CBA Story

Modernising commercial banking

Since our founding in 1983, CBA has remained firmly focused on providing modern technology solutions for banking and finance. We have continually broken new ground in pioneering ‘best of breed’ solutions across the banking industry and in providing competitive advantage opportunities for banks around the world.

We started developing the first version of our IT solution, called ‘International Banking Automation System’, better known as IBAS, in 1984. Following its commercial release in 1987, IBAS became an immediate success. Over the course of the next few years, CBA carried out more than 100 successful installation projects of IBAS at 64 banks and across 22 countries.

The period around the turn of the millennium and the introduction of the Euro brought with it a number of market-related restrictions, with the international financial authorities prohibiting changes to banks’ and financial institutions’ central operations systems. CBA made full use of this dormant period, stepping back from the active market to revitalise the by now ‘stale’ banking systems industry and chose to embark on a complete re-write of IBAS based on 100 percent post-Y2K technology.

It is this combination of forward-thinking and determination that has resulted in IBAS, the market’s most important advancement in banking systems solutions today.

Innovative Banking

CBA is a Norwegian software house and premier player in the development and delivery of solutions for the administration of banking services.

We are viewed as a stalwart of the banking systems market, a constant in a market of great flux. We have huge depth of experience and 25+ years track-record of serving our customers. Based in Oslo, within a universally recognised sophisticated banking market, we serve customers on multiple continents both directly and through well-established strategic alliances and partnerships.

Our employees have on average 15 years of experience, so they understand banking and technology and can talk the same language as our customers.

We continue to help our customers succeed by providing the best commercial banking systems solutions available in the market today – and our extraordinary management and employees make it all possible.

Customers

We believe in building true partnerships with our customers. The relatively small size of our company means we are focused on every user. When you sign for IBAS GBF - Global Banking Factory, you become an important member of the family, not just one more name among hundreds, clamouring for attention the same as everyone else.

This has been a fundamental consideration throughout our history and means we have not become over-stretched. Our most senior people are always involved in customer projects and this is a clear differentiator. This allows us to serve our customers large and small, across a wide area of functionality and multiple geographies.

Customers User Group

CBA’s customers provide "real-life" opportunities for learning from the experience of its members through an independent IBAS User Group (IUG). The group brings together activities of mutual interest, and uses the opportunity as a way to develop their IBAS skills and to share their sometimes hard-won knowledge. It also acts as a forum for exchanging and discussing practical banking issues.

The international character of the IUG provides excellent opportunities to make valuable contacts within each functional area of international banking.

Available Documentation

CBA: Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

This Policy is built on the areas that reflect existing and emerging standards of Corporate Social Responsibility.

CBA: Corporate & Social Responsibility

CBA: Code of Conduct

Our Code of Conduct outlines our expectations regarding employees’ behaviour towards their colleagues, customers and overall organisation.

Code of Conduct