Longtop to Develop Anti-Money Laundering System for a Joint Stock Bank in China
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Project Marks the Beginning of Cooperation Between Longtop and the Bank
XIAMEN, China, July 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Longtop Financial
Technologies Limited ("Longtop") (NYSE: LFT), a leading software developer and
solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today
announced that it has been informed by one of China's Joint Stock banks to
provide a customized software solution for the bank's anti-money laundering
system. The project marks the beginning of the cooperation between Longtop and
this Bank.
Under the terms of the agreement, Longtop will develop at the bank's
headquarter level a centralized anti-money laundering system to automate the
analysis, screening and reporting of transactions. The system is necessary to
meet the Chinese banking regulatory requirement that financial institutions
have in place a sound anti-money laundering internal control system.
"We are very pleased to welcome this bank as our new client and continue
the growth trend in expanding our customer base, having added a record of
sixteen new clients during our last fiscal year," comments Weizhou Lian, Chief
Executive Officer of Longtop. "Longtop is an established leader for anti-money
laundering solutions in China's financial IT solutions market with a broad
customer base and leading market share. This project further strengthens our
market leadership in this mission-critical area of protecting financial
institutions and society at large from criminal activities."
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About Longtop Financial Technologies Limited
Longtop is a leading software development and solutions provider targeting
the financial services industry in China. Longtop develops and delivers a
comprehensive range of software applications and solutions with a focus on
meeting the rapidly growing IT needs of the financial services institutions in
China. Longtop has five solution delivery centers, three research centers and
thirty nine service centers located in 20 provinces throughout China. Longtop
was founded in 1996 by Xiaogong Jia, Chairman and Weizhou Lian, CEO, as a
system integration company focusing on the financial services industry in
China and made the transition to a software and solutions provider in 2001.
For more information, please visit: http://www.longtop.com .
For more information, please contact:
Longtop Financial Technologies Limited
Charles Zhang or Huiying Yang
Phone: +86-10-8421-7758
Email: ir@longtop.com
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Caroline Straathof
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SOURCE Longtop Financial Technologies Limited
Longtop Financial Technologies Limited - Charles Zhang or Huiying Yang,
+86-10-8421-7758, or ir@longtop.com; IR Inside BV - Caroline Straathof,
+31-6-5462-4301, or info@irinside.com
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