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Acknowledgement:
All praises to Allah Almighty who guided us for the completion of our project phase 4 and
helped us in making it possible successfully we are very much thankful to our respected
teacher Sir Naukhaiz for guiding us to choose this project.
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Contents
Acknowledgement:......................................................................................1
Introduction to Information Management System:-.....................................3
Introduction to Bank:-...............................................................................3
Vision:......................................................................................................3
Mission:....................................................................................................3
Core Values..............................................................................................3
Company History:.....................................................................................4
Reason for selecting Allied Bank:.............................................................4
Information System in Allied Bank Limited:..............................................4
Old Management Information System in Allied Bank:..............................4
Present Information System in Allied bank:..............................................5
Management overview:............................................................................5
Management Information System:...........................................................5
OPPORTUNITIES........................................................................................6
Competitive advantage:...........................................................................7
New Customer Identification:................................................................7
Employees Record:...............................................................................7
Real time Banking:................................................................................8
Automated Teller Machine Card (ATM Card):.........................................8
Management Information System after TPS:............................................9
Internet banking and mobile banking:................................................10
Hardware and software used by Allied bank:.........................................13
Staff Development & Training Division:..................................................16
QUICK TRANSACTIONS...........................................................................17
REFERENCES..........................................................................................18
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Introduction to Information Management System:A management information system (MIS) is a computerized database of financial information
organized and programmed in such a way that it produces regular reports on operations for
every level of management in a company. It is usually also possible to obtain special reports
from the system easily. The main purpose of the MIS is to give managers feedback about
their own performance; top management can monitor the company as a whole. Information
displayed by the MIS typically shows "actual" data over against "planned" results and results
from a year before; thus it measures progress against goals. The MIS receives data from
company units and functions. Some of the data are collected automatically from computerlinked check-out counters; others are keyed in at periodic intervals. Routine reports are
preprogrammed and run at intervals or on demand while others are obtained using built-in
query languages; display functions built into the system are used by managers to check on
status at desk-side computers connected to the MIS by networks. Many sophisticated systems
also monitor and display the performance of the company's stock.
Introduction to Bank:Allied Bank Limited was the first bank to be established in Pakistan. The Bank started out in
Lahore by the name Australasia Bank before independence in 1942; and became Allied Bank
of Pakistan in 1974. In August 2004, because of capital reconstruction, the Banks ownership
was transferred to a consortium comprising Ibrahim Group; therefore, it was renamed as
Allied Bank Limited in 2005. Today, with its existence of over 70 years, the Bank has built
itself a foundation with a strong equity, assets and deposit base. It offers universal banking
services, while placing major emphasis on retail banking. The Bank has a large network of
1000 online branches and over 850 ATMs in Pakistan and offers various technology-based
products and services to its different business. Allied Bank Limited operates by the following
Vision, Mission & Values:
Vision:
To become a dynamic and efficient bank providing integrated solutions in order to be the first
choice bank for the customers.
Mission:
Core Values
Integrity
Excellence in Service
High Performance
Innovation and Growth
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Company History:
Under the leadership of chairman Khawaja Bashir Bux the Bank was established in
December 1942 as the Australasia Bank at Lahore with the paid at service at Lahore with a
paid up share capital of Paki Rs 0.12 million and his business associates including abdul
rehman malik who was amongst the board of director the bank has attrached deposits
equivalent to Pkr 0.431 million in its first 18 months of business. Total assets then amounted
to Pk 0.572 million.
branch of allied bank had its own server which was not linked to any other branch of allied
bank. This information system was only being operated on LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM.
Management overview:
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Factors of Gaps in business which are in-efficient and ineffective and are
affecting business performance negatively:
No entertainment facilities are available in the Bank when customer goes to the Bank
and wait for a longer time. These facilities can be the newspaper, magazines, TV etc.
Advertisement of ABL is not such goods as of other banks.
Outlook of the ABL branches is not attractive to the people.
The non-interest expenses of the bank has been increased due to the increase in all the
expenses including the administrative expenses, provisions and other charges.
The cost of funding also increased by 6%.
The earning assets to deposits ratio has declined.
Less staff in branches which leads to a long wait for their turn of customers.
Nonperforming loans to the Govt. sector due to Govt. influence on the bank.
There is no consumer banking services offered by the bank.
First threat is that of political influence. Three boards of directors are of government.
So that they can influence on the decisions of the ABL.
The biggest threat in the banking sector is the continuous downfall of the countrys
economy since the last few years.
New Privates Bank coped with emerging new Technology of IT and with huge
investments.
Increase in the withholding tax by the Govt. on transactions.
The higher discount rates offered by the SBP
The Law and order situation disturb the economic situation and hence the Banking
Industry
Power shortage brutally hinders the performance of Industrial sector which get loans
from Banks.
Tight monetary policy and high interest of 15% by the SBP reduce the interest of
people to get expensive loans from Banks.
The high inflation rate due to deficit financing by the Govt. is also a big threat to
ABL.
OPPORTUNITIES
The policies of the new government to uplift the economy and pursue financial sector
reforms are expected to yield positive results in the banking industry of the country.
As a result of the different steps taken by the Government regarding the betterment of
the economy, small borrowers are attracted to get the financing and start small
businesses.
So, the ABL has an opportunity to attract the customers by giving them attractive
schemes.
They have wide area network in all over the Pakistan, if ABL can make it possible the
fast delivery of fund from abroad through online banking, it can cover the major
market of Pakistan which still is capturing by Hundi.
Diversification towards Islamic Banking Services
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Competitive advantage:
New Customer Identification:
Allied bank is using TEMENOS banking system which is connected to NADRA. Banks
information system automatically verifies customers ID number, address, income, and city
name. Which helps the management to identify whether he/she is using his original ID card
or not. Whenever new customer come for open an account customer fill and form named
KYC, abbreviation of KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER. Operational manager enter all date of
that form into system which contains actual worth and expectations of deposit and after that
manger enter his/her comment which he/she knows personally about that customer.
Customer due diligence named report related to that customer goes to Head office and State
bank also have access to that customer, through which State Bank knows the credit history of
that customer.
Employees Record:
All employees having their personal login IDs which allotted at the time of employment and
they are supposed to login when they enter the bank and logout on leaving. Their accounts are
also connected with the HUB which continuously makes record of their hours spent in the
bank. Moreover, the bank has their own setup which makes records of all the transactions
made by an employee. All these help management to monitor the working efficiency of an
employee. Through this information system management also have record of, how many
customers served by whom employee. And they also have information through this system
that how many customers convinced to open an account by whom.
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Utility
Telco
Internet
Credit Card
PTCL Vfone
KESC
Telenor Prepaid
LESCO
Telenor PostPaid
Wateen
PTCL Landline
Ufone Prepaid
Wi-tribe
PTCL Defaulter
Ufone Postpaid
SNGPL
Warid Prepaid
SSGC
Warid postpaid
Zong Prepaid
Zong Postpaid
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ATTENDANCE SYSTEM:
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Set
up
standing
orders
for
recurring
Credit
Card
bill
payments.
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance. Moreover, this deployment will simplify and accelerate the
scaling up of their solution at a reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), while further easing
the manageability for both hardware and software. Oracle Exadata Database Machine will
help deliver a fully integrated database platform with the latest hardware technologies and
unique software providing the bank with the highest performing and most available platform
that can run most types of database workloads including online transaction processing
(OLTP) and daily batch reporting efficiently.
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, with its deep integration with Oracle Exadata Database
Machine and Oracle Database, will provide the bank with the enterprise-class networkattached storage (NAS) capabilities to simplify storage management and protect its data at
reduced cost and storage footprint while using much less energy yet delivering high
performance and high availability. Oracle Advanced Customer Support (ACS) Services will
deploy the solution at Allied Bank to help the company maintain and maximize performance
of all Oracle mission critical applications, delivering greater IT efficiencies at reduced cost.
Oracle 10g also enabled Allied Bank to cut down its costs on storage devices which prove to
be a big cost for banks to store humongous amounts of daily transactions and data. However,
this problem was solved by the use of Oracle's automatic storage management which not only
enabled the pooling of PCs but also enabled pooling of storage devices to the communication
cluster as per required. This choice of addition of storage devices to clusters made the data
transformation, collection and storage cheaper, easier and efficient.
Oracle 10g has enabled Allied bank to save on its database management costs as its database
administration is either completely automatic or much uncomplicated. This has enabled
Allied bank to save its costs on the training of new database managers. Oracle 10g has its
own cluster administration softwares which monitor, manage the performance of clusters and
thus eliminates the needs for extra utility and program softwares. Oracle uses Oracle
Enterprise Manager Grid Control and Management Packs to monitor clusters performance
efficiently. Oracle 10g uses GUI tools and utilities for increasing the power and efficiency of
the clusters.
Oracle 10g also introduces self-administration in the databases through use of programs such
as Automatic Storage Management, Automatic Memory Management, Automatic Optimizer
Statistics Collection, Automatic Workload Repository, Automatic Database Diagnostics
Monitor, Automatic SQL Tuning, Segment Advisor, Automatic Workload Management,
Automatic Disk-Based Backup and Recovery to meet the changing processing, data
transforming and storing demands.
Thus, Allied Bank has benefited greatly from its shift from Manual systems to the automated
Oracle 10g system. The benefits reaped are unparalleled in terms of cost reduction, efficiency,
data disseminating and decision making. Allied Bank in addition to the use of Oracle 10g
uses softwares such as Unibank, however it is planning to change its banking software from
Unibank to Temenos t-24 in the mid of 2010.Shift from Unibank to Temenos T-24 When
Allied bank shifted to automated Information Systems in 2002, it started using softwares
such as UNIBANK .This software held answers to the management of all the chaos created
by the use of manual systems. [2] Unibank was a branch centric cash management software
which held answers to the banking problems of the time thus it was called the core banking
solution. Unibank gave faster and safe electronic access to banking transactions and
functions. Unibank enabled Allied Bank to.
Evaluate the latest record of all account transactions taking place in the branch
Exchange information with other departments of the branch such as finance and accounting
Monitoring and management of deposits and withdrawals simultaneously
Electronic transfer of data from one branch to another
Provision of e-statements for the employees making their jobs easier.
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Allied bank is using the client/server network because the employees easily share the data
and its cheaper than others and maintainable. All the data is saved in Central Database (CBS)
and employees can easily access it. This type of computing system provides an easy access
and efficient flow of data, which increase the functionality of organization.
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assist staff to assess their competencies, values and goals so that they can personally
implement development plans and take responsibility for their own development and
career growth;
develop and provide training interventions and interpersonal skills to help staff
change and sustain change; and participate in training and coaching of staff and
managers;
develop and provide induction programs to new staff and assist in their integration
into the Bank and conduct coaching and mentoring programs for newly appointed
managers;
maintain and manage a database of skills profiles and competencies of Bank staff;
administer and manage internal mobility and transfers to ensure efficient use,
allocation and redeployment of Bank resources. Manage and process confirmation of
probations and contract renewals and conduct exit interview with all departing Bank
staff.
QUICK TRANSACTIONS
Previously, as soon as an employer initiated a transaction from their bank account we credited
that money to SafePay (or used it to pay an invoice), even if we didnt yet have that money. If
the transaction bounced back to us, we would then be forced to revoke those funds. This
caused confusion and wasted time.
Now, were following industry standards and keeping the transaction status as pending
while we wait for the funds to clear. This takes 2-3 business days, but we feel that this is
more transparent and will help us avoid revoking funds.Employers, if you want to use a bank
account to fund SafePay or pay invoices instantly, then fund your cash account preemptively
to avoid this delay.
QUICK RESPONSES:
If any customer drops their calls we responses them quickly and we have a software which
provides us the list of our callers waiting or the members those are continuously unable to
reach us.
Opportunities
Huge untapped market potential in consumer banking
In opportunity exist, in form of opening of ladies banking section within the branch
which is entirely a new idea and it will attract customer
Opportunity for developing value added services combined with corporate banking
relationships, cash management services to large and medium sized corporate clients.
Growing policies of government on business and commerce sector provide Allied
bank opportunities to take advantages of these policies to meet efficiently with the
business people to solve their problems with the instant cash and financing facilities.
Govt. is taking very bold steps to promote IT in Pakistan. Allied bank has an
opportunity to improve in technology.
Large international network which principally focuses on trade finance with Pakistan
can be utilized to tap trade activities in other markets. In addition, services such as
cross border / offshore financing for corporate customers can be enhanced.
Customer feedback on different products and accounts has really improved the bank
performance and encourage the atmosphere for other future policies.
Allied bank also has an opportunity to expand its new technological advancement like
tele banking and internet banking facilities in order to serve the customer more
efficiently,
E-banking facility is also a new opportunity which is a flourishing business in foreign
countries and can also be here, if Allied bank takes the initiatives.
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REFERENCES
Personal Reference
Muhammad Bilal
(Assistant Manager in Allied Branch Faisalabad )
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/topics/0,295493,sid14_tax299811,00.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SSL-Certificates-HOWTO/x64.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_recovery
http://info.ssl.com/article.aspx?id=10241
http://www.occ.treas.gov/handbook/mis.pdf
http://www.temenos.com
http://www.abl.com.pk
http://www.oracle.com
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