VTB Goes Live With Misys Trade Innovation Enhancing its Trade Finance Operations


LONDON, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --     Misys (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and
services company, today announces that the OJSC Bank VTB, the second largest
bank in Russia with the biggest share of trade finance business in Financing
Russian Exports/Imports in 2006 under EBRD Trade Facilitation Program, has
successfully gone live with its award-winning trade finance system, Misys
Trade Innovation. As a result of this, the bank is expecting to see an
increased performance in its trade finance operations and thus deliver more
results to its customers.

Trade finance is traditionally one of the major and strongest
business lines for VTB. As one of Russia's largest financial institutions,
VTB has a wide network of branches in the country and abroad and is expanding
rapidly since its very successful IPO in May 2007, which is one of the
world's largest with more than $8 billion raised.

Misys Trade Innovation was selected by the bank over a long
list of competitive solutions, including all leading international trade
finance software vendors. The decision to implement Misys Trade Innovation
was based upon the flexibility of the solution, its ability to adapt to
specific Russian requirements, the system's ability to be connected to the
bank's branch network and, most importantly, its proven implementation record
across a number of other sites in the region.

VTB uses two disparate back-office systems across its branch
network. Misys Trade innovation has already been interfaced with the system
in the Head office and will be shortly integrated with back-office systems in
branches thanks to its interfacing tools and capabilities. As a result,
documentary transactions will be automatically processed in the head office
as well as throughout all regional branches involved in trade finance
business. Additionally, the system's extensive customisation tools allowed
the bank to tune it in accordance with the Russian Central Bank's
requirements without additional development work by the supplier.

Natalia Fedorova, Director of Trade Finance & Currency Control
Department of VTB comments, "A smooth and efficient implementation of the
trade finance automation solution was crucial for us in improving our
customer service and increasing our trade business. We take pride in our
personal and tailor made customer service in the trade finance area and Trade
Innovation was considered to be the only solution that could provide us with
the tools to maintain and further improve that. The skilled professional
services team from Misys worked alongside our own in-house specialists to
make the implementation a success. We now look forward to continuing to
receive this high level of support from the supplier so that we can deliver
the results our customers expect."

Theo Simons, Regional Sales Manager CIS, Misys Banking, adds,
"The go-live of Trade Innovation in VTB is yet another proof of its
capabilities to increase efficiency and help banks deliver better service to
their clients. The success of Trade Innovation's implementation is due to its
flexibility and the strength of the professional services team working
alongside VTB. Through our proven track record and our world-class solution
in this market, VTB will be able to continually innovate, improve operational
performance and deliver value to their trade finance customers."

About Misys plc

Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), provides integrated, comprehensive
solutions that deliver significant results to organisations in the financial
services and healthcare industries. We maximise value for our customers by
combining our deep knowledge of their business with our commitment to their
success.

In banking and treasury & capital markets, Misys is a market
leader, with over 1,200 customers, including all of the world's top 50 banks.
In healthcare, Misys is a market leader, serving more than 110,000 physicians
in 18,000 practice locations and 600 home care providers. Misys employs
around 4,500 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries.

We aspire to be the world's best application software and
services company, delivering results for the most important industries in the
world.

Misys: experience, solutions, results

Contact us today, visit: http://www.misys.com

For further information please contact

    Edward Taylor
    Global Head of Public Relations,
    Misys Banking
    T +44(0)208-486-1661
    M +44(0)777-55-66-561
    edward.taylor@misys.com

    Sebastian Mathews
    Financial Dynamics
    T +44(0)207-269-7158
    sebastian.mathews@fd.com



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