Bankers’ Almanac Goes 100% Digital - July 2011 Sees the Last Bankers’ Almanac Print Publication After 166 Years

LONDON, August 1, 2011 -

Bankers’ Almanac, a leading global provider of financial data celebrates its final print publication after 166 years as the business aligns focus to online and digital services.

The decision by Bankers’ Almanac to cease publishing the book reflects the ever-changing nature of the industry and demand for more frequently updated information catered for and provided by their online portfolio. Since the launch of Bankersalmanac.com in 1999 the database has grown significantly and the bi-annual publication can no longer reflect the depth and breadth of information available or the speed of update necessary for the competitive banking market. By providing key banking reference data through it’s online or data services, Bankers’ Almanac is able to provide professionals with comprehensive, instantly accessible and frequently updated information.

Kerry Hewson, Director, stated “The focus has definitely shifted to become more digitally minded. The challenge for us is always to meet the need for both increasingly accurate and comprehensive data, and, now even beyond that, to deliver functionality to enhance the user experience.”

Bankers’ Almanac was established in 1845 as a hard copy directory of banking information and since then has continued to develop innovative reference data solutions to meet the needs of the banking industry. To celebrate this momentous occasion Bankers’ Almanac has commissioned an article by David Lascelles looking back at the changing banking landscape in the last 166 years. Visit Bankersalmanac.com and go to the Last Book section link from  the home page. Additionally view extracts from the original book and an interview with the Kerry Hewson, Director.  

www.bankersalmanac.com/info/last-book/

This positive move will see continued investment in customer focused solutions.  In addition to its intenational payments coverage, online propositions from Bankers’ Almanac include the Due Diligence Repository, catering for the compliance market, and containing over 190,000 key KYC documents¹. Their latest product release, Credit Risk provides key financial data and tools for counterparty credit risk analysis. These market specific solutions represent the continual development and evolution of the portfolio of products serving the banking market.

About Bankers’ Almanac

Bankers’ Almanac continues to set the global standard for banking intelligence, for over 160 years we have provided solutions to help financial professionals make payments, conduct due diligence, assess credit risk and carry out financial research on the world’s banks. Counting the world’s leading banks amongst our valued clients, including 100% coverage of the world’s top 100 banks, Bankers’ Almanac is relied upon daily by over 22,000¹ users worldwide. We are proud to partner some of the banking industry’s most influential associations including the Wolfsberg* Group, the British Bankers’ Association, BAFT-IFSA and SWIFT.

Bankers’ Almanac has a dedicated content team who source our data directly from banks and regulatory authorities across the globe, rigorously verifying the data prior to publishing.

Bankers’ Almanac is owned by one of the world’s principal business to business publishers, Reed Business information and is part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc. A FTSE 100-listed company.

For more information about Bankers’ Almanac and the products that it offers visit www.bankersalmanac.com

*The Wolfsberg Group consists of the following leading international financial institutions: Banco Santander, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Société Générale and UBS which aim to develop financial services industry standards, and related products, for Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing policies.

** Internal statistics - March 2009- May 2011
¹Internal Bankersalmanac.com June 2011 statistics

All press enquires to be made to:
Matthew Bellingham
+44-(0)1342335832
Email: marketing@bankersalmanac.com

.