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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
| name = Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
| logo = OracleLogo.png
| logo = Oracle Logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| former_name = i-flex Solutions
| type = [[Public]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{BSE|532466}}|{{NSE|OFSS}}}}
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{BSE|532466}}|{{NSE|OFSS}}}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| location = [[Mumbai]], India
| key_people = Harinderjit Singh, Richard Jackson, Shankar Venkatachalam, Chet Kamat, Jane Murphy, Makarand Padalkar, Kimberly Woolley, Sridhar Srinivasan, Vincent Secondo, Grelli, Yong Meng Kau(Board of Directors)<ref>https://www.oracle.com/industries/financial-services/ofss/governance/</ref>
| key_people = {{ubl|Sridhar Srinivasan (Chairperson)|Makarand Padalkar (CEO and MD)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (OFSS) Governance |url=https://www.oracle.com/industries/financial-services/ofss/governance/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=oracle.com}}</ref>}}
| industry = [[IT service management|IT services]], [[Information technology consulting|IT consulting]]
| industry = [[Enterprise software]]
| services = IT, [[business consulting]] and [[outsourcing]] services
| founders = {{ubl|Rajesh Hukku|[[Deepak Ghaisas]]|R. Ravisankar<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thimmaya |first1=PP |last2=Shivapriya |first2=N. |title=Rajesh Hukku to exit Oracle Fin Services |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/rajesh-hukku-to-exit-oracle-fin-services/articleshow/4782382.cms |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=16 July 2009}}</ref>}}
| revenue = {{INRConvert|5115|c}} (2021) <ref>{{cite web |title=Money Control -  Oracle Financial Services Software |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/india/stockpricequote/computers-software/oraclefinancialservicessoftware/OFS01}}</ref>
| num_employees = 8,754 (2024)
| num_employees = 8,818 (March 2017)<ref>http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/ofss-q4fy17-pr-3718561.pdf</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.oracle.com/in/financial-services}}
| homepage = [http://www.oracle.com oracle.com]
| revenue = {{up}} {{INRconvert|6373|c}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{up}} {{INRconvert|2680|c}} (2024)
| net_income = {{up}} {{INRconvert|2219|c}} (2024)
| parent = [[Oracle Corporation]]
| parent = [[Oracle Corporation]]
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref name="fy24">{{cite web |title=Oracle Financial Services Software Limited - Annual Report 2023-24 |url=https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4447/Annual%20Report/AR-24.pdf |publisher=Oracle |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
}}
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'''Oracle Financial Services Software Limited''' ('''OFSS''') is a subsidiary of [[Oracle Corporation]]. It is a retail banking, corporate banking, and insurance technology solutions provider for the banking industry. It also provides risk and compliance management, and performance measurement applications, as well as accounting, business process management, human resources and procurement tools.
'''Oracle Financial Services Software Limited''' ('''OFSS''') is an Indian subsidiary of [[Oracle Corporation]] which is involved in financial and insurance technology. Established in 1990, the company was known as i-flex Solutions prior to its acquisition by Oracle. It is headquartered in [[Mumbai]].
 
The company claims to have more than 900 customers in over 145 countries.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/index.html | title = Oracle Financial Software Limited website }}</ref> Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is ranked{{clarify|date=May 2014}} No. 9 in IT companies of India and overall ranked No. 253 in [[Fortune India 500]] list in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mphasis.com/pdfs/FortuneRanking.pdf | title=Fortune India 500 complete list | work=Fortune Indis | access-date=18 December 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103114638/http://mphasis.com/pdfs/FortuneRanking.pdf | archive-date=3 January 2012 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Part of Citi corporation (I-Flex Solutions)===
iCorp Oversea Software Ltd. ("COSL") was owned by [[Citibank|CITIBANK]] in 1990 and later went on to be known as I-FLEX in the world market. After some time, it merged with another company, and a new company was formed, namely Citicorp Information Technologies Industries Ltd ("CITIL"). Rajesh Hukku was named to head CITIL<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajesh Hukku to exit Oracle Fin Services|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/rajesh-hukku-to-exit-oracle-fin-services/articleshow/4782382.cms?from=mdr|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=16 July 2009}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}.  While COSL's mandate was to serve Citicorp's internal needs globally and be a cost center, CITIL's mandate was to be profitable by serving not only Citicorp but the whole global financial software market. Largely known as I-FLEX, it was eventually renamed as Oracle Financial Services Software.


===Early history===
===Early history===
CITIL was started with a universal banking product named called MicroBanker (which became successful in some English speaking parts of Africa and other developing regions over the next 3–4 years) and the [[retail banking]] product Finware{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}. In the mid-90s, the firm developed Flexcube (stylized FLEXCUBE) at its Bangalore Centre. After the launch of Flexcube, all of CITIL's transnational banking products were brought under a common brand umbrella. Subsequently, the company's name was changed to I-FLEX Solutions India Ltd.<ref>https://microbanker.com/About</ref>
In 1992, the non-Citi operation’s software business was spun off into a separate company, Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd. (Citil), subsequently called i-flex Solutions. The venture, headed by Rajesh Hukku, received seed funding of $400,000 from Citicorp. Citil inherited the legacy software Microbanker from Citi Overseas Software. With the revenue from selling Microbanker to customers in mostly Africa and later to other markets, Citil invested in developing Flexcube, their following software product. Flexcube was very successful and claimed the top spot in the annual sales ranking by International Banking Systems, a U.K.-based industry publication, in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karmali |first=Naazneen |title=Bankware |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2005/1003/066A.html |date=2005-10-03 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


===Oracle Corporation===
===Oracle Corporation===
[[File:iflex51.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Oracle Financial Services Software&nbsp;– Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore]]
[[File:Bagmane Tech Park, CV Raman Nagar, Bengaluru, India (2004) 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Oracle Financial Services Software&nbsp;– [[Bagmane Tech Park]], [[Bangalore]]]]
[[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] purchased Citigroup's 41% stake in I-FLEX solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}} for US$593 million in August 2005, a further 7.52% in March and April 2006, and 3.2% in an open-market purchase in mid-April 2006{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}.
[[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] purchased Citigroup's 41% stake in i-flex Solutions for US$593 million in August 2005,<ref>{{cite news |title=Oracle buys Citi's stake in i-flex |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/oracle-buys-citis-stake-in-i-flex/articleshow/1189454.cms |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=3 August 2005}}</ref> a further 7.52% in March and April 2006, and 3.2% in an open-market purchase in mid-April 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oracle raises stake in i-flex |url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2006/apr/17ora.htm |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=Rediff |date=17 April 2006 |language=en}}</ref>
 
On 14 August 2006, Oracle Financial Services announced it would acquire Mantas, a US-based anti-money laundering and compliance software company for US$122.6 million. The company part-funded the transaction through a preferential share allotment to the majority shareholder Oracle Corporation.
 
On 12 January 2007, after an open offer price to minority shareholders, Oracle increased its stake in I-FLEX to around 83%.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Oracle_stake_in_i-flex_rises_to_83_after_revised_offer/articleshow/1144292.cms Oracle stake in i-flex rises to 53% after revised offer], The Economic Times (21 January 2007)</ref>


On 4 April 2008, Oracle changed the name of the company to Oracle Financial Services Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/ofs.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202937/http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/ofs.html |archive-date=13 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In August 2006, i-flex Solutions acquired Mantas, a US-based anti-money laundering and compliance software company for US$122.6 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=i-flex completes acquisition of Mantas |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/i-flex-completes-acquisition-of-mantas/articleshow/2074230.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=3 October 2006}}</ref> The company part-funded the transaction through a preferential share allotment to the majority shareholder Oracle Corporation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agrawal |first1=Ravi Ananthanarayanan & Ashish |title=Mantas acquisition to add cross-selling bytes to i-flex |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/mantas-acquisition-to-add-cross-selling-bytes-to-i-flex/articleshow/1894072.cms |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=15 August 2006}}</ref>


On 24 October 2010, Oracle announced the appointment of Chaitanya M Kamat as Managing Director and CEO of Oracle Financial Services Software Limited. The outgoing CEO and MD, N.R.K. Raman retired from these posts after 25 years of service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oracle Names Chet Kamat Managing Director and CEO of Oracle Financial Services Software Limited as N.R.K. Raman Retires|url=https://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2010/Oct/26/oracle-names-chet-kamat-managing-director-and-ceo-of-oracle-financial-services-software-limited-as-n-r-k-raman-retires/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=bobsguide|language=en}}</ref>
On 12 January 2007, after an open offer price to minority shareholders, Oracle increased its stake in i-flex Solutions to around 83%.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Oracle_stake_in_i-flex_rises_to_83_after_revised_offer/articleshow/1144292.cms Oracle stake in i-flex rises to 53% after revised offer], The Economic Times (21 January 2007)</ref>


Now, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is a major part of Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit (FSGBU) under Harinderjit (Sonny) Singh who is the Vice President & Group Head of Oracle FSGBU World Wide.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/046156.html | title=Oracle Financial Services Board of Directors | access-date=1 April 2019 }}</ref>
On 4 April 2008, Oracle changed the name of the company to Oracle Financial Services Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/ofs.html |title=I-flex solutions limited to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Limited |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202937/http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/ofs.html |archive-date=13 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Citibank loan repayment incident===
Now, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is a major part of Oracle Financial Services Global Industry Unit (FSGIU).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/046156.html | title=Oracle Financial Services Board of Directors | access-date=1 April 2019 }}</ref>
In August 2020, due to "certain technical limitations" compounded by a OFSS Flexcube user interface described by [[Matt Levine (columnist)|Matt Levine]] as "terrifying",<ref name="bloomberg Matt Levine Citibank Revlon">{{Cite news|date=2021-02-17|title=Citi Can’t Have Its $900 Million Back|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-17/citi-can-t-have-its-900-million-back|access-date=2021-04-13}}</ref> [[Citibank]] accidentally wired US$900 million to various creditors of [[Revlon]], repaying Revlon's loan in full when they had only intended to make an interest payment and restructure the loan. Some of the recipients voluntarily returned the funds on request, but others refused. Citibank sued to force the creditors to repay the remaining $500 million, but in February 2021, the Southern District Court of New York found in favor of the creditors.<ref name="bloomberg Matt Levine Citibank Revlon"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/citibank-just-got-a-500-million-lesson-in-the-importance-of-ui-design/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210217212243/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/citibank-just-got-a-500-million-lesson-in-the-importance-of-ui-design/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-02-17|title=Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design|date=2021-02-18|publisher=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stempel |first1=Jonathan |title=Citigroup seeks longer Revlon fund freeze during appeal over botched payment |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-revlon-lawsuit-idUSKBN2AV1WS |access-date=4 March 2021 |agency=Reuters|date=3 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


==Products and services==
==Products and services==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2020}}
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited has two main streams of business. The products division (formerly called BPD – Banking Products Division) and PrimeSourcing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shivapriya |first=Vinu Lal & N. |date=2011-05-10 |title=Oracle may exit software services business as part of plans to divest non-core assets |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/oracle-may-exit-software-services-business-as-part-of-plans-to-divest-non-core-assets/articleshow/8211082.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-08-06 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> The company's offerings cover retail, corporate, and investment banking, funds, cash management, trade, treasury, payments, lending, private wealth management, asset management, and business analytics. The company undertook a re-branding exercise in the latter half of 2008. As part of this, the corporate website was integrated with Oracle's website. Various divisions, services, and products were renamed to reflect the new identity post-alignment with Oracle.
 
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited has two main streams of business. The products division (formerly called BPD&nbsp;– Banking Products Division) and PrimeSourcing. The company's offerings cover retail, corporate and investment banking, funds, cash management, trade, treasury, payments, lending, private wealth management, asset management, and business analytics. The company undertook a re-branding exercise in the latter half of 2008. As part of this, the corporate website was integrated with Oracle's website. Various divisions, services, and products were renamed to reflect the new identity post alignment with Oracle.
 
Recently, Oracle Financial Services launched products for Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, exposure management, enterprise performance management and energy, and commodity trading compliance.
 
The company promotes its BPO [[business process outsourcing]] business via its subsidiary Equinox Corporation which is based in [[Irvine, California]].


== Portfolio ==
Recently, Oracle Financial Services launched products for Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, exposure management, enterprise performance management and energy, and commodity trading compliance.{{When|date=May 2024|reason=Date required}}{{Source needed|date=May 2024}}


* In 2002 DotEx International Joint Venture NSE.IT and i-flex solutions Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BgSE Financials Ltd, to provide Internet trading services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd., Company|url=https://www.goodreturns.in/company/oracle-financial-services-software/history.html#1600713000|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Goodreturn|language=en}}</ref>
In 2002, DotEx International Joint Venture NSE.IT and i-flex Solutions Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BgSE Financials Ltd to provide Internet trading services.
* Opens its first Overseas Software Development Center in Singapore.


==See also==
==See also==
 
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Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
Formerly
i-flex Solutions
Traded as
IndustryEnterprise software
Founded1990; 36 years ago (1990)
Founder(s)s
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Key people
  • Sridhar Srinivasan (Chairperson)
  • Makarand Padalkar (CEO and MD)[2]
RevenueIncrease 6,373 crore (US$890 million) (2024)
Increase 2,680 crore (US$380 million) (2024)
Increase 2,219 crore (US$310 million) (2024)
Number of employees
8,754 (2024)
ParentOracle Corporation
Websitewww.oracle.com/in/financial-services
Footnotes / references
Financials as of March 31, 2024.[3]

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (OFSS) is an Indian subsidiary of Oracle Corporation which is involved in financial and insurance technology. Established in 1990, the company was known as i-flex Solutions prior to its acquisition by Oracle. It is headquartered in Mumbai.

History[edit | edit source]

Early history[edit | edit source]

In 1992, the non-Citi operation’s software business was spun off into a separate company, Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd. (Citil), subsequently called i-flex Solutions. The venture, headed by Rajesh Hukku, received seed funding of $400,000 from Citicorp. Citil inherited the legacy software Microbanker from Citi Overseas Software. With the revenue from selling Microbanker to customers in mostly Africa and later to other markets, Citil invested in developing Flexcube, their following software product. Flexcube was very successful and claimed the top spot in the annual sales ranking by International Banking Systems, a U.K.-based industry publication, in 2002.[4]

Oracle Corporation[edit | edit source]

Oracle Financial Services Software – Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore

Oracle purchased Citigroup's 41% stake in i-flex Solutions for US$593 million in August 2005,[5] a further 7.52% in March and April 2006, and 3.2% in an open-market purchase in mid-April 2006.[6]

In August 2006, i-flex Solutions acquired Mantas, a US-based anti-money laundering and compliance software company for US$122.6 million.[7] The company part-funded the transaction through a preferential share allotment to the majority shareholder Oracle Corporation.[8]

On 12 January 2007, after an open offer price to minority shareholders, Oracle increased its stake in i-flex Solutions to around 83%.[9]

On 4 April 2008, Oracle changed the name of the company to Oracle Financial Services Limited.[10]

Now, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is a major part of Oracle Financial Services Global Industry Unit (FSGIU).[11]

Products and services[edit | edit source]

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited has two main streams of business. The products division (formerly called BPD – Banking Products Division) and PrimeSourcing.[12] The company's offerings cover retail, corporate, and investment banking, funds, cash management, trade, treasury, payments, lending, private wealth management, asset management, and business analytics. The company undertook a re-branding exercise in the latter half of 2008. As part of this, the corporate website was integrated with Oracle's website. Various divisions, services, and products were renamed to reflect the new identity post-alignment with Oracle.

Recently, Oracle Financial Services launched products for Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, exposure management, enterprise performance management and energy, and commodity trading compliance.[when?]Template:Source needed

In 2002, DotEx International Joint Venture NSE.IT and i-flex Solutions Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BgSE Financials Ltd to provide Internet trading services.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Thimmaya, PP; Shivapriya, N. (16 July 2009). "Rajesh Hukku to exit Oracle Fin Services". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. "Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (OFSS) Governance". oracle.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. "Oracle Financial Services Software Limited - Annual Report 2023-24" (PDF). Oracle. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  4. Karmali, Naazneen (3 October 2005). "Bankware". Forbes. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. "Oracle buys Citi's stake in i-flex". The Times of India. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. "Oracle raises stake in i-flex". Rediff. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. "i-flex completes acquisition of Mantas". The Economic Times. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. Agrawal, Ravi Ananthanarayanan & Ashish (15 August 2006). "Mantas acquisition to add cross-selling bytes to i-flex". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  9. Oracle stake in i-flex rises to 53% after revised offer, The Economic Times (21 January 2007)
  10. "I-flex solutions limited to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Limited". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  11. "Oracle Financial Services Board of Directors". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. Shivapriya, Vinu Lal & N. (10 May 2011). "Oracle may exit software services business as part of plans to divest non-core assets". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 6 August 2023.