Published Date: August 20, 2003

Post Bank Uganda Chooses Finacle, Goes Live

Infosys consolidates in East Africa

Bangalore, August 20, 2003 Infosys announced today that Post Bank Uganda (PBU) has decided in favour of Finacle suite of products for its IT initiative. Post Bank Uganda has gone live with Finacle Core Banking. This is the first Finacle site live in East Africa.

Post Bank Uganda started operations in 1998. The bank was started by taking over all the business and commercial activities of Postal Office Savings Bank.

Announcing this, Mr. Fabian Zungu, Managing Director Post Bank Uganda said,” PBU is very happy to partner with Infosys in its IT initiative. Over the last few years, the bank has been gearing up to move towards centralized banking solution to enable us to get the benefits of new-age technologies which would help in launching new products and services for our customers with reduced time-to-market and costs. Having made this decision, we are confident that with Infosys’ support and commitment, we will be able to delight our customers with new products and unified customer experience with the bank. This will help the bank to have faster business growth with higher efficiency.”

Mr. Merwin Fernandes, Vice President and Global Head – Sales and Marketing, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Ltd. said, “Supported by cutting edge technology of Finacle, I am confident that Post Bank Uganda will be able to derive substantial business benefits, launch new products and services quickly and gain business agility in its banking operations. Africa is a very strategic market for us and over the last 12 months, Infosys’ Finacle suite of enterprise banking solutions has emerged as the preferred solution for forward-looking banks across the region. We look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with Post Bank Uganda in the years ahead.”

According to Venkatramana Gosavi, Regional Manager- Africa, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies, “Post Bank Uganda is a prestigious client for us and we are happy to be a part of their banking transformation initiative. With our Finacle suite of products we are optimistic that the bank will exceed the expectations of its customers. Increasingly, Banks in Africa are demanding a whole range of online corporate banking functionalities on an online, real-time mode to meet the demands of the Corporates and customers alike. We are optimistic that our partnership will go a long way to give Post Bank Uganda derived business benefits. This win has helped us further consolidate our market reach in this space in East Africa as a whole “.

About Post Bank Uganda

At the time of takeover, it had deposits of UGX 1.5 billion. At the end of December 2002, the deposit was above UGX 16 billion. The asset base is about UGX 30 billion. Presently, Post Bank has 9 own branches and 11 Post office service points operated with agency agreement with Post Office.

About Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY):

Infosys, a world leader in consulting and information technology services, partners with Global 2000 companies to provide business consulting, systems integration, application development and product engineering services. Through these services, Infosys enables its clients to fully exploit technology for business transformation. Clients leverage Infosys’ Global Delivery Model to achieve higher quality, rapid time-to-market and cost-effective solutions. Infosys has over 17,000 employees in over 30 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.infosys.com or www.finacle.com

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