Intelligent Environments
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial Services, IT |
| Founded 📆 | 1985 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | David Carman (Executive Chairman) David Webber (Managing Director) Clayton Locke (CTO) Jerry Mulle (Director of Customer and Partner Relationships) Anne Tait (HR Director) Jonathan Withers (Sales Director) Simon Cadbury (Head of Strategy and Innovation) [1] Fiona Tee (CFO) |
| Products 📟 | Interact, NetFinance |
| Services | IT, Financial Services, Security |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 125 (as of 2014) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Intelligent Environments Ltd is a leading[2] British provider of software, based in Kingston upon Thames, London, with additional offices in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They provide front end technology for financial services organisations and their customers, particularly in the credit card and investment markets.
The company's current flagship product is Interact, an omni channel financial services platform.
Corporate Structure[edit]
As of 2012, Intelligent Environments was acquired by a private company and is no longer floated on the stock market.
Intelligent Environments key senior staff members are led by Executive Chairman, David Carman and Managing Director David Webber, alongside a board of both executive and non executive directors.[3]
Products and Services[edit]
Application Manager and NetFinance[edit]
Intelligent Environments was originally best known for producing a client/server development tool called Application Manager (AM) for OS/2 and later for Windows (the Windows version was funded by a loan from Microsoft). AM was widely used by financial institutions worldwide as a client/server development tool for in-house development.
The iteration following on from Application Manager was NetFinance.
Interact[edit]
Intelligent Environments now produces an application, account management, and administration product suite built using Microsoft .NET and C Sharp technology and operates using a single product platform. PCI-DSS Level 1 certification has been obtained for this iteration of the product and client support is provided via a UK based Network Operations Centre, who offer support services including PCI compliance, live production support and hosting operations.
This omni-channel front end software is called Interact.
New releases of the product, both major and minor, are typically made available every 3 months, with system upgrades being made based on the whether the contained functionality has relevance.
The platform integrates into existing online banking systems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, call centre databases, workflow and back-office systems. It was built using a responsive web design so can be used across several digital channels such as mobile phones, tablets and PC's.
Initiatives and Innovations[edit]
The Smart Watch Bank[edit]
In November 2013, Intelligent Environments developed technology specifically designed for the Pebble Watch.[4] The company designed and built an application that permits the wearer to receive notifications of their finances through their watch.[5]
ZappTheTab[edit]
Intelligent Environments participated in 2014's ZappHack #ReviveRetail, a hackathon sponsored by mobile payments company Zapp, where several technology companies spent 36 hours attempting to create a new app using Zapp technology.
Intelligent Environments placed second behind Sagepay, after creating an app 'ZappTheTab' which combined iBeacon technology with Zapp to enable a whole restaurant table to order through their mobile devices at the same time, which it said could help solve potentially awkward shared bill payments.[6]
Future Innovations[edit]
Intelligent Environments are looking to create an app for Google Glass based on their own in house technology [7]
Clients and Partners[edit]
Clients[edit]
Intelligent Environments provides operational services to financial institutions, retailers, and telecoms providers, including Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and The Home Retail Group.
Partners[edit]
Intelligent Environments traditionally partners with larger companies who operate in the same financial services field. They are normally companies who provide back office processing systems that can integrate with the company's front end platform. Current partners include: Avanade,[8] FIS, First Data and Unisys.
Corporate Affairs[edit]
The Digital Banking Club[edit]
The Digital Banking Club was established in January 2013 by Intelligent Environments in conjunction with the Timetric publications: Retail Banker International, Cards International and Electronic Payments International.
The Digital Banking Club is built as an independent online community and is run through a portal that hosts a wide selection of blogs, news articles, whitepapers and a wider commentary about the financial services industry as well as a forum for members to participate in.
The Club offers free membership to those within the financial services community and runs a selection of events such as a quarterly panel debates on a relevant financial topic and it has previously run a series of webinars. Other initiatives have included The European Digital Financial Services Power 50.[9]
Corporate Social Responsibility[edit]
Intelligent Environments company charity is The Emily Ash Trust, a charity devoted to helping young people with cancer. The company have been raising for this charity since 2012.
In order to raise money in 2014, a team from Intelligent Environments competed in the Emily Ash Trust's 5 km assault course as well as several other activities ranging from sponsored poker nights, to football tournaments and bake sales.
Corporate Associations[edit]
Intelligent Environments have been Associate Members of The Building Societies Association since December 2013.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Intelligent Environments appoints two senior execs", "Cards and Payments World", 24th January, 2014
- ↑ Sean Poulter,"How you could soon pay in a cheque just by taking a picture of it on your phone", "This is Money", June 29th, 2013
- ↑ "Intelligent Environments appoints former senior PayPal executive to drive next phase of expansion", "Global Banking and Finance Review", October 14th, 2013
- ↑ "Intelligent Environments creates banking app for Pebble smartwatch", "Bobsguide", November 19th, 2013
- ↑ "How online banking has evolved over 30 years", "BBC News", November 16th, 2013
- ↑ Ben Sillitoe, "Sage Pay wins Zapp's mobile payment hackathon event", "Essential Retail", July 14th, 2014
- ↑ "Banking apps: the next generation (Google Glass and Pebble Watch)", "The Financial Services Club Blog", November 19th, 2013
- ↑ "Intelligent Environments and Avanade form partnership", "Finextra", August 5th, 2014
- ↑ Scott Thompson, "Europe's top digital FS influencers revealed", "FStech", May 2nd, 2014
External links[edit]
- Intelligent Environments Ltd
- The Digital Banking Club
- The Emily Ash Trust
- Building Societies Association
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