The integrated service platform Bulbank Pay of UniCredit Bulbank is the big winner in the Corporate Sector category of the annual awards for IT Project of the Year of ICT Media and Computerworld, which are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year.

Dr. Anna-Marie Vilamovska, Secretary for Healthcare and Innovations of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, handed the award to Pepa Koleva, Head of ICT Management Department at UniCredit Bulbank.

"First, I would like to congratulate ICT Media and Computerworld on their anniversary and to wish them to keep bringing us together as a community of people who are truly excited about everything in the IT field. This award is a recognition for the team of UniCredit Bulbank, the priority of which has always been to seek new modern solutions. That was a really innovative project, which we started with much difficulty because there had been no such solutions in Bulgaria before. I would like to thank our partners from Borica Bankservice, DAIS, Datamax and Nevexis, which, jointly with the team of the bank, did a great job. Each one of you can see the end result. The bank provides an opportunity for repayment of liabilities through every channel, including ATM, mobile device, mobile application, through the website of the bank", Pepa Koleva said.

The service Bulbank Pay makes convenient the payment of the monthly bills for electricity, phone, TV, water, etc. It is available through all modern channels used by the customers nowadays – computer, smartphone or ATM. The payment is easy and fast – with only a few clicks in the Internet and online banking of UniCredit Bulbank or with a debit card at over 750 АТМ devices of the bank across the country. The customers may benefit also from a number of other options – they can memorize their payments, receive notifications about new liabilities, and they can also adjust the settings so as to make automatic payments or transfers by applying various rules, limits, etc.

The platform is very popular also among service providers which offer to their subscribers other alternatives for payment of the monthly bills in a way preferred by the subscriber. Bulbank Pay supports many variants for integration with providers, fully in line with all specifics and requirements for communication, data exchange, booking of payments and reporting.

The jury appreciated highly the fact that the platform has a modern, service-oriented architecture, which facilitates its expansion with new channels and providers. The connection with the service providers is possible through adapters (universal and specialized ones), handling the peculiarities of each provider. The infrastructure design ensures high levels of accessibility and redundancy, meeting the requirements for availability 24/7.

Realized in this way, the platform is an important step in the accomplishment of the strategic goals of the bank for digitalization of the processes (Digitalization) and for providing of services of equally high quality through all channels at any time (Omnichannel).

More information for media:

UniCredit Bulbank, Identity & Communications Department

Viktoria Blajeva, Phone: + 359 2 9264 993, wjlj/ebwjepwbAvojdsfejuhspvq/ch