African Banking Corporation has chosen BankWorld to manage its entire electronic self service network including ATM, Internet, Mobile and POS in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

ABC's historic focus has been on business banking. In support of the bank's decision to offer integrated financial services, African Banking Corporation is expanding into the retail banking sector. The bank recognises the significant role that the BankWorld self service platform will play in delivering an integrated channel network throughout its operations.

Commenting on the agreement ABC Group's Chief Executive Doug Munatsi said; "African Banking Corporation is committed to becoming the pre-eminent pan-African integrated financial services provider, providing best of breed service to all our chosen customers segments. In African markets, providing remote access to complement access to the branch is a critical success factor. Following an extensive review of the market we selected BankWorld because of its unique ability to deliver a powerful self service platform with a comprehensive suite of self service channels. In addition BankWorld's clear leadership in the multichannel space makes CR2 the perfect partner to assist us in developing our self service strategy. BankWorld will act as a strong front end to our I-Flex back office."

BankWorld's integrated self service platform enables African Banking Corporation to effectively provide all customer segments with easily accessible financial products and services 24/7, across multiple regions. Building on this, BankWorld Mobile provides African Banking Corporation with the opportunity to extend its customer reach by addressing the unbanked market as well as providing powerful security through two-factor authentication and one time passwords.

Further commenting, Mr Martin Dolan, CEO, CR2 said; "This is a significant win for CR2, the addition of yet another high profile African bank to our customer base reaffirms our market leading position in the region. CR2 looks forward to working with African Banking Corporation and helping them to expand both in terms of service and presence. BankWorld's ability to deliver an extensive self-service network will greatly assist African Banking Corporation in effectively reaching the diverse customer segments within its chosen markets."