American Banker Magazine and the research firm Financial Insights have announced
that CGI Group, Inc., (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A) has been ranked 15th as part of
the annual FinTech 100.
The FinTech 100 is a collaboration of American
Banker and Financial Insights, an IDC Company. This ranking is categorized and
evaluated based on fiscal year end revenues and the percentage of revenues
attributed to financial services. Data is gathered from surveys completed by
vendors, as well as original research and market analysis conducted by Financial
Insights. All application categories specific to banking functions are included
in this list such as core processing, branch, teller, ATM, credit card, mortgage
origination, online banking, collections, cash management, trade finance,
treasury services and funds transfer.
“At CGI we pride ourselves on
providing our clients with state-of-the-art solutions and services, and we are
constantly looking for ways to help them thrive in their business environments.”
noted Michael E. Roach, President and Chief Executive Officer, CGI. “The fact
that we have once again been included in the FinTech 100 is clear proof that not
only are we meeting our clients needs, but that we have clearly established
ourselves as an industry leader.”
CGI is a major provider of IT and
business process services to financial institutions around the world including
nine of the top ten U.S. banks and seven of the top twenty banks in the world.
CGI banking-focused solutions include core banking, end-to-end wealth
management, trade finance, business intelligence/data warehousing and customer
relationship management. CGI solutions process one-third of all U.S. credit
bureau requests and more than $130 billion are moved every day over the fund
transfer systems that it supports. CGI provides retail banking, transaction
processing and payroll services to more than 2,300 banking institutions
worldwide.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of
the largest independent information technology and business process services
firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000
professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to
clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia
Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America, Europe and
India. CGI's annual revenue run rate stands at CDN$3.7 billion and at June 30th,
2007, CGI's order backlog was CDN$12.4 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX
(GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index
as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices.
Website: www.cgi.com.
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For more information:
Lorne
Gorber
Vice-President, Global Communications and
Investor Relations
514
841-3355
