Bankers’ Almanac Partners With Petra Financial to go Mobile

LONDON - Bankers’ Almanac, a global provider of banking reference data and Petra Financial, a leading provider of payments automation software have agreed on a strategic partnership to deliver innovative reference data solutions for the financial markets.

Bankers’ Almanac will utilise Petra Financial’s market-leading software applications to launch a range of new products including a revolutionary mobile application for correspondent banking and a BBAN-to-IBAN (www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx) conversion solution.

Previews of the first Bankers’ Almanac products, powered by Petra Financial, will be unveiled at Sibos in Hong Kong during 14-18 September 2009.

Bankers’ Almanac has delivered trusted information on the world’s banks and financial institutions for over 160 years. Its online solution, Bankersalmanac.com, provides comprehensive coverage of banks’ payment and settlement details, ownership, credit ratings and financials for international payments (www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx), credit risk (www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/credit-risk.aspx), financial research and compliance.

Petra Financial is a global software company that develops solutions for payments and mobile banking. Petra Financial customers include HSBC, National Australia Group, ABSA, First National Bank, and Mizuho.

Alastair Brigg, Digital Publisher of Bankers’ Almanac comments, “Increasingly, customers are looking to Bankers’ Almanac to provide innovative ways of accessing its must-have data. By employing Petra Financial’s highly intelligent software, we can deliver services to our customers in new ways. Bankersalmanac.com’s mobile application promises to revolutionise the way relationship managers can access data on their counterparties. Whilst, the BBAN-to-IBAN conversion is an incredibly timely solution given the upcoming cross border direct debit mandates.”

David Sinclair, CEO of Petra Financial said, “Bankers’ Almanac is the most established reference data resource for the global financial markets so it is a great accolade that they have chosen to market new services using our solutions. We are committed to developing software applications that are designed with users in mind. Our mobile platforms are rapidly establishing themselves as the mobile financial platform of choice, whilst our Vortex solutions enable complicated data structures to be turned into powerful, useful, and timely business services.”

John Burton, Marketing and Sales Director of Petra Financial added, “Bankers’ Almanac is the longest established reference point for the banking industry, with many correspondent bankers reliant on the data; but often away from the office travelling. Providing a mobile service that also includes information about the relevant country, travel and local services together with the correspondent financial data is a compelling proposition.”

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About Petra Financial

www.petrafinancial.net

Petra Financial is a global company that develops and markets mobile banking and payments solutions, which are used by banks including HSBC.

Touchstone Mobile revolutionizes the interaction with banking services for customers with smart phones including the iPhone and Blackberry(R) Bold(TM).

Users have in the palm of their hand the easiest, most intuitive, secure, and functionally rich mobile banking application available today. Touchstone uniquely validates data at the point of initiation, reducing errors.

Touchstone Mobile also provides a platform in the remittance market that allows Money Transfer agents to enable initiation of accurate remittances real-time anywhere any time.

Petra Financial payment solutions include web based payment processing, validated using reference and financial data; exceptions and investigations case management of SWIFT and other message types through Clarion E&I reporting.

Petra Financial’s innovative approach to delivering solutions as (SaaS) Software as a Service means that customers pay as they go, and pay for what they use. This has significant benefits to integration and operating expenses.

Petra Financial has offices in London, Manila, Singapore, Dubai, and Los Angeles.

About Bankers’ Almanac

www.bankersalmanac.com

Bankers’ Almanac is the leading source of intelligent reference data for payments (www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx), compliance and risk assessment. For over 160 years, it has been a single point of reference for global banking information. Its Due Diligence Repository contains primary data required by banks, to conduct compliance checks on their counterparties.

Bankers’ Almanac is proud to partner some of the most influential financial associations and continues to evolve its reference data solutions to meet the needs of the industry. With offices in Europe, Asia and USA, Bankers’ Almanac is in continuous contact with banks and regulatory authorities to provide up-to-date, verified data that can be consistently relied upon.

Press and Media Contacts: Petra Financial: John Burton - Marketing Director, johnburton@petrafinancial.net, +44(0)7990-560-046. Florence Sontillano - Marketing Assistant, florencesontillano@petrafinancial.net, +63-2-849-3433. Bankers’ Almanac: Jane Sutton, marketing@bankersalmanac.com, +44-1342-335932.

Source: Bankersalmanac.com

Press and Media Contacts: Petra Financial: John Burton - Marketing Director, johnburton at petrafinancial.net, +44(0)7990-560-046. Florence Sontillano - Marketing Assistant, florencesontillano at petrafinancial.net, +63-2-849-3433. Bankers’ Almanac: Jane Sutton, marketing at bankersalmanac.com, +44-1342-335932.