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Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Uses Its REN™ Ecosystem to Drive Digital Growth Strategy and Modernization of Payments Systems for Cosmos Bank in India
LEAWOOD, Kan., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet India Services Pvt. Ltd, a division of leading global financial technology solutions and payments
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[{"type":"text","content":"LEAWOOD, Kan., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet India Services Pvt. Ltd, a division of leading global financial technology solutions and payments provider Euronet Worldwide, Inc., (NASDAQ: EEFT), announced today it has migrated Cosmos Bank in India to the modern processing technologies of Euronet’s REN™ Ecosystem. Cosmos Bank, the second largest co-operative community bank in India with more than 114 years of service, selected Euronet to drive the next level of its digital growth strategy. To achieve the project goals, Euronet implemented an on-demand “pay as you grow” services model for powering the bank’s card-based and real time account-based payment services. Euronet is using globally proven payments technologies and products from its next generation REN™ Ecosystem to replace the bank’s on premise switching system through cloud-based solutions that include: A core processing platform and infrastructure that provides services such as ATM and device driving, intelligent payments switching, and card management services while also providing inter-operability with the bank’s other systems through an API gateway.Management of the bank’s participant application for IMPS and UPI, India’s instant and real time payments networks for banks and consumers. As part of the implementation, Euronet is using its REN™ Connect product to transform message formats and streamline the integration between the bank’s back office systems and the national payments networks in a low-code environment. The REN-based services and core processing platform are hosted and managed in a private cloud at Euronet’s data centers where they are API-accessible for building custom solutions and constantly monitored to meet the bank’s high reliability, accessibility, and security (RAS) parameters. In addition, the project was delivered on time in a matter of months despite challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Cosmos Bank has been scouting for a trusted partner to modernize our payments infrastructure,” said Arti Dhole, Chief Information Officer for Cosmos Bank Ltd. “After running our due diligence, we are proud to partner with a global leader like Euronet. Since our inception, Cosmos Bank has used technology to offer an innovative banking experience to our customers. With this partnership, we reiterate our commitment to customers via implementation ...