FACT SHEET: SAP in Banking

www.sap.com/industries/banks

GLOBAL BANKING LINE OF BUSINESS:

Mission: To provide the complete portfolio of SAP software products & related services to create business
value for banks in every geography.
Managing Executive: Thomas Balgheim, Head of the SAP Global Banking Line of Business

VALUE PROPOSITION:
SAP Helps Banks…
• IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY with Point Products & Solutions that offer high levels of functionality to
automate key processes quickly with low cost because they are pre-configured and proven.
• MANAGE CHANGE by offering maximum flexibility to integrate, migrate and update applications with the
velocity necessary for growth. Our rich ecosystem of application partners makes us the de facto standard
for best-in-class application integration.
• OPTIMIZE CORE PROCESSES with maximum functionality and an efficient Front-to-Back Office
infrastructure platform. Automating core processes is our heritage. Our Core Banking solution follows
that tradition into the future.

SAP BANKING SOLUTIONS:

SAP provides enterprise software solutions, packaged applications and a range of consulting services in
areas such as Analytical Banking (Integrated Finance & Risk, Compliance), Core Banking (Loans, Deposits,
Payments, Asset Finance & Leasing), Transactional Banking (Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking), Business
Support (Financials/General Ledger, Enterprise Management, Human Capital Management, Customer
Relationship Management), Advanced Technology and Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture.

SAP IN THE BANKING MARKETPLACE:

• Over 600 Banks run SAP.
• In Transactional Banking 100 Banks in 30 countries run SAP.
• In Analytical Banking 110 Banks in 32 countries run SAP.
• 21 of the world’s 30 largest Banks run SAP.
• Over 1400 people across SAP focus on the Banking Industry.

KEY QUOTES:
• “For breadth of functionality SAP has the broadest levels of integration in Finance & Risk” - Celent
• “SAP leads with agility among core banking vendors in 2007” - Forrester
• “SAP has won key customers in Europe and Asia with its Core Banking product. It has a modern
componentized architecture built on the NetWeaver platform that is SOA-compliant” - Celent
• “We think betting on SAP in Banking is a good bet” - Chris Conde, CEO of SunGard
• “Postbank has transferred the management of its 17 million savings accounts to the new SAP
Deposit Management program, without a hitch” - Postbank Magazine

SAMPLE REFERENCE CUSTOMERS IN BANKING:

Enterprise SOA Core Banking CRM
Standard Bank (Africa) Farm Credit Canada Deutsche Bank (Germany)
ABN Amro (Netherlands) Postbank (Germany) Banco Urquijo, Spain
Belarus Bank City National (US)
ERP Basel II Bank Analyzer
China Merchants Bank Caixa Catalunya (Spain) Kaupthing Bank (Germany)
Rabobank Nordea Fortis Bank (Belgium)
ABSA Lloyds TSB (UK
Dresdner Bank Bank of Ireland

SAP Banking Facts - August 2007

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COMMITTED TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS:

SAP has established The Industry Value Network (IVN) for Banks, a consortium of global banks working
together to identify key business processes and define common repeatable services that can make advanced
enterprise Service Oriented Architecture a reality.
• The IVN has 130 participants from 38 financial institutions and software providers
• Members leverage the IVN for their custom projects and for development of advanced software
technology benefiting the banking industry overall
• IVN members include: ABN AMRO, Absa, Accenture, BBVA, Callataÿ & Wouters, Commerzbank,
Credit Suisse, CSC, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Postbank, FinanzIT, Hewlett Packard, HSH
Nordbank, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, La Caixa, Nordea, PWC AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, SPSS,
Standard Bank, StreamServe, Syskoplan AG, SWIFT and TXS Financial Products.

RECENT SAP-SPONSORED INDUSTRY STUDIES:

• Retail Banking Study: Determines retail banks are not meeting their technology goals. 46 Percent
view their current IT infrastructure as a strategic disadvantage.
• Core Banking Study: Outlines and quantifies the competitive impact of banking industry plans to
overhaul aging Core Banking systems.
• Converting to a Relationship: Study of Banking industry loyalty among “young service seekers”.

SAP CORPORATE FACTS:

• Total revenues: 2006 €9.4 Billion
• Number of employees: Approx 40,000
• Over 12,000 people - 30% of SAP employees - work in R&D
• SAP R&D investment in ’07 will total more than $1.5B euros
• SAP has Software Development Labs in Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Hungary,
Israel and the US. Advanced Research Centers in Australia, Canada, US, China, France, South Africa,
Germany, Northern Ireland & Switzerland
• SAP has over 150 offices worldwide and subsidiaries in more than 50 countries.
• R&D Resources: R&D grew 19% in 2005 to over 14%.
• SAP has more than 40,000 customers in more than 120 countries.
• SAP solutions support business processes of more than 25 industries

SAP Banking Facts - August 2007