RTN Update

Gresham Computing PLC 27 April 2006 27 April 2006 Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro ('CWRTN') service Following a strategic review, Cable & Wireless and Gresham today announce a revision to their respective operating responsibilities in the delivery of their collaborative CWRTN service. The service provides subscribing banks with a real-time intra-day view of their Nostro account positions from their correspondent banks. Under the new arrangement, effective immediately, Gresham will assume primary responsibility for the sales, marketing, integration and application software management of this banking industry initiative. Cable & Wireless will continue to support the roll out of this solution globally and in particular will be responsible for the secure hosting and managed IP infrastructure, which are fundamental to the integrity and delivery of the service. These new arrangements strongly align both parties' operating responsibilities with their core strengths. Naturally, the revenue sharing arrangements have been amended to reflect the changed responsibilities. Gresham and Cable & Wireless are working together to ensure the long-term success of this key banking solution. The transition of responsibilities is expected to be seamless. We will both ensure our customers experience no disruption to this service while the changes are effected over the next few months. Jim Marsh, CEO, Cable & Wireless UK commented: 'This transition allows us to concentrate on our core competencies of delivering high quality secure managed services supported by great service experience. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Gresham and building on the success of the Real Time Nostro service to date.' Andrew Walton-Green, CEO, Gresham Computing plc commented: 'I am delighted by the commitment of Cable & Wireless's new management team to the service. Their expertise in secure hosting and infrastructure capability are key enablers in the delivery of a world class solution. We believe that the realignment of responsibilities and our focus on a SWIFTNet centric data delivery model will offer an improved level of service for all current and prospective users and accelerate the global roll out of the service.' Richard Pattinson, Chairman Real Time Nostro User Group and Senior Director, Barclays PLC commented: 'Real time information is all pervasive in the banking world and a service such as Real Time Nostro is likely to play a major part in accessing and controlling such data as regulatory pressures grow. Today's announcement is confirmation that Real Time Nostro will be available to meet those needs.' Note to editors Nostro accounts are typically foreign currency accounts maintained to facilitate clearing of funds for a correspondent bank in their non-domestic currencies, but can include currency of domicile and are used to process all types of payments, e.g. commercial payments, money market transactions, securities settlements, derivatives, trade payments. For further information, please contact: Gresham Computing plc +44 (0)207 653 0228 Andrew Walton-Green, Chief Executive Officer Financial Dynamics +44 (0)207 831 3113 James Melville-Ross Cass Helstrip This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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