Last major contract for integrated IT system for banks is up for grabs

This is the last group of banks which have not gone ahead yet with these projects and the first one to do so will be Spółdzielcza Grupa Bankowa (SGB), which encompasses 163 cooperative banks, and is headed by the Gospodarczy Bank Wielkopolski (GBW). Four market players have already submitted their bids in GBW's tender. These include Comp Rzeszów, Epsilio, Computerland and IBM. The one who wins the tender will also benefit from the remaining banks in the group which will use the system. The cost of connecting each bank to the network will be around zł.300,000, therefore the SGB project is worth around zł.50 million. Another two groups of cooperative banks which will be organizing such bids will be Mazowiecki Bank Regionalny and Bank Polskiej Spółdzielczości. The latter bank will particularly be worth the battle as it encompasses 360 banks and has 1,600 outlets. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) A.K.