Frost & Sullivan Names Amdocs Latin American Mobile Financial Services Company of the Year

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amdocs DOX, the leading provider of customer experience solutions, today announced that analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has honored Amdocs with its 2015 Latin American Mobile Financial Services Company of the Year Award.

The Frost & Sullivan award letter states that the Amdocs Mobile Financial Services solution "differentiates itself from other competitors in the mobile space because it can provide much more than a payment gateway. … Amdocs' innovative solution is a technological enabler for economic growth in emerging markets, allowing consumers to gain access to financial services previously impossible, and merchants and banks an opportunity to achieve new revenue streams from a previously unserved market segment."

"Amdocs' strong software development process, business process expertise, and innovative fraud prevention system is likely to give the Latin American mobile payments ecosystem the chance it needs to reach greater mainstream adoption," said Ben Gresham, Best Practices research analyst, Information & Communication Technology, Frost & Sullivan.

"This Frost & Sullivan Award provides independent validation of our approach to mobile financial services and the important benefits they bring to un- and underbanked people around the world," said Patrick McGrory, division president for Amdocs emerging offerings. "According to market research, 2 billion people in the world do not have a bank account¹, yet an estimated 1.7 billion do have access to a mobile phone². This represents a huge market opportunity for network operators and banks, and one which does not end with financial inclusion of the unbanked. The convenience and speed of mobile financial services are attractive to everyone in The New World of Customer Experience^TM, a world in which customers expect new types of services that bring immediate value to their lives. This is further validated in recent independent research³, with new innovative use cases identified as the drivers behind the next phase of mobile financial services growth."

Amdocs launched its Mobile Financial Services solution in 2014. The solution enables mobile network operators, banks, and other financial institutions to drive adoption of financial services delivered over feature phones or smartphones, addressing the fundamental need of unbanked and under-banked populations worldwide for accessible and affordable banking services.

¹ World Bank, http://go.worldbank.org/72MAKHBAM0

² CGAP, http://www.cgap.org/topics/mobile-banking

³ Amdocs-commissioned Ovum research, "What consumers want", Sept 2014

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About Amdocs

Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience software solutions and services for the world's largest communications, entertainment and media service providers. Its portfolio powers The New World of Customer Experience™, where a wide array of innovative and personalized services are delivered seamlessly to end users, regardless of device or network. For more than 30 years, Amdocs solutions, which include BSS, OSS, network control and optimization, coupled with professional and managed services, have accelerated business value for its customers by streamlining complex operating environments, reducing costs and speeding time to market for new products and services. Amdocs and its more than 24,000 employees serve customers in over 90 countries. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2014.

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