/KASE, June 18, 08/ - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty),
shares and bonds of which are traded in the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)
category "A" official list, provided to KASE the press release, where informs on
the following:
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On the threshold of a small anniversary - the first year of performance of the
"Internet-banking for legal entities", Halyk Bank (www.halykbank.kz) summarizes
preliminary results and announces the action "Internet-banking - passing to
informal YOU!" Within this action from June 16 to July 16, 2008, connection to
the internet-banking for all clients is absolutely free. To include agreement
for the electronic servicing, an organization representative just calls to its
bank manager or addresses to an affiliate operations subdivision.
Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan stated the electronic servicing of its client-legal
entities in 1996. In those times such service was called PC-banking, and later
for a term "Bank-Client. With the lapse of time changed technologies and on
June 27, 2007, the bank moved to the new modern production solution from
St. Petersburg company "Bank Soft Systems", that allowed clients more flexible
solution. Nowadays the bank clients at getting connected to the system can
choose a module "Bank-Client" or "Internet-Client", can get connected with the
bank via a special modem pool or directly via Internet. Such flexibility allows
optimizing the electronic bank servicing for any communication channels and make
work with the bank more comfortable. Out of innovations it is necessary to
emphasize a client opportunity to work with all his accounts right away, opened
in the bank (current, deposits, and credits). The opportunity of using flexible
instruments of authorization of an accountant's operations by an organization
chief executive (by amount, currency, account and operation type). Very popular
among our clients the distributed system of operations - when an accountant
enters payments in the "Bank-Client" module, and a chief executive, being in any
point of the world, using "internet-Client" signs payments with the second
signature and sends to the bank. More detailed information on the system
opportunities is available in the corresponding section of Halyk 24 portal
http://www.halyk24.kz/remote/internet_bank_corporate#page=1.
Organization served in the bank were interested in opportunities of the new
system and for the incomplete first year, the number of clients of Halyk Bank
electronic banking increased by more than 41 %, if compared with those clients,
which bank has been attracting during the previous 11 years of the electronic
banking development. Electronic transfers' turnover via the system in 2007
increased by 37 % and made up more than KZT4.5 trillion (about USD37.5 bn.).
Focusing on safety in April 2008, the bank in order to protect its resource
https://ib.halykbank.kz started using the international safety certificate from
the world leader in this area - Thawte Company. The length of SSL key-certificate
is 1024 bit and it has one hundred percent compatibility with all known today
Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). We consider
the fact that this protection is additional to being used in the electronic
digital signature system with certified government cryptography from Gamma
Technology Company.
It is important to note that used in the bank system of tracking the provided
service quality. Once in 3 months the bank implements the survey among clients
on the electronic servicing issues, based on which is implemented the system fine
tuning, and sometimes special updates. In addition to clients education at the
system installation, from 2008 the bank started in each affiliate additional
regular trainings for clients, where informs on new services and the system
opportunities. We try our best to make the electronic servicing closer and
convenient for our clients. The next step is becoming the action
"Internet-banking - passing to informal YOU", within which from June 16 to
July 16, 2008, connection to the internet-banking for legal entities will be
free". Hurry up! We are confident that you will like the new servicing format!
Halyk Bank Press Service
Tel. (727) 259 08 16
www.halykbank.kz
www.halyk24.kz
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[2008-06-18]