Banking & Finance security applications - Case studies
SALTO bolts all Miba outer doors automatically Miba's main plant in Laakirchen in Austria employs around 700 staff producing complex friction bearings for use in machinery and engines. This means there are many people moving around the company day in, day out. This requires access control which can dictate precisely who has access to particular locations and when. Not only this, the security concept also had to be able to withstand the harsh stresses encountered in an industrial plant and...
Global financial institution selects L-1 solution to secure offices world-wide The challenge Faced with tough compliance regulations requiring the secure protection of customer data and a rapidly growing rate of fraud and identity theft, a leading financial institution wanted to be proactive and lock down its offices as securely as possible from unwanted intruders. The leading global payments, network and travel company wanted a cutting edge identity and access management so...
Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway - a complete security and services solution agreement with SpareBank1, an alliance of 23 banks and 350 franchised offices that together make one of the largest providers of financial products and services in the Norwegian market with 460 branches. The bank wanted a fail-safe and sophisticated security solution with a central system operation and maintenance that involves the upgrading of video surveillance, intrusion detection and...
A multifunctional LEGIC card is used in the modern part of the Raiffeisen Zentralbank building "Wave"True to the company's mission statement, the Austrian Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) has successfully used the SYMBIO HOTELDATA accounting system since 1997. This uses a multifunctional LEGIC card which, among other things, combines functions such as time & attendance, access control, ID badges, use of a garage and an electronic wallet. The card can be topped up at the top-up sta...
Thyron Systems is integrating HID's Multi ISO reader into it's mobile payment terminalHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that its contactless HF Multi ISO Reader is an integral component of Thyron Systems' MPT500, the first mobile payment terminal to achieve MasterCard PayPass® certification. With this certification, the MPT500 enables mobile merchants to take advantage of the speed and convenience of contact...
KPMG employs a cost-effective yet sophisticated access control solution, the CEM AC2000 LiteCEM Systems recently announced that financial company KPMG has chosen the CEM AC2000 Lite security management system to secure three of its offices in India. The IP-based CEM AC2000 access control solution will be installed by Tyco India.KPMG is one of the leading providers of risk, financial, and business advisory solutions and provides internal audits, corporate governance and tax and...
Honeywell's dome cameras were used for high-resolution surveillance The Client:The Central Valley Community Bank has served California's Central Valley since 1980. From their original Downtown Clovis office, they have expanded to 10 independently owned branches in the Foothills, Fresno, Madera and Kerman, CA. Yet despite the bank's growth, it has remained true to its original "roots", commitment to the core values of integrity, trustworthiness, caring, loya...
24/7 availabilitySelf-service terminals such as bank statement printers and ATMs have since long become part of our every day lives. Banks have found them to be the ideal solution for taking the burden of routine tasks from their customer service staff. The customers, in turn, benefit as cash is available 24/7 - everywhere. The Internet financial service company Forium, for example, estimates that there are about 60,000 ATMs at approximately 40,000 locations in Germany.Key and...
Lord and Company Technologies has implemented Milestone XProtect™ Professional IP video surveillance management software and easily upgraded to XProtect Enterprise as a central operational monitoring interface for the Madison Crescent complex. Located in Gainesville, Virginia, Madison Crescent is a 43-acre, mixed-use village providing residential, retail and office opportunities within a unique community environment. From the key intersection here of James Madison Highway (Rt. 15) an...
Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway with SpareBank1Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway - a complete security and services solution agreement with SpareBank1, an alliance of 23 banks and 350 franchised offices that together make one of the largest providers of financial products and services in the Norwegian market with 460 branches.The bank wanted a fail-safe and sophisticated security solution with a central system operation an...
Bosch Security Systems' Digital Praesideo Public Address (PA) and Emergency Sound System is being installed in the prestigious new Shanghai World Financial Center. At 492 meters, the center is currently the world's third tallest building. The structure features three floors of underground parking and shops, a conference center on floors one to five, offices on floors seven to 77, a hotel on floors 79 through 93, and finally observation and exhibition areas on floors 94 to 100. ...
Founded in 1882, Dow Jones & Company has long been recognized as the authority on business and financial news worldwide. In addition to generating the world's leading business publication, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones has built a media empire that includes investment indexes, magazines, daily and weekly newspapers, newswire, radio and Internet news services. Yet, its most important asset is the heart of this acclaimed organization - the more than 7,000 full time employees who ar...
MissionIn the original, analog-based surveillance system of the leading Taiwanese financial institution, the clarity of recorded images was limited and real-time viewing of video was not possible. Operation of the overall surveillance system did not facilitate immediate response to emergencies. Moreover, camera configuration was not flexible enough, resulting in difficulties with system deployment as well as involving high costs for expanding the existing system. Additiona...
Security fogging systems are no longer the novelty they were first considered when released onto the UK market place by Concept Smoke Screen in 1974.? The systems have gone from this to a mainstay in defeating out of hours burglaries to more recently the critical defense of staff and cash in armed raid scenarios such as those commonplace in the banking and financial industry. Defeating burglaries is something that Smoke Screen has excelled itself in, over a very long period of time.? The premis...
Fastlane Glassgate speedgates from Integrated Design Ltd have been installed as part of the security solution covering the US$ 1.5 billion Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH). A first of its kind development in the region, BFH is a highly focused, committed and advanced financial environment spread over 380,000 square metres of prime seafront property in the centre of Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.Limiting access to only authorized staff and visitors at these sites was a key consideration when sp...
Banking and finance organizations often require to manage business critical CCTV systems remotely across networks where bandwidth between sites can be limited or variable. A digital video surveillance system offers easier management of multiple locations, involving fewer personnel. It also eliminates the prospect of degraded tape quality or out-of-focus camera views. With a rich set of interfaces to ATMs, Verint's NetDVR™ range of embedded Video Recorders is an idea...
Presented with the challenge of installing and adapting security systems to keep pace with the sustained business growth of Rathbone Brothers Plc (Rathbones), one of the UK's leading providers of investment and wealth management services, security expert Raysil has chosen to rely exclusively on equipment from Siemens Building Technologies Security Products. The most recent phase of Raysil's ongoing work for Rathbones was the completion of a contract for entry control systems at the organization...
Samsung Techwin CCTV cameras have been installed in over 200 Komercni Banka branches throughout the Czech Republic.Komercni Banka is one of the largest banking organizations in the Czech Republic serving approximately 1.5 million customers via a nationwide branch network. It was founded in 1990 following the division of the former State Bank of Czechoslovakia.The cameras have been supplied via ADI-Olympo, Czech's and Slovak's leading CCTV distributor. Zdenek Kubiczek, Product and Sal...
Presented with the challenge of installing and adapting security systems to keep pace with the sustained business growth of Rathbone Brothers Plc (Rathbones), one of the UK's leading providers of investment and wealth management services, security expert Raysil has chosen to rely exclusively on equipment from Siemens Building Technologies Security Products.The most recent phase of Raysil's ongoing work for Rathbones was the completion of a contract for entry control systems at the organizat...
Frankfurt Commerzbank Tower: Zelaris IP video management software monitors 800 branches for failure and sabotage The bold architecture of the Commerzbank Tower is the source of fascination for many visitors to Frankfurt - behind the mirrored façade a complex software solution takes care of the security required in the Commerzbank network of branches. VIDEOR's partner, the Frankfurt system house Heer GmbH, realized this by using eneo Zelaris IP. The system application...
The companyRedstone Federal Credit Union is the largest credit union in Alabama and one of the 30 largest credit unions in the United States, with over $1.7 billion in assets and over 245,000 members. In June 2006, Redstone earned its 41st consecutive 5-Star rating for financial safety and stability from BauerFinancial Inc. Operational overviewThis full-service financial institution offers retail and commercial banking, securities brokerage, mortgage, and insurance products and services, w...
TDSi has provided access control solutions to many of the world's leading banks and financial institutions, having developed systems for companies including HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, AIG and the Anglo Irish Bank. The company has earned an enviable reputation for the design and supply of high volume door systems across security-critical, multi-site applications, with experience across a wide range of projects. In 2003, TDSi developed a mantrap solution for the Bank of China, providing prote...
Lenses from US-based Rainbow CCTV are being used by a leading foreign currency provider to optimize client service. Rainbow varifocal lenses are part of an innovative solution whereby the accuracy of tellers at branches of FX Currency Services are monitored by a digital recording system. The FX Currency Services locations may be highly populated, with offices often having 50 cameras in an area of 200 square feet. The application uses a pair of color cameras operating at 16 frames pe...
What if you could use your existing CCTV equipment and network infrastructure to create a modern, state-of-the-art surveillance system that could... • monitor activities at any number of branch offices from a central location? • visually verify alarms to your security staff? • enable bank staff to install and maintain without receiving special training? With an Axis...
Partnership and Obligation Mutual trust, a customer-friendly approach and close ties to the public administration are the columns on which the success of the Kaiserslautern municipal savings bank (Stadtsparkasse) is based. Customer-friendliness in this context not only means competent and face-to-face consulting services, but also omnipresence: 20 branch offices and six self-service terminals all over town guarantee fast service virtually around the corner for every one of the more than 1...
Bosch installs systems for video surveillance, intrusion detection, perimeter protection, as well as for access control. The National Bank of Hungary awarded the contract for the installation and operation of the security systems for the new Logistics Centre to Robert Bosch Kft. Building Security Branch. Bosch had previously designed the mechanic and electronic security systems of the Logistics Centre; conclusion of the contract was reached after completion of phase I. "All functions rel...
A new LEGIC based all-in-one-card system with many different applications has been installed at PwC Trust combined with added value PricewaterhouseCoopers, the renowned and trustworthy partner to multinational groups, public institutions, SMEs and private individuals, provides global solutions in the fields of financial accounting, audits, financial and legal advice, and management consultancy. State of the art offices at the centralized site The trust that its clients place in it, has posit...
Croma Photobase has recently completed the rollout of its Touch & Go biometric security system to 13 cash deposit centers around the UK for a major financial institution. The sale reflects increased acceptance within the banking industry that biometric solutions are now reliable and sophisticated enough to operate at business critical sites. Touch & Go (T&G) is a scaleable security platform. The recent release adds active/passive tag technologies for monitoring and track...
Croma Photobase has recently completed the rollout of its "Touch & Go" biometric security system to 13 cash deposit centres around the UK for a major financial institution. The sale reflects increased acceptance within the banking industry that biometric solutions are now reliable and sophisticated enough to operate at business critical sites. "Touch & Go" (T&G) is a scaleable security platform. The recent release adds active/passive tag technologies for monitoring and t...
One of the most renowned European banks wanted a secure installation for access control system that operates completely without ID cards, keys or PIN technology. This was to enable secure access for about 1,500 employees to the bank's new building. Eliminating the risk of tokens and keys being lost, stolen or misused, this system uses only biometric verification methods. Speed being a very important factor especially in the morning rush. Eighty of A4's 3D facial recogniti...
