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Vietnam Bank of Social Policies Goes With Polaris

Polaris Software announced that Vietnam Bank of Social Policies (VBSP) has chosen Polaris’ IntellectTM Global Universal Banking M180 (GUB) to centralize its operations across the bank. Polaris will offer the bank its Intellect Core and Lending Modules as VBSP replaces its legacy systems. Intellect GUB M180 is an end-to-end SOA based Core Banking solution with multi-currency, multi-branch and multi-banking capabilities. The size of the contract was not disclosed.

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