SMA renews SWIFTReady Services and SWIFTReady Connectivity labels
LONDON, 23rd June, 2010 – SMA Financial (www.sma.co.uk), SWIFT Regional partner for UK, Eire, Channel Islands and the Nordics today announced that SMA has completed SWIFT’s annual certification process and has renewed its SWIFT Regional Partner label for 2010. SMA has also been awarded the SWIFTReady Services and SWIFTReady Connectivity accreditations.

SMA has been a SWIFT Regional partner for 5 years and is responsible for providing new and existing customers with a wide range of SWIFT products and services including Alliance Access, Alliance Entry, Alliance Starter Set, Alliance RMA, Alliance Gateway, Alliance Webstation, CCI Screenflow over SWIFT, Exceptions and Investigations, Funds, TARGET2-Securities and Solutions Integration.

The SWIFTReady Services label is re-evaluated each year and requires that partners meet specific technical and functional qualification criteria. Certification guarantees that partners are knowledgeable about SWIFT products and solutions and can provide a consistent level of service. By choosing to work with a certified partner, organisations ensure that they are working with a recognised expert in a particular SWIFT product or solution, one that has consultants with the very latest skills and can provide ongoing support services.

SMA’s Service Bureau has also been awarded the latest SWIFTReady Connectivity Best Practice label, the highest accreditation available for providers of outsourced bureau solutions. This certifies that the SMA Bureau meets higher standards of resilience and security.

With one of the largest teams of SWIFT accredited consultants globally, SMA is well positioned to implement SWIFT products and solutions quickly and efficiently and provide a range of ongoing support services where required. SMA has also won praise from its clients for consistently high levels of service and for ensuring that projects deliver the expected benefits and return on investment (ROI).

Patrik Neutjens, Head of Partner Management, SWIFT commented, “SWIFT Partner Management is proud to award the SWIFTReady Services label to SMA Financial for its Service Delivery Centre in London, United Kingdom, to perform implementation, integration and upgrade services in 2010.”

Simon Murby, Managing Director, SMA Financial concluded, “SMA has an established track record of supplying SWIFT related services and consultancy and our SWIFT Service Bureau is viewed as the Bureau of choice for corporates that require outsourced SWIFT connectivity. I am delighted that we have again passed the stringent certification process which highlights our commitment to meeting SWIFT’s quality standards and maintaining our industry expertise.”

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About SMA Financial
Founded in 1995, SMA Financial has established its leadership as a source of specialist knowledge and expertise in the financial services industry providing SWIFT services, product and support. SMA Financial is the SWIFT Regional Partner for UK, Eire, Channel Islands and the Nordics. It is the most extensively SWIFT accredited partner with over 300 successful implementations with banks, corporates and other financial institutions including more than 100 active SWIFT Service Bureau users. The company provides SWIFT Service Bureau, AML and SystemCare solutions as well as experienced consultancy services. For further information please visit www.sma.co.uk

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