Gasper Corporation, the leading
provider of self-service management solutions, announced the
licensing of
its Gasper Manager software to State Bank of Mauritius. The leading
Commercial Bank in Mauritius–an island country in the Indian Ocean–and the
winner of the 2001 Bank of the Year Award for Mauritius, SBM is recognized as
one of the world’s top 1,000 banks. State Bank of Mauritius will use Gasper
Manager to effectively manage its ATM network, and to improve the availability
of ATMs in Mauritius as well as nearby branches in India.
“SBM requires reliable software that allows us to improve our banking
infrastructure, while supporting our continuing efforts to modernize and
globalize,” said Sailesh Sewpaul, Team Leader of Online Services for SBM.
“Gasper Manager allows our ATMs to operate reliably, so that our banking
services are more convenient and easily accessible.”
Gasper Manager will enable SBM to monitor the performance of the ATM network,
identify a problem if one should occur, and resolve it in the shortest
possible
time. Gasper manger works with SBM’s service provider to effectively address
and resolve ATM support and maintenance quickly and easily. Additionally, SBM
will benefit from Gasper Manager’s accurate reporting features, which provide
up-to-date information about the status of the network and the performance of
the service providers.
“We are happy to see State Bank of Mauritius join Gasper’s community of users
from around the world,” said Kamal Sibai, Sales Manager of Gasper Corp. for
Middle East Africa and Eastern Europe. “Our solution will help SBM improve
availability of its ATM network that will support the Bank’s goal of offering
the best service to its customers.”
Gasper Manager is used in over 170 financial institutions around the world,
managing a range of self-service terminals from various vendors.
About State Bank of Mauritius
State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) was founded in 1973 and is the largest
company in
Mauritius as measured by market capitalization, commanding just under 27
percent of market share in domestic commercial banking business. In the
domestic market, SBM has a leading position in information technology and the
lowest cost-to-income ratio in the industry. SBM’s delivery network
includes 45
branches and counters, 85 ATMs, and 1,000 point-of-sale merchant terminals
serving over 380,000 individuals and business customers. Apart from commercial
banking, SBM through its subsidiaries and associates also offers financial
leasing, investment banking, fiduciary, stock broking and asset management
services.
The Bank opened its first overseas branch in Mumbai (India) in 1994 and has
since then opened two additional branches, one in Chennai and one in
Hyderabad.
In 1998, the bank started operations in Madagascar through its subsidiary
bank,
Banque SBM Madagascar. The overseas operations focus mainly on corporate
banking, trade finance, correspondent banking and treasury services to
business
customers. The Banker recently named SBM its 2001 Bank of the Year for
Mauritius. The award reflects outstanding quality and innovation in the
financial world, and the 106 individual country winners represent the cream of
the global banking community.
About Gasper Corporation
Gasper Corporation, a leading provider of Self-Service management software,
offers comprehensive solutions that are specifically tailored to solve
Self-Service management problems. The company’s solutions monitor Self-Service
Terminals (SSTs) and manage the entire SST support process to maximize SST
availability, profitability and customer satisfaction for SST networks
worldwide. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, the company’s solutions are used to
manage more than 170,000 SSTs worldwide. Visit the Gasper Corporation web site
at www.gasper-corp.com.
