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Toyota Auto Financial complies with Costa Rica AML law

July, 2011

In compliance with new regulations governing the Costa Rican financial market (as amended by law 8204) Financial CAFSA acquires Sentinel, as the option that allows them to fully comply with all requirements of this anti money laundering law governing.

Walmart Financial Services protects its customers

July, 2011

Presto credit card is the most important financial service, founded in May 1996 with the aim of becoming the most economical payment option for customers. Presto Card has grown strongly in recent years, and to show your appreciation to your customers and faithful to its corporate values, trust the safety of their customers Sentinel.

Scotiabank, global services with quality and international support 

July, 2011

That is what makes Scotiabank customers to buy Sentinel as part of their strategic initiatives in pursuit of better management control and prevention of fraud and money laundering.

Scotiabank de Costa Rica SA is a subsidiary of The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Canadian bank with greater international presence and one of the most important financial institutions in North America.

With 177 years of experience and 70,000 employees, Scotiabank Group serves more than 18.6 million customers in 50 countries around the world, providing innovative financial products and valuable services to individuals, small and medium businesses, large corporations and governments.

The biggest bank in Ecuador is now supported by Sentinel

May, 2011

Banco Pichincha, the number one bank in assets and clients of Ecuador elected SmartSoft and modules for risk management to further strengthen the confidence of its customers on their behalf.

May, 2011

The Dominican bank of international standing, has completed the implementation Banreservas Sentinel in an attempt to improve and enhance its ongoing monitoring activities and prevention of fraud.

The Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic since the very beginning, was not only a financial institution that has contributed to national economic development alone but also by philosophy and commitment have a significant role in the promotion of music, literature , education, sports, arts, and everything that means the development of the human being, working shoulder to shoulder with wide outreach institutions serving the poor.

The biggest cooperative in Costa Rica starts using Sentinel

March, 2011

After an arduous search for a solution that would meet their immediate and long term needs, Coopenae, the largest cooperative in Costa Rica, selected for their management Sentinel in the prevention of money laundering.

Coopenae is a Costa Rican cooperative sector model, known for its sleek and prestigious career. Since 1966 Coopenae has excelled in providing financial solutions, fast and timely to meet the needs of its members and their families.

Thus, as once again raised the banner of Coopenae the forefront of acquiring a solution to continue protecting and encouraging ethics that characterized by operating Compliance & Risk Sentinel as one of their main tactics in the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

With this acquisition, all the benefits of a system with more than 400 years of best practices are now serving not only Coopenae, but all customers who have made the number one of the country.

SmartSoft wins European Seal of e-Excellence

March, 2011

In a ceremony held on 1st March in Hannover, Germany, SmartSoft was awarded the prize awarded by the European Forum for Excellence, this award is widely known for promoting businesses in the digital world they have innovative products and services, and excellent marketing practices to promote them.

The European Seal of e-Excellence has been awarded annually since 2003 by the EMF (E-Excellence Forum) and its member associations. Margaretha Mazura, EMF General Secretary, said: "For version 9 of the European Seal of e-Excellence, we have 36 winners from 18 countries. This confirms a global seal as top prize for innovation and commercialization in the sector of ICT.

In 2011, we are especially proud of our 5 winners of Latin America, a situation that reflects the dynamism of the Latin American region as a whole. Mrs. Mazura also states: "You, the winners of the European Seal of e-Excellence, are actually in the mosaic cornerstones of innovation, and real drivers."

For his part Paul Elizondo Castillo, Jairo Salas Villalobos, SmartSoft founders and those who attended the award ceremony, saying that "This award represents the efforts of our team to develop products capable of competing in the global market and contribute in building a safer society for all. "

With this award, SmartSoft becomes the first and only company of its union in Latin America to be supported by product innovation and excellence in marketing by the European Union, an opportunity that allows you to break into this tight market have a label that supports their work and abilities, while his distinguished and international quality awards.

Sentinel modules are already compatible with Windows 7
October 22nd, 2009

SmartSoft is pleased to announce that its Sentinel Prevention and Sentinel Informer modules are already compatible with Windows 7

In order to promote a better understanding of the current situation and search for models that raise the standards of the banking business in Colombia and Latin America, XLIV SmartSoft joined Colombian Banking Convention and Exhibition XVII Products and Services for the Financial Sector Colombian made last June in Cartagena de Indias, organized by the ASOBANCARIA, where his long line of consolidated markets and solutions for this known software developer for the prevention of fraud, money laundering and risk management market credit, liquidity and operational. SmartSoft in this South American country already has clients such as Colpatria Financial Group, one of the largest in Colombia.

A new tool for the management of various types of risk in financial institutions adds to the Sentinel family of solutions and is the latest release of the Costa Rican operations in Mexico and the United States of America, SmartSoft. Sentinel Financial Risk is a tool for operational and financial management and risk analysis, developed specifically for the banking and financial intermediation. units: Performance Management Module Financial Risk Module Module Balance and also the financial vertical Sentinel Financial Risk, allowing the bank to follow the evolution of the scenarios that are composed of the assets and investment portfolios, to meet the requirements context and in turn comprehensively manage risk.

On June 19 SmartSoft gave a lecture at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in Costa Rica, focused on the topic of risk management and banking perfomance from a single functional collaborative approach, in charge of international exhibitors Mr. Rafael Urdaneta, entitled the Universidad Católica del Táchira, and who has developed in recent years, projects related to bank management and comprehensive risk management, generating models of efficiency and profitability for commercial banks, universal and superintendents. His experience has involved issues of Integrated Risk Management, Models and Development Environments CPM Information Analytics. Next to Mr. Urdaneta managers, officers and ombudsmen in the departments of financial institutions risk of Costa Rican public and private chatting during a morning knowledge, current realities and challenges to face on the issue of risk in Latin America. SmartSoft took this opportunity to remind the participants for their extensive background and specialized solutions focused on supporting financial institutions in the areas of fraud prevention, money laundering and the management of market risks, credit and operational.

SmartSoft's CEO, Pablo Elizondo, will present the topic "Considerations for Risk-Based Monitoring in Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing" in Guatemala City on May 8th as part of CLADIT 2009, organized by the Banking Association of Guatemala. Our company provides financial institutions a system focused on managing Risk Assessment and new regulations in different countries.

Smartsoft is participating in the Latin American Congress on Audit and Risks of the Latin American Banking Federation to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 14th and 15th. Our company’s proposal to the Latin American financial sector is based on using the most sophisticated technology to manage different risks, including operational, market and credit, as well as preventing bank fraud with credit and debit cards.

SmartSoft has been invited to the largest technology convention in the Middle East where CEOs and GMs from more than 500 banking entities will participate. The event will be held on February 11th and 12th in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Another outstanding player was SmartSoft, which presented its leading application, SENTINEL, a fraud analysis and prevention technology for cards and financial information. This presentation was especially relevant due to the critical state of the economy. In short, SENTINEL supports banking and commercial entities with the centralized monitoring of different products, channels and businesses; it has the capacity to monitor different technologies in real time, online, and batch, including neuronal networks, rules, decision trees, indicators, regulations, statistical profiles…

Our broad Latin American experience, coupled with the knowledge that has enabled us to develop new products with new technologies and markets, has made us aware of the responsibility that we, as leaders, have to be sentinels over companies’ resources to fight the unstoppable threat of fraud and money laundering. That is why we also changed and are now proud to present our new corporate image. The image is our attempt to convey the security and coverage that SmartSoft solutions provide you, our customers. We intend to stand by your side, innovating and taking on the new challenges that inevitably come with change.