STRASBOURG, France,
Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Crédit Mutuel are announcing a new step
in their strategic partnership initiated more than 50 years ago,
with the signing of the AmbitionS contract between
Euro-Information, the technological subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel,
and IBM.
The objective is to pursue and strengthen their close
collaboration over the next four years to continue to anticipate
developments in the financial services sector by:
- Accelerating and industrializing the use of data, artificial
intelligence (AI) and automated document analysis to develop new
services, improve business processes and protect customers and the
bank (combat fraud, ensure compliance, etc.)
- Transforming the information system into a unified private
cloud platform leveraging Red Hat OpenShift, working in synergy
with IBM Z®. This private cloud, hosted in Crédit Mutuel
datacenters located in France and
fully operated by Euro-Information teams, will be based on an
architecture meeting availability, performance and security
requirements in accordance with the commitment of digital privacy
and contributing to the improvement of time-to-market and
operational efficiency. This comprehensive approach aims to give
Crédit Mutuel sustainable autonomy and contributes to the
commitments made in terms of reducing its environmental footprint
and an IT resolutely focused on the new digital uses of
client-members.
- Creating an IBM technology and skills center in Strasbourg, dedicated to Crédit Mutuel, around
artificial intelligence, data, cloud and infrastructure
modernization.
"In face of the explosion in digital use cases, the
AmbitionS plan will help accelerate the deployment of new
offers and services for the 27 million customers of Crédit Mutuel
and its subsidiaries," said Frantz Rublé, President of
Euro-Information.
Accelerate the bank and insurance's transformation with the
creation of a center of excellence dedicated to technological
innovation, based in Strasbourg
The strengthening of this strategic partnership with IBM is
reflected in the creation of a skills and technology center in
Strasbourg, hosted in a structure
dedicated to Crédit Mutuel. This hub will make it possible to
accelerate the supply of services and technologies such as AI or
the private cloud, in synergy with the IBM Z platform, for
customers and members, partners and employees of all Crédit Mutuel
federations, and their subsidiaries, as well as members of the
Euro-Information IT System.
A co-creation approach is planned to accelerate exchanges and
knowledge sharing between Euro-Information and IBM Research
(including Paris-Saclay). This is expected to strengthen the IBM
teams in Strasbourg as well as
access to IBM Research, consulting, support and technology centers
worldwide. Finally, an "Academy" approach to develop and perpetuate
skills on IBM Z technologies, and to attract young talent,
especially in Strasbourg, by
relying on higher education institutions.
"The creation of the AmbitionS technology and skills
center will strengthen our strategic partnership with Crédit Mutuel
and its technological subsidiary Euro-Information, combining
geographic proximity, skills excellence and the use of technology
as accelerators of transformation," said Jean-Philippe Desbiolles, IBM Managing Director.
"After AI, Crédit Mutuel is once again paving the way for a new
vision of the bank."
About Euro-Information, a Crédit Mutuel group
company
Euro-Information is the technology company of the
Crédit Mutuel group. Euro-Information manages the information
system of 16 Crédit Mutuel federations1 as well as CIC
and all the subsidiaries carrying out financial, insurance, real
estate, consumer loans, private banking, financing, telephony and
technology.
With nearly 3,700 employees, Euro-Information offers the best of
technology to employees, members and customers associated with a
high level of security and protection of personal data.
Euro-Information masters all the technologies internally and
carries out the necessary developments to serve the entities of the
Crédit Mutuel group.
More information on e-i.com and creditmutuel.fr
1 Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale (Center Est Europe
(Strasbourg), South-East
(Lyon), Ile-de-France (Paris), Savoie-Mont Blanc (Annecy), Midi-Atlantique
(Toulouse), Loire-Atlantique and Center federations -West (Nantes),
Center (Orléans), Normandy (Caen), Dauphiné-Vivarais (Valence),
Mediterranean (Marseille), Anjou
(Angers), Massif Central (Clermont-Ferrand) and Antilles-Guyane
(Fort-de-France ), Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (Lille), Crédit Mutuel Maine-Anjou, Basse
Normandie (Laval) and Crédit Mutuel Océan (La Roche-sur-Yon).
About IBM
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Contact:
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IBM External Relations
mdefilippis@ibm.com
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