspectives.

In addition, IBA invites you to join roundtable discussions within the Bank IT’09 sessions.