Gresham/ Cable & Wireless

Gresham Computing PLC 15 May 2003 Gresham Computing plc ('Gresham') Gresham reports that it was announced today, 15 May, by Cable & Wireless that: '...ANZ Bank, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase and Mizuho Corporate Bank are to adopt Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro as the standard infrastructure for sharing nostro account information between financial institutions and other organisations. The four clearing banks announced today that they will act as a channel to market for the service and supply data for it. Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro is a subscription-based, online service providing financial institutions with a real time, consolidated view of their international transactions and balance details. The service is designed to bring together all the major banks that provide nostro clearing services on a single browser access system. It will provide them with greater visibility of cash movements globally across all types of accounts held with their nostro account agents, including those for foreign exchange, commercial payments and securities settlements. Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro is enabled by software developed by Gresham Computing. Scheduled to be operational in October 2003, Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro will help banks to minimise the risks associated with foreign currency and securities settlements, improve the management of global liquidity and enhance operational efficiency...' Andrew Walton-Green, Chief Executive of Gresham said, 'The adoption of Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro by these leading banks is a major step towards establishing this service as the de facto standard for sharing Nostro account information. This is a major leap forward for Gresham towards our objective of delivering significant medium and long term growth.' - Ends - For further information, please contact: Gresham Computing plc 020 7653 0220 Andrew Walton-Green Weber Shandwick Square Mile 020 7067 0734 Tim Jackaman/ Sally Lewis Notes: 1 A full copy of the Cable & Wireless press release will be available from the Cable & Wireless Real Time Nostro website at www.cw.com/realtimenostro. 2 Nostro accounts are typically foreign currency accounts maintained by banks with other, clearing, banks, in their non-domestic currencies, to facilitate clearing of funds outside their national geography. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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