BC Card, a South Korea-based credit card company, has selected IBM to support its payment system for 2.62mn merchants and 40mn cardholders. BC Card will transform and consolidate its distributed servers to IBM System z10 servers.
Utilizing Korea’s first payment system based on System z, BC Card also selected IBM as a consulting and system integration partner for its differentiated global capabilities in the field of information strategy planning (ISP), next generation systems (NGS) implementation planning, integrated solutions and system integration experience in the financial sector.
Jeongkyu Lee, chief information officer at BC Card, said: “We chose System z for its continuous operation, service quality made available through IBM’s mainframe software solutions, and economic returns for the years ahead. We’re aiming to become Korea’s premier global payment service provider. We see System z as a critical success factor for our business objectives and service level requirements for customers.”
Sukyoung Kang, director of financial services sector at IBM Korea, said: “Supporting 40mn cardholders daily equates to hundreds of millions of transactions with unpredictable levels of activity. Only System z can provide the necessary levels of performance, reliability, scalability, and maintenance efficiency. BC Card also worked with IBM to plan its IT vision and growth objectives.”
