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SBS (ex-Sopra Banking Software) and IBM — a historical partnership that’s reshaping the financial world.

Our products are strengthened by alliances with leading technology partners like IBM. Together we share know-how and create best-in-class, innovative, and secure solutions to accelerate your digital transformation.

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Innovating together

Tap into the synergies born of collaboration between two global market leaders.

Our offerings

  • IBM Cloud for Financial Services

  • IBM Safer Payments

  • IBM Cloud Pak for data

  • IBM Z platform

By 2023, 30% of all IT outsourced will be managed services on cloud.*

We support our customers’ go-to-cloud strategy by allowing them to run our solutions in the cloud of their choice. By joining the IBM Cloud ecosystem, our customers can leverage solutions that make regulatory compliance simple, bolster security and add resiliency. IBM Cloud for Financial Services enables banks to expedite their time to revenue on cloud by reducing onboarding costs and complexity.

*Source: IDC, 2020

Payment fraud is expected to rise by 25% to $40.62 billion by 2027.*

To deliver a comprehensive and secure payment chain, we utilize IBM Safer Payments. An advanced AI-based solution that can manage all types of fraud, Safer Payments drastically reduces financial losses incurred due to fraudulent activity, increases profitability, and improves customer satisfaction.

*Source: merchansavvy, 2020

The use of AI can increase earnings before tax by up to 5%.

In the digital world, data is king. SBS solutions already collect and process large amounts of data. But with the IBM Cloud Pak for Data, we enable banks to lay the groundwork for successful, cost-efficient AI implementation. With a comprehensive and cutting-edge suite of cloud-based solutions, we help financial institutions improve data governance, upgrade the user experience, and deliver a contextual customer journey.

*Source: State of AI in 2020, McKinsey, 2020

The IBM Z platform is a hybrid cloud that allows customers to fast-track their digital transformation while reducing the risk of cloud security challenges and complex migrations. The platform comes with advanced data privacy, security, and cyber resiliency capabilities, and it empowers customers to develop AI-based applications. The hybrid infrastructure is geared for business expansion, workload growth, and, ultimately, the advancement of entire ecosystems.

[NEWS] SBS Joins IBM Cloud for Financial Services Ecosystem

Red Hat OpenShift will empower Sopra Banking Platform and Sopra Financing Platform and help our clients be cloud agnostic.

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Z Users Lab

A user group that helps Z evolve

Launched by Sopra Steria & IBM, this is the first think tank dedicated to the developing use cases based on best practices related to transformation made possible by the Z platform.
Based on feedback from users, the goal of this Think Tank is to reveal and co-construct the new perspectives offered by the platform.

“A keyword we associate with our solutions is trust. The sophisticated synergy we achieved with IBM Z technology puts our client’s minds at rest, knowing that the final result offers exceptional performance and resilience.”
Xavier Rebeuf, CTO SBS (ex-Sopra Banking Software)


DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

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Red Hat OpenShift technology empowers SBS (ex-Sopra Banking Software) customers to accelerate digital transformation in a hybrid cloud environment.

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Customer Story

How CLEAREX on IBM Z ensured a Smooth ISO 20022 transition

“In 2024, the company faced a significant challenge with the mandatory migration to the 2019 version of ISO 20022 messaging standards. SEPA schemes, including CORE and STEP2, required updates to ensure compliance and to facilitate the smooth processing of transactions. Failure to adopt these changes could have led to transaction rejections, data conversion errors, and reconciliation issues, severely affecting the company’s ability to process payments efficiently.”

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How CLEAREX on IBM Z ensured a Smooth ISO 20022 transition

Partnership

Core Banking Systems to New IBM z16 and LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 Single Frame and Rack Mount Models

“Powered by the IBM Telum processor, these new configurations are designed for highly efficient data centers with sustainability in mind. Sopra Banking’s clients can make more effective use of their data center space while remaining resilient in the midst of ongoing global uncertainty.”

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Customer Story

How a clearing solution on IBM Z powers unprecedented transaction growth for a leading banking group

The group was formed following the merger of two historic players in the banking sector. Today, as one of the largest banking groups in France, they operate in retail banking, insurance, asset management, and specialized financial services.

The banking group’s goals focus on customer satisfaction, economic performance, and social responsibility. They aim to strengthen their proximity to customers by offering innovative and personalized products tailored to people’s needs and usage. The group also seeks to accelerate its digital transformation to enhance the customer experience and optimize internal processes.

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Customer Story

A modern Service Billing system that is efficient, secure, flexible and offers new functionalities

For banks that want to fast-track their digital transformation with advanced data privacy, security, and cyber resiliency capabilities. For banks that gear for business expansion, workload growth, and, ultimately, the advancement of entire ecosystems.

“Sopra Banking’s solution on the IBM Z platform is a perfect fit and allows us to respond fast to the ever-changing needs of our customers ad stay competitive.”

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Customer Story

The story of a successful IT merging project

For banks that want to fast-track their digital transformation with advanced data privacy, security, and cyber resiliency capabilities. For banks that gear for business expansion, workload growth, and, ultimately, the advancement of entire ecosystems.

“Sopra Banking’s solution on the IBM Z platform is a perfect fit and allows us to respond fast to the ever- changing needs of our customers ad stay competitive”

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Customer Story

An agile, innovative and scalable instant payment platform

Sopra Banking Platform helped a major French retail finance organization to increase their customer base with a cutting edge technology fit for all their subsidiaries.

“Sopra Banking’s solution on the IBM Z platform was a perfect fit with our expectations of performance and resilience.”

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