5 October, 2011

ApPello Bank-Inno 2011 Conference – Innovation in banking business and IT solutions

For the first time, ApPello Kft. organized Bank-Inno Conference on 28 September 2011, focusing on “Innovation in banking business and IT solutions.”

Our aim was to allow the professionals of the banking industry in Hungary to meet, exchange their insights and, together with us, seek solutions for common challenges by sharing ideas and thinking together.

Organized for the first time this year, the purpose of this event is to create a tradition of a forum for market players.

The conference hosted executives of several banks under Hungarian and foreign ownership. Three presentations were delivered by banking professionals and two by suppliers.

Attila Paksi, Sales and Marketing Manager at ApPello Ltd. held a presentation with the title “Directions and connections from the supplier’s aspect.” In his presentation he spoke about ApPello’s back office solutions and about following the constant changes in banking operations. He underlined that IT has a key role in the banks’ business also in the optimization of processes and costs.

András Gedai, Head of Cash Management at CIB Bank delivered a presentation called “Innovative solutions in cash logistics.” The professional of the bank, which uses ApPello’s Cash Management system included a scientific approach of the issue, and he also covered the questions of how to translate it into practice.

A timely topic was covered by Henrik Schauermann, Head of Credit Administration at Volksbank Hungary. In his presentation he analyzed the effects of fixed exchange rates for loans on the banking processes and the related IT systems from the aspect of a Back Office manager, outlining the business changes to be solved and the related development needs.

In his presentation János Hoós, Head of Corporate Modeling at K&H Bank explained how Risk Management systems work in an ever changing environment and presented the changes of modeling. He emphasized the importance of reconsidering risk management strategies and combining models as well as the need for strengthening risk consciousness.

The conference was spiced with a presentation in English: on behalf of Misys Banking Solutions, Pete Bottomley informed the audience about the improvement of the company’s Bank Fusion Payment Manager system and Misys Universal Banking development.

The conference ended by a reception where we had the opportunity to chat with the participants. Based on these conversations we believe that the event proved to be useful for the invited banking professionals.

On behalf of the ApPello Team, we would like to say thank you to all participants. It was a pleasure for us to spend a few enjoyable hours with colleagues from the banking sector and we hope to see you again next year at an even better Bank-Inno event.