Tele-Pop Inc. Signs with CGI 4+ Year Extension for Core Banking & CRM Solutions
January 12 2010 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB (NYSE) TORONTO, Jan. 12
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a
leading provider of information technology and business process
services, announced today the signing of a four-year contract
extension with Tele-Pop Inc. whereby CGI will continue to provide
its proven core banking system, with the addition of providing
CGI's integrated HORIZON(TM) CRM solution. Tele-Pop Inc. provides
end-to-end information technology services and business solutions
to their partners, the Federation des caisses populaires du
Manitoba serving the Manitoba Caisse network, as well as a select
group of Manitoba credit unions. "We are pleased to continue our
long-standing relationship with CGI for core banking in support of
the four Manitoba Caisses and the two credit unions we provide
technology services to in Manitoba," said Bernard Marcoux,
Director, Information Technology, Federation des caisses populaires
du Manitoba. "By adding CGI's HORIZON(TM) Know Your Member CRM
solution, we believe we can help our partners grow their membership
using a proven and reliable banking system." "We are very pleased
to extend and further grow our long term relationship with Tele-Pop
Inc.," said Paul Mackley, Vice-President, Services to Credit
Unions, CGI. "We look forward to supporting their business plans
and their clients well into the future through our core banking,
CRM and integrated solutions." For more than 30 years, CGI has
provided IT, business process and managed services to financial
institutions around the world, including approximately 120 Canadian
credit unions, 24 of the top 25 banks in the Americas and 17 of the
top 25 European banks. For background information about Manitoba's
Caisses and the Federation des caisses populaires du Manitoba, see
http://www.caisse.biz/. About CGI Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc.
is one of the largest independent information technology and
business process services firms in the world. CGI and its
affiliated companies have approximately 26,000 professionals. CGI
provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients
worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia
Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America,
Europe and India. As at September 30, 2009, CGI's fiscal 2009
revenue was $3.8 billion and our order backlog was $10.9 billion.
CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are
included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the
S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices.
Website: http://www.cgi.com/. DATASOURCE: CGI GROUP INC. CONTACT:
Lorne Gorber, Vice-President, Global Communications and Investor
Relations, (514) 841-3355,
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