News - January 2, 2012
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EastWest Bank, one of the fastest-growing banks in the country announces the selection of iCreate's Banking Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics solution - Biz$core, as the main platform to manage its dynamic and evolving information needs. Biz$core will 'BI-enable' all of EastWest's key functional areas namely Retail Banking, Consumer Lending, Branch Banking, Financial Analysis as well as a tool to help senior executives in business performance monitoring.This development is envisioned to enhance the Bank’s core business functions and, ultimately, improve service delivery for customers.

EastWest Bank chose banking technology specialist iCreate to establish a Banking-specific Enterprise Data Warehouse Model and implement a quick-to-deploy, BI solution that would integrate seamlessly with the bank's multiple transactional systems. EastWest Bank has also signed-up for iCreate'sBizManage services framework for leveraging its BI investment.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rene K. De Borja, Jr., SVP &CFO of EastWest Bank, said, “EastWest Bank has a vision of becoming a world-class bank anchored on service excellence”.  A cornerstone to achieving service excellence lies in the creation of a strong information management ecosystem. I am delighted that iCreate's product Biz$core has the technological capability that maps well with our vision."

Mr. Amit Agarwal, iCreate's SVP & BU Head for Asia-Pac, added, “It is a matter of pride for us to partner with a visionary organisation like EastWest Bank as they embark on their Business Intelligence and Analytics journey. EastWest Bank will now benefit from a robust platform for their BI and Analytics requirements. I look forward to Biz$core playing a central role enabling an effective decision support system at EastWest Bank.”