LONDON, September 14 /PRNewswire/ --     Bankers' Almanac, a global provider of banking reference data and Petra
Financial, a leading provider of payments automation software have agreed on
a strategic partnership to deliver innovative reference data solutions for
the financial markets.

Bankers' Almanac will utilise Petra Financial's market-leading software
applications to launch a range of new products including a revolutionary
mobile application for correspondent banking and a BBAN-to-IBAN
(http://www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx) conversion
solution.

Previews of the first Bankers' Almanac products, powered by Petra
Financial, will be unveiled at Sibos in Hong Kong during 14-18 September
2009.

Bankers' Almanac has delivered trusted information on the world's banks
and financial institutions for over 160 years. Its online solution,
Bankersalmanac.com, provides comprehensive coverage of banks' payment and
settlement details, ownership, credit ratings and financials for
international payments 
(http://www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx), credit risk
(http://www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/credit-risk.aspx), financial
research and compliance.

Petra Financial is a global software company that develops solutions for
payments and mobile banking. Petra Financial customers include HSBC, National
Australia Group, ABSA, First National Bank, and Mizuho.

Alastair Brigg, Digital Publisher of Bankers' Almanac comments,
"Increasingly, customers are looking to Bankers' Almanac to provide
innovative ways of accessing its must-have data. By employing Petra
Financial's highly intelligent software, we can deliver services to our
customers in new ways. Bankersalmanac.com's mobile application promises to
revolutionise the way relationship managers can access data on their
counterparties. Whilst, the BBAN-to-IBAN conversion is an incredibly timely
solution given the upcoming cross border direct debit mandates."

David Sinclair, CEO of Petra Financial said, "Bankers' Almanac is the
most established reference data resource for the global financial markets so
it is a great accolade that they have chosen to market new services using our
solutions. We are committed to developing software applications that are
designed with users in mind. Our mobile platforms are rapidly establishing
themselves as the mobile financial platform of choice, whilst our Vortex
solutions enable complicated data structures to be turned into powerful,
useful, and timely business services."

John Burton, Marketing and Sales Director of Petra Financial added,
"Bankers' Almanac is the longest established reference point for the banking
industry, with many correspondent bankers reliant on the data; but often away
from the office travelling. Providing a mobile service that also includes
information about the relevant country, travel and local services together
with the correspondent financial data is a compelling proposition."

Notes to Editor

About Petra Financial

http://www.petrafinancial.net

Petra Financial is a global company that develops and markets mobile
banking and payments solutions, which are used by banks including HSBC.

Touchstone Mobile revolutionizes the interaction with banking services
for customers with smart phones including the iPhone and Blackberry(R)
Bold(TM).

Users have in the palm of their hand the easiest, most intuitive, secure,
and functionally rich mobile banking application available today. Touchstone
uniquely validates data at the point of initiation, reducing errors.

Touchstone Mobile also provides a platform in the remittance market that
allows Money Transfer agents to enable initiation of accurate remittances
real-time anywhere any time.

Petra Financial payment solutions include web based payment processing,
validated using reference and financial data; exceptions and investigations
case management of SWIFT and other message types through Clarion E&I
reporting.

Petra Financial's innovative approach to delivering solutions as (SaaS)
Software as a Service means that customers pay as they go, and pay for what
they use. This has significant benefits to integration and operating
expenses.

Petra Financial has offices in London, Manila, Singapore, Dubai, and Los
Angeles.

About Bankers' Almanac

http://www.bankersalmanac.com

Bankers' Almanac is the leading source of intelligent reference data for
payments (http://www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx),
compliance and risk assessment. For over 160 years, it has been a single
point of reference for global banking information. Its Due Diligence
Repository contains primary data required by banks, to conduct compliance
checks on their counterparties.

Bankers' Almanac is proud to partner some of the most influential
financial associations and continues to evolve its reference data solutions
to meet the needs of the industry. With offices in Europe, Asia and USA,
Bankers' Almanac is in continuous contact with banks and regulatory
authorities to provide up-to-date, verified data that can be consistently
relied upon.

Press and Media Contacts:
    
    Petra Financial:
    John Burton - Marketing Director,
    johnburton@petrafinancial.net,
    +44(0)7990-560-046.

    Florence Sontillano - Marketing Assistant,
    florencesontillano@petrafinancial.net,
    +63-2-849-3433.

    Bankers' Almanac:
    Jane Sutton,
    marketing@bankersalmanac.com,
    +44-1342-335932.