Misys achieves IBM Banking Industry Framework certification

Misys (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announced that its payments solution, Misys Message Manager (MMM), has achieved IBM’s Banking Industry Framework certification. The certification means that clients now have the option of benefiting from Misys and IBM expertise when modernising their SWIFT and payments solutions.

The IBM Banking Industry Framework is an enterprise-wide SOA foundation for implementing payments solutions. The framework provides pre-built industry assets and accelerators to help payments organisations renovate their existing payments infrastructures one project at a time. IBM awards the Banking Industry Framework to solutions that have been proven on IBM technology supported by the framework. MMM has been tested and certified for use with IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and IBM WebSphere Message Queue. As a result of achieving certification, MMM is now also listed in IBM’s SOA Business catalogue.

“Misys and IBM have been partners for many years and we recognise the value that the partnership offers clients, this is why we ensure that Misys products work with the best available technology to improve the customers experience,” said Barry Kislingbury, Solutions Manager for Payments and Messaging at Misys. “Achieving this certification with IBM is an important step to enable even more companies looking for payments solutions to be able to take advantage of the Misys Message Manager solution. IBM clients looking for SWIFT and payments solutions can now consider Misys, confident that MMM is fully compatible with their IBM solutions.”

Misys Message Manager is – a modern thin client, standards-based Java EE banking application for integrating and managing all financial, SWIFT and payment messages. As a centralised global hub, Misys Message Manager is used by banks to remove duplication, modernise processing, build shared services and protect legacy applications when implementing new products. It is proven to reduce time to market for new services, control costs and help banks adapt quickly to regulatory and market changes.

Misys Message Manager is also SWIFTReady Financial EAI 2009 accredited and provides a truly scalable payments solution, supporting platforms from Windows, to IBM System p (AIX, UNIX, Linux), IBM System i (iOS) and has even been performance tested on the IBM mainframe, IBM System z (zOS) at the IBM labs in Böblingen, Germany,.