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In this issue we look at how ASB Bank used GFG:FINsim to take what it describes as an 'exponential leap' forward in its ability to test new code and predict system behaviour. The story titled 'GFG Group signs million dollar deal' is kindly reprinted from the front page of Computerworld - it provides a newsy roundup of recent market activity. This month's Goldfinch Report analyses the dead bodies of failed prepaid or stored value payment schemes, and contrasts them with some notable successes. As usual, these sometimes controversial reports carry the disclaimer that they represent the personal opinion of Peter Goldfinch, rather than the views necessarily of GFG Group. We hope you'll find this update worthwhile. Please do send me your comments and feedback here and please do subscribe others as appropriate.

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	"With FINsim we know what we've tested will actually run in production without any problems." Don Orr, ASB Application Manager Infrastructure & Services Solutions

ASB Bank: Seamless testing, seamless software production

ASB Bank - New Zealand’s number one bank in terms of customer satisfaction – has deployed GFG:FINsim to automate all payment system and unit testing, taking what the bank describes as an 'exponential leap' forward in its ability to test new code and predict system behaviour.

ASB Bank must deliver a banking service that maintains 99.995% availability 365 days of the year to its customers. The ability to conduct accurate testing is critical to achieving such high availability. ASB Bank’s testing requirements span everything from new code and new functionality, to analysing system performance under different loading, and the testing of individual system components such as switches and databases.
Read the full case study

GFG Group signs million dollar deal

Technology New Zealand will match R&D spend for the next year

New Zealand payments system vendor GFG Group has signed international upgrade deals with two banks worth around $1 million. It is now servicing the clients directly rather than through Unisys, which sold the original Cadencie card management systems to the banks, one in Chicago and the other in the Dominican Republic.
Read the full story

GFG’s Wayne Robinson appointed to
new Group Operations Manager position

Wayne Robinson – GFG’s former General Manager in Australia – has been appointed to the new position of Group Operations Manager, based in Auckland.

GFG’s Chief Executive, Anthony Howard, says that strong growth – especially in the GFG:Mobile and Cadencie lines of business – requires a single point of management focus and responsibility for international customer support, research and development, and customer implementations. Read the full story

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