Banco do Brasil expands use of CGI’s CACS® Enterprise, the industry’s leading collections and recovery solution

CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced that Banco do Brasil, the largest financial institution in Brazil and the 17th largest bank in the world, has expanded their use of the CGI Collections360^TM software component, CACS Enterprise, in response to increasing volumes of business.  The flexibility and scalability of CACS enables the bank to process additional customers and quickly increase capacity while maintaining the same high levels of customer service.

“CACS Enterprise has been a key component of the collections operation at Banco do Brasil for the past seven years.  The solution allows us to define and control treatment down to the individual account level, so we can preserve client relationships while reducing bad debt,” said Rodolfo Scheidemantel Neto, Executive Manager - Banco do Brasil - Operating Assests Restructuring Division. “Our successful history with CGI’s CACS Enterprise led us to the decision to expand use of the solution so our collections operations can keep pace with our growth.”

“The pace of growth and opportunities for innovation in the Latin American market are significant,” said Jeff Miller, Vice President, Financial Solutions Group at CGI.  “The CGI solution scales with Banco do Brasil’s operations in this high-growth market and will support them as they gain a sustainable competitive advantage over other financial services institutions in the region.”

For over 35 years, CGI has provided IT, business process and managed services to financial institutions around the world, including 23 of the top 25 banks in the Americas and 16 of the top 25 European banks.  Our array of cloud-based, managed services for originations, third party services management, collections, payments and trade services is proven to increase efficiencies, enhance service and help financial institutions exceed their performance and strategic goals.  CGI also offers multiple deployment configurations and customization options to meet each client’s unique needs.

About CGI Collections360

CGI’s collections products and services have been used in 6 of the top 10 U.S. banks and more than 300 organizations around the world.  CGI Collections360, powered by CACS, is an end-to-end default management solution that integrates the components of a high performance collections operation, including software, business processes, underlying IT and strategic planning to significantly reduce cost, net bad debt and risk.  All stages of collections are addressed including early stage, loss mitigation, third party management, recovery and recovery accounting. Collections360 is delivered as a cloud-based, managed service; however, CGI offers multiple deployment configurations and customization options to meet each client’s unique debt recovery challenges and operational needs.

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. With approximately 71,000 members located in offices and global delivery centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, CGI offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. Further to the recent acquisition of Logica, CGI’s annualized revenue is in excess of C$10 billion, with an estimated order backlog of approximately C$18.3 billion; its shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the FTSE4Good Index. Website:www.cgi.com.

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For More Information:

Media
Linda Odorisio
Vice-President, US Communications
linda.odorisio@cgi.com
703-267-8118

Business Development
Jeff Miller
Vice-President, CGI
jeff.miller@cgi.com
585-787-4189