HPS team announces the successful deployment of the first inter-banking transaction through CTMI-UEMOA, the regional inter-banking switch centre of the Western Africa Economic and Monetary Community, in the fringe of the General Assembly of the GIM-UEMOA, the regional inter-banking processing group, held the 15th of December 2006 in Bamako, Mali.

This first transaction consisted of an on-line inter-banking debit transaction via a GIM-UEMOA labelled card of the BST bank (Banque Sénégalo-Tunisienne) of Senegal. It has been processed within the CTMI-UEMOA centre throughout an ATM of BDM (Banque de dévelopment du Mali) of Mali.

Based on PowerCARD solution, The CTMI platform serves 8 countries of the Western Africa Economic and Monetary Community (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo). It allows the citizens of this region to use their bank card for debit transactions and payment, regardless of their residence country.

HPS, an international provider of comprehensive multi-channel solutions has been selected by several national and regional switch centres worldwide. Through the launch of CTMI-UEMOA processing centre, HPS confirms its commitment to accompany the financial institutions in their integration projects, through a proven comprehensive and integrated solution.