Wednesday, 24 October 2012

MTN Nigeria offers software for microbanks as cloud service


MTN Nigeria has introduced new banking software, called MTN XaaS, for up-and-coming banks in the West African nation. The new service platform is part of efforts to improve the operations of microfinance banking in that country. According to MTN, the new software platform could save microfinance banks up to 70 percent of the traditional costs involved in procuring, hosting and implementing typical banking software.
The software is developed in partnership with Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), and will be managed by MTN Business, the business-to-business division of MTN Nigeria, under the MTN Cloud Services platform. The company also explained that MTN XaaS Micro-banking software has been designed to enable micro-finance banks (MFBs) to carry out banking operations without having to pay much in licensing, storage and implementation costs. Babatunde Osho, chief enterprise solutions officer, MTN Nigeria, said MTN XaaS Micro-banking software was one of a number of cloud services MTN Business will launching in Nigeria.

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