SAFA Bank, Palestine, Goes Live on Temenos IslamicSuite

Press Releases, February 23, 2017

Temenos – Company

GENEVA, Switzerland – DATE: 23 February 2017 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, announces that SAFA Bank, a new Islamic banking entity launched in Ramallah Palestine, is now live on Temenos IslamicSuite.

SAFA Bank launched in Palestine with the main branch as the first bank in Palestine to run on Temenos core systems. ITSS, a Temenos partner, managed the project implementation and delivery. By deploying IslamicSuite, SAFA adopted a single core system to address all aspects of Islamic banking and is well suited to meet their needs in the retail and corporate banking sectors.

Commenting on this successful delivery of the project is Pierre Rafie, the Middle East Vice President of Sales from ITSS:

“Demand for Islamic banking is outgrowing conventional banking. We worked with Temenos and SAFA Bank to devise a clear roadmap for every single phase of this Greenfield implementation, while ensuring the quality installment of the most effective Shari’ah compliant core banking system at the bank.”

Nidal Al Barghouti, General Manager of SAFA Bank said:

“Temenos offers a best of breed Islamic banking solution, which is Shari’ah compliant and flexible, enabling us to continue to expand our presence in the market within Palestine and the West Asian region.”

Jean-Paul Mergeai, Managing Director for Middle East and Africa at Temenos commented:

“By selecting Temenos IslamicSuite with its scalable innovative technology, SAFA Bank is best placed to leverage the high growth Islamic banking opportunity in Palestine with the flexible, low cost products that the market and customers dictate.”