• SunGard's AvantGard Payments has been awarded the SWIFTReady Accreditation for Corporates Treasury and the SWIFTReady Accreditation for Corporates Cash Management

• SunGard's AvantGard Treasury (Quantum) has been recognized with the SWIFTReady Accreditation for Corporates Treasury
• The AvantGard Syntesys services team has been recognized with two labels: Implementation & Integration Services and Consultancy for Corporates
• SunGard's SWIFT Service Bureau has received the SWIFTReady Connectivity label

"SWIFTReady labels are awarded exclusively to providers that deliver quality services and products to their customers while acting in accordance with the highest professional standards. The availability of SunGard applications that support SWIFT's XML cash management standards are key to helping ensure that customers derive the maximum benefits from SWIFT solutions and are able to connect all of their necessary systems, processes and people," said Filip Versluys, Head of Partner Marketing at SWIFT.

Kurt Vandebroek, senior vice president, product management for SunGard's AvantGard, said, "Corporations and banks are continually pressured to improve efficiencies, achieve connectivity with a variety of systems and gain compliance with regulatory standards. Over these past six years, we have worked closely with SWIFT to offer payments, treasury and connectivity products and services to our corporate and bank customers based on the highest quality standards. Our SWIFTReady accreditations demonstrate SunGard's ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that help customers effectively connect across the complex ecosystem of buyers, suppliers, banks, and other trading partners."