Paris, 4th June 2020 – SBS, a global leader in digital banking and financing software, is proud to be placed among the top three in Forrester’s Global Banking Platforms Deals Survey, 2020, in the Combined Deals category.
Each year, Forrester publishes its global survey of banking and financial institution software providers. The Global Banking Platforms Deals Survey, 2020 – “The Banking Platform Market Remains Stagnant, Though Smaller Banks Are Turning To Fintechs” – is based on 35 software companies and the number of software deals they signed the previous year with both new and existing customers.
This year Forrester placed SBS among the global top three software providers under the combined deals category: “SBS has been member of the top-five group for seven years”. SBS is considered a major player in combined deals. As a trusted and long-term partner for banks and financial entities, SBS is also obtaining new customers.
Concerning the European market, SBS is number two in the global survey for combined deals and is top in western Europe, considering that Forrester is « seeing a Russian player with a strong Russia focus, ranked number one” according to the Forrester webinar, Avoid Selection Challenges: Use Insights About Regional And International Banking Platform Markets.
According to the survey, players are ”seeking ways to (…) broaden their footprint (…). One example of this is Sopra Steria’s joint-venture with Germany’s Sparda Bank group to deliver its SBS Banking Platform” to the seven of the eleven Sparda banks.”
Sopra Banking’s strategy consists in investing in its long-term relationships with customers – leading banks and financial institutions in Europe and Africa – thus positioning itself as a partner of reference for their digital transformation.
Eric Pasquier, CEO at SBS said ‘This recognition is aligned with our company’s strategy: to be a long-term partner able to guide Banks and Financial entities through their digital transformation to perfectly address with their customers’ growing needs across the globe”.
About SBS
With 5000 experts, a pro forma turnover 2019 of € 438,9 million and one of the deepest, broadest portfolios of software and services, SBS is a trusted, long-term partner of over 1500 banks and financial entities in more than 80 countries. SBS has an unequalled ability to address the requirements for banks and financial institutions of any size and scope, allowing them to innovate and expand their services. SBS is a subsidiary of the Sopra Steria Group, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development, with more than 46 000 employees. In 2019, Sopra Steria generated a revenue of € 4,43 billion. For more information follow us on twitter @SopraBanking or visit sbs-software.com
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