News

Our recent months have been packed with impactful events, and the upcoming ones promise to be even more strategic, closely aligning with the latest trends in IT Infrastructure & Security.

We often hear about the concept of the 360-degree client, commonly associated with CRM applications. João Gonçalves, Head of Data & Analytics at Asseco PST, recently explained in an article why achieving a complete understanding of a bank’s client requires more than just a CRM platform.

The Financa application is a modular and configurable solution designed to automate business processes related to financial operations in trading rooms. Currently in use at over 40 banks across 8 countries on 3 continents, it has recently undergone a significant evolution.

The commitment to training in technology applied to the financial sector is stronger than ever, with Asseco Academy continuing to be the cornerstone of this strategy. Upon finishing the fourth edition of the training program in Mozambique, we are excited to announce the ninth edition in Angola.

This distinction aims to recognize national companies with high innovation performance. The status not only enhances the prestige of brands but also provides advantages in banking relationships, such as obtaining better financing conditions.

In the past two months, Asseco has actively participated in two exclusive conferences aimed at the banking community in emerging markets. The initiative, named DigiBank Summit, has traveled through various African and Asian cities, featuring speakers from diverse backgrounds.

Asseco PST has just launched its CRM product on the prestigious Microsoft Marketplace. This presence represents a significant milestone in our innovation strategy, reinforcing our commitment to excellence and the modernization of business management tools.

SmartPayments Congress is traditionally one of the key events in payment methods and security in Portugal. This year, at its 22nd edition, Asseco PST participated as a Platinum partner in an initiative that featured a hall full of professionals and an intense day of activities.

Asseco PT has developed a mobile banking solution using USSD technology that is already available in the market for the financial institutions it regularly works with.

Asseco PST has just completed a trilogy of conferences in its key African markets. Dubbed with the suggestive name "Asseco Evolution - Driving Innovation, in the Present and in the Future," the events sequentially passed through Luanda, Praia, and Maputo, always with full rooms and engaged audiences.

Team Solidário brings together the Asseco PST team, which throughout each year and in various actions, strives to bring help, comfort, and security to those most in need. Always in the pursuit of human dignity!

Asseco Academy continues to train new talents in the various geographies where we are present. In a demanding area such as training in technology applied to the financial sector, this is a mission in which we put maximum effort. The next training program will start in May, in Mozambique.

The venue chosen was the HCTA Hotel in Talatona, on the outskirts of Luanda, for a full house afternoon with an intense program of presentations.

At Asseco PST, we have accompanied the process from the outset, providing banks with a range of solutions designed to meet the market needs.

Over the last 12 months, Asseco PST has addressed the issue through its presence at different events and geographies, either as an organizer or as a partner.

Having completed the 3rd edition of the training program in Mozambique, we are already preparing the 8th edition in Angola. The new program will start in the last quarter.

Our client Banco Atlantico Europa became the first Portuguese banking institution to move its core banking, developed by Asseco PST, to the cloud.

The financial sector must embrace digitalization to provide banking customers with faster, more comprehensive, and agile online solutions. As part of this effort, Asseco PST has recently partnered with two Portuguese start-ups, LOQR and AgentifAI.

Asseco Academy is pleased to announce the start of its 3rd edition of the training program in Mozambique, which will run from May 15 to July 12.

The main goal of Asseco Solidária is to help those in need through a series of initiatives that seek to involve the majority of the company's employees. In 2022, Team Solidário remained active, implementing several social responsibility projects in the three locations where we are present.

After the hiatus caused by the pandemic, we closed the year with two in-person events. Mozambique and Angola, two of our most dynamic markets, were the chosen stages to reunite customers and showcase our latest technologies.

LOQR is the newest partner of Asseco PST, a collaboration aimed at providing a more holistic approach to current and future banking customers.

The Cloud continues to revolutionize the digital economy and the financial sector is no exception.

Asseco PST has acquired a majority stake in CPI Angola, a company that specializes in developing accounting and reporting software for the financial sector. With a strong position in the Angola market, the company has experienced sustained growth over the past decade.

The PFS Financa application gained a new architecture oriented to the needs of each bank. Denominated “Ciclos de Vida”, this is one of the most important developments for the future of the application.

Did you know that Asseco PST can help financial institutions quickly identify the quality of data generated and detect gaps and inconsistencies in their customer information? Our Data Quality Engine (DQE) solution is a rapid diagnostic technology that identifies the state of priority data for the bank.

What better way to celebrate our 34th anniversary than to resume our history in images? That is precisely what we did with the production of Asseco PST's first institutional video. The financial universe is changing rapidly, so we aim to show how technology is our world.

Asseco PST will organize, in partnership with Finantech, a webinar to discuss the impact of the reform of the General Regime of Financial Institutions in Angola and present the solution considered most appropriate to the new requirements of the Angolan market. It will take place on July 6th.

Did you know that Asseco can help financial institutions manage their overdue loans, so-called "non-performing loans"? When it comes to bank risk management, we know how to transform challenges into competitive advantages with our ARC (Credit Monitoring and Recovery) solution.

Asseco PST will be Premium Sponsor of the 2nd Edition of the "Madeira International Workshop in Machine Learning." A five-day event scheduled for July 18 to 22, which will take place in the Autonomous Region at the magnificent space of Madeira Tecnopolo, which promises several novelties compared to last year's edition.

Two years after the pandemic began, conferences, seminars, conventions, and technology exhibits have returned to the forefront. The number of events is increasing, and Asseco PST maintains a busy participation calendar, with an active presence in various geographies.

In an increasingly digital world, our offer is now gathered in a dynamic and easily browsable website. Everything is just a click away, so that all those who interact with us can get to know us better, evaluate our expertise and find the right answer to their business needs.

As part of the development of its financial system, Angola is preparing to implement a new payment system, the ITS - Instant Transfer System.

Asseco Solidária is the vehicle par excellence of our social responsibility in various countries. Even with the constraints of the pandemic, in 2021 we carried out a dozen initiatives aimed at promoting the dignity, protection and safety of those most in need.

This year, once again, Asseco PST is highlighted in the second edition of the yearbook 'Quem é Quem no Setor Financeiro em Portugal' (Who's Who in the Financial Sector in Portugal), launched by Jornal Económico, one of the Portuguese reference media in business information.

In March, we will once again be present at forums in the Portuguese-speaking world. The next participation will be in Cape Verde, for two initiatives aimed at the banking and insurance sector and to consulting companies.

Asseco PST's economic-financial performance was, once again, awarded at a national level. This time we were distinguished in the 32nd edition of the '500 Largest Companies in Madeira', a region where the company has its roots and maintains an important software development centre, with around 150 employees.

Asseco PST closes the last quarter with two customer-driven webinars to present some of its most demanding product solutions.

The world has changed with Covid-19: it is more competitive, more digital and competition is increasingly global. So what are the critical factors for business success in a post-pandemic world?

The Minister of Economic Affairs, Pedro Siza Vieira, was recently at Asseco PST offices in Madeira. The goal was to get to know in detail the company's software development centre, which operates in Funchal, with a team of 150 people, mostly engineers and computer technicians.

Asseco Academy has started the 6th edition of its training programme in Angola, aimed at young and recent graduates who want to specialise in the banking area. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this is the second time that the training, structured into eight modules, takes place with a hybrid system.

Maintaining close relations with customers, sharing knowledge and communicating the brand are three goals that Asseco PST does not lose sight of, even in the midst of a pandemic.

The Asseco Group closed its 2020 accounts with overall sales of €2.68 billion, an increase of 14% from the previous year. Revenues rose in all business sectors, despite the uncertainties of the world market with the ongoing pandemic.

Asseco PST has just acquired a majority stake in the equity of Finantech, a company headquartered in Porto specialized in software solutions for capital markets.

It has now been one year since our lives changed, with the introduction of a word that we practically only knew from dictionaries: pandemic.

Mozambique is one of Asseco PST's reference markets in Portuguese-speaking Africa.

The year 2021 started with the presence of Asseco PST at another two conferences in an African market. This time, in Cape Verde.

Asseco PST recently won contracts for two more challenging projects in the digital sector in Mozambique and Angola.

Angola continues to be a strategic market for Asseco PST, with more than two dozen customers in the country. Relationships with reference partners, such as Dell Technologies, has made it possible to leverage joint efforts to transform banking institutions' technological systems in Angola.

Asseco PST has just added to its video library another product film, where we dynamically and creatively present our offer for the financial sector. This time, the star of the film is the core banking platform Banka, which allows the integrated, complete management of a banking business.

The International Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe (BISTP) was the first Asseco PST client to implement the Banka Operation Pricing Solution. The solution is based on the collection of expenses and commissions, according to different bank account events or operations, in a fully automated process.

At a time when thousands of physical events were cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic, Asseco PST has remained active on several digital platforms by participating in various forums focused on innovation, competitiveness, and technological disruption in the financial sector.

Asseco PST has established a partnership with Asseco SEE (Southern Eastern Europe) to implement a digital channel solution for BNU Timor.

Asseco PST has implemented the first international transfer tracking solution - SWIFT GPI Tracker - in Banco Atlantico Europa, Portugal. The project is based on the advantages of the SWIFT GPI Tracker, which allows banks to track the transfers they issue and receive from end to end.

Asseco PST is developing a solution on PFS Financa and Banka 3G to allow interfacing with the Bloomberg FXGO platform. This development is in line with the decision of the Angolan regulator to also adopt that platform to make its foreign exchange market more efficient.

On June 18 Asseco PST held its first webinar where our approach to implement Governance, Risk and Compliance solutions for the financial sector was presented to more than 100 participants from different client institutions.

Asseco PST has successfully completed its first Blockchain proof of concept. As companies with a technological DNA are being challenged to be at the forefront of digital transformation, this Corda Blockchain development shows our commitment to being at the cutting edge of technological evolution.

The past few weeks have been dominated by global uncertainty over the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But at Asseco PST we remain 100% connected, believing that the challenging moment we're going through will pass and what we do today will determine tomorrow's success.

Asseco PST is monitoring the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost attention and care, both in Portugal and worldwide. We have implemented a set of preventive and contingency measures regarding the worldwide spread of the new Coronavirus.

Helping financial institutions to transform their activity-risk approach from reactive to proactive is one of Asseco PST's challenges. A task that the Risk & Compliance Department will fulfil with the newly-named AXIS and EAGLE suites.

Asseco PST has partnered with Nova University to sponsor the "Entrepreneurship FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)" course. The initiative, which launches as early as January, is probably the largest technological entrepreneurship university course in Europe.

Asseco PST ended 2019 with another distinction that elevates its island origins. Our company has won the “Best Company with Consolidated Accounts” award at the 30th edition of the “500 Greatest Companies of Madeira”.

Digital disruption in the banking sector was the theme of the 8th Economy and Finance Forum, promoted in Luanda by ABANC - the Angolan Banking Association. The event was attended by the CEO of Asseco PST, Daniel Araújo, and by the head of Data & Analytics, João Gonçalves.

As part of the promotion of the Asseco Academy in Angola, the company organized a presentation session at the Agostinho Neto University, in Luanda. In an auditorium full of students and guests, there was no shortage of praise for the training programme and the role played by the Academy.

Asseco PST was awarded an international prize by IBS Intelligence for the category CRM for the banking sector and other financial institutions. Our company stood out as a leader in the IBSI Sales League Table 2019, which acts as a sales barometer for providers of technological solutions aimed at the banking sector.

On 22 October, Asseco PST is organizing a conference for Cape-Verdean financial operators on the topic of digital transformation. After Luanda and Maputo, it's now time for Cidade da Praia, on the Island of Santiago, to welcome this event.

Asseco PST has teamed up with the Portuguese Tennis Federation and the Tennis Association of Madeira as a sponsor of the Absolute National Championship, the chief-event of the sport locally. Organised in Funchal, it is the competition with the highest score for the national ranking.

In May, following its involvement at two consecutive events, Asseco PST shone in Mozambique. On the 9th, we welcomed our clients at the "Digital Transformation" conference in Maputo. Six days later, we were in full swing at MozTech 2019 - Digital Expo of Mozambique, the country's largest showroom in the ICT area.

In the ongoing evolution of the PFS Portal product, we announced the launch of the PFS 2019 Portal version, which marks an important step in product evolution, providing a set of new business functionalities and techniques.

Asseco PST was present at ANGOTIC 2019, a large forum and exhibition of information and communication technologies held in Luanda. Several thousand visitors came by this three-day event, which brought together dozens of companies from various technological areas.

Asseco Academy awarded the first certificates in Mozambique to the group of trainees who completed their training program this month. In total, the course had 18 candidates, now eligible to enter the job market.

The RTP 3 programme “Ideias & Companhias” [Ideas & Companies], will present a report on Asseco PST at 3:50 pm next Sunday, the 17th. This report highlights the past, the present and the future of the company following its evolution from its origins 30 years ago in Funchal until the present time.

The Angolan Government approved Value-Added Tax (VAT) to enter into force, starting in April 2019.

Asseco Academy, the academy for information technologies training established by Asseco PST, will broaden its activity to Mozambique. The beginning of the first course is planned for April, following the success of the similar project in Angola, in 2018.

More than 150 staff members and leaders of banks and large Angolan corporations gathered last 24th of January in the Financial city, in Luanda, to discuss digital transformation in the banking sector, an event organised by Asseco PST.

Asseco has developed a new system that utilizes advanced prediction analysis mechanisms – Asseco Customer Intelligence (ACI). The solution allows to check what customers are looking for on the Internet and what products and services they are interested in.

Asseco PST was distinguished at the OutSystems 2018 Innovation Awards, in the "Business Efficiency" category. These awards recognise organisations and individuals that, at the international level, use the OutSystems platform to enhance the productivity and proactivity of their technology solutions.

New corporate image marks the full integration of Portuguese-speaking technological company into one of the largest European multinational software companies.

After extending the Development Centre in Funchal, in 2017 and moving to new facilities in Luanda, at the beginning of 2018, it's Lisbon's turn now. The company's new office, located close to Segunda Circular, accommodates more than 200 employees.

EXICTOS established a partnership with the Higher Technical Institute (IST-Instituto Superior Técnico) in the field of artificial intelligence research aiming to test Deep Learning approaches within its offer of products and services.

The first implementation at BCI of the new sub-module of the Banka3G solution offered by EXICTOS has recently entered the production stage.

The Asseco Academy, the training academy created by EXICTOS in Angola, will be starting its second course in July, thus continuing to invest in people development.

The Polish city of Krakow was the stage chosen for the 14th edition of the Sales Coordination Meeting of the Asseco Group, an event that combined the exchange of information on the group's offer at a global level with the will to strengthen the ties between the several offices represented.

Over the last few months, EXICTOS Solidária has intensified its Social Responsibility intervention, by promoting social action initiatives in 3 of the geographic locations where it operates: Mozambique, Angola and Portugal.

On the weekend of March 3 and 4, we gathered nearly three hundred employees in Évora to celebrate three decades of EXICTOS. The chosen anthem was the popular song by Da Vinci, Conquistador but the lyrics were adapted to our reality in the world.

As part of a continuous process of technological improvement, aligned with the evolution of the banking sector, customer needs and regulatory requirements, EXICTOS presents the latest application innovations.

EXICTOS presented this Wednesday (31/01), in Talatona, on the outskirts of Luanda, the Asseco Academy, an academy for high-quality training in information technology.

The first 3G Banka Customer with a High Availability (HA) module has recently gone into production.

EXICTOS prepares the Inauguration of a New Office in Luanda, Angola

The ASSECO GROUP, in its process of international expansion, has just strengthened its confidence in EXICTOS, announcing its integration into the new Holding of the Group, ASSECO INTERNACIONAL (AI)

EXICTOS was represented in this event by two speakers, with the presentation "Cycle of software development".

EXICTOS intends to integrate a growing number of engineers

BNU Timor (CGD Group) is committed to a more secure, effective payment system within reach of a finger.

At the invitation of Exictos and the Angola School of Management, digital banking guru Brett King gave a lecture in Luanda.

EXICTOS was recognized as one of the 500 greatest companies of Madeira

Delegation of Outermost regions visit the EXICTOS facilities in Funchal.

EXICTOS, together with the ASSECO Group, held a workshop focused on Angola's Energy companies.

The President of the Regional Government visits the EXICTOS factory in Funchal

EXICTOS has forged a partnership on two fronts: one with the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI); and a second with the University of Madeira (UMa).

Asseco Group Product Review took place in Madeira