Progress on Real Time Nostro

Gresham Computing PLC 01 April 2005 For immediate release: 1 April 2005 Gresham Computing plc ('Gresham') BANK OF AMERICA SIGNS TO PROVIDE DATA INTO CABLE & WIRELESS REAL TIME NOSTRO 1 April 2005 Gresham has received an update from Cable & Wireless concerning Real Time Nostro, and is pleased to announce that Bank of America, one of the world's largest financial institutions, is to provide data to Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro (RTN) as a new platform for the provision of intra day nostro account information to its financial sector clients. This brings the number of leading financial institutions who have agreed to provide data into Cable & Wireless RTN to eleven. Bank of America will be providing data on its US dollar accounts and all other major currencies served by its international branch network. The bank will use Cable & Wireless RTN to expand the delivery of account information to its institutional clients worldwide who subscribe to the service. Once Bank of America's data goes live on the system, nostro account information will be transmitted in real time, over SWIFTNet, to the Cable & Wireless RTN platform. Subscribers to the service benefit from having access to real time nostro account data from multiple providers across all currencies through a single interface. This data can be accessed through a browser interface, or can be pushed out directly into a bank's cash management or reconciliation system. This allows subscriber banks to better manage their intra-day cash flows and improve the efficiency of their back office operations. The Cable & Wireless update includes the following quote from Karen Healy, Senior Vice President, Head of FI / FX Product Management, Global Treasury Services, Bank of America: 'We recognise our clients' growing need for efficient delivery channels, providing real time information and improving the reconciliation process. We want to expand our existing suite of real time information streams and are pleased to join with Cable & Wireless in this exciting initiative.' Andrew Walton-Green, Chief Executive Officer of Gresham, commented: 'Progress with Cable & Wireless RTN remains encouraging and the addition of Bank of America, the world's 4th largest bank1, as a data provider to the service demonstrates the continued momentum and industry support for Cable & Wireless RTN. The news brings the total number of the 'top 10' world banks1 that have agreed to provide data to the service to 4, and the total number that have agreed to provide data to the service to 11.' A full copy of the Cable & Wireless update will in due course be available from the Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro website www.cw.com/rtn and will also be available from the Gresham Computing plc website at www.gresham-computing.com Notes 1 Measured by Capital (Source: The Banker: 'Top 1000 World Banks at 31 December 2003', July 2004). - Ends - For further information, please contact: Gresham Computing plc +44 (0)20 7653 0200 Andrew Walton-Green Financial Dynamics +44 (0)207 831 3113 James Melville-Ross Cass Helstrip About Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro Developed in close conjunction with the banking community, Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro (Cable & Wireless RTN) offers institutions involved with foreign exchange and other international transactions a new way to share multi-bank, multi-currency 'Nostro' account data in real-time. This is in direct response to the banks' need to improve liquidity management, reduce risk, increase operational efficiencies and respond to customer demand. Cable & Wireless RTN is a subscription-based information service, providing Nostro agents and account holders with a single view of their Nostro positions in each currency, across bank accounts, irrespective of time-zones and systems, to help them manage their cash flows intra-day, rather than after the market has closed. Cable & Wireless RTN is a shared repository of information, hosted and managed centrally in Cable & Wireless' hosting facilities and available over an internet browser or via an application programme interface over SWIFTNet. Software from Gresham Computing normalises and aggregates the data into industry-standard XML for ready integration with the banks' existing systems. The provision of data to the Cable & Wireless RTN service does not generate revenue from the banks providing that data. Revenue is generated from users subscribing to the service in order to access the data. About Gresham Computing plc Gresham develops and implements software for banking, integration and storage. Many of the world's most successful banks and corporations choose from Gresham's range of innovative solutions to help improve their competitive edge and bottom line performance. Gresham Computing plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (GHT) and has offices throughout the world. The company's web site is www.gresham-computing.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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