Wednesday 11 June 2014

NDC wins Temenos award for Islamic banking project in Yemen

From left: Ammara Masood, President, NDC, Behram Ahmed, CEO & Chairman, NDC, David Arnott, CEO, Temenos, and Navaid Kareem, EVP, Head of Marketing & Business Development, NDC, after receiving the Partner Project of the Year Award at TCF 2014.
National Data Consultant (NDC), a Pakistan-headquartered Temenos Partner for T24 Consulting and Implementation Services for banks, has been awarded the Partner Project of the Year award at the Temenos Community Forum (TCF) annual awards in Italy. Temenos provides banking software. 

The award was in recognition of NDC's outstanding performance in an Islamic banking implementation at the Yemen Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The project was delivered within six months and enabled the bank to be the first in Yemen to offer both conventional and Islamic products to their customers. In addition, having an Upgraded core banking platform in place enabled the bank to purchase Temenos Connect for digital-channel delivery. 

NDC Chairman & CEO Behram Ahmed stated, "NDC's footprint covers the entire Middle East and North Africa today and is a testimony to the investment in training of T24 specialists who are now deployed globally on projects. This long term investment in specialised human resource development, experienced project management and Temenos methodologies helped NDC to win the Temenos Partner Project of the Year Award."

NDC President Ammara Masood commented, "NDC winning this award for the second time in four years shows our continuous commitment to the quality and delivery capability as well as customer satisfaction."
 

Mike Head, Global Alliances Director, Temenos said, "We are delighted to have presented our Partner Project of the Year award to NDC, in recognition of its exceptional performance in implementing our Islamic banking solution at Yemen Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The dedication of the team to the project and the level of collaboration displayed were very impressive, and resulted in the very fast implementation. The project fully followed the Temenos implementation methodology, enabling the bank to become on the first adopters of the new Temenos Connect products for digital-channel delivery."