2008 RaboDirect.ie wins Inspired IT Award
Inspired IT at RaboDirect.ie!
Last Thursday night, the 9th of October 2008, RaboDirect.ie was the proud recipient of an Inspired IT Award in the category of Business Services at a ceremony held in Dublin's Mansion House. Now in their 4th year, the Inspired IT Awards were created by iReach to recognise heads of IT and their teams for their strategic role in helping to drive competitiveness and place Ireland at the forefront of knowledge creation and IT innovation globally.
RaboDirect received the Finalist Award in the Business Services category in recognition of the recently launched RaboDirect Business Savings Account.
A tough category with 8 entries in total, including financial competitors such as EBS and Permanent TSB along with RTE and KPMG.
RaboDirect's quick time to market coupled with the consistent provision of a simple and transparent business product held great appeal for the judges and played a critical part in securing the win.
Commenting on the award, Aisling McManus, Operations and Compliance Manager at RaboDirect said 'The entire team at RaboDirect worked hard on this collaborative project, learning about new procedures, applications, document requirements and dealing with difficult queries. So it's fantastic that this award acknowledges the efforts of all members of the RaboDirect Team. It also acknowledges all the great work of our support team in Shared Services and our partners in C&W who helped us make it all happen!'
Mark O'Grady, Project Manager at RaboDirect said 'The RaboDirect Business Savings Project took just 12 weeks to implement from Project initiation to launch with a limited budget. The entire application process is fully automated end to end something unique in this business space. RTE won the overall category, making our victory even sweeter in that we beat both financial competitors EBS and Permanent TSB.'
Roel van Veggel, General Manager at RaboDirect said 'Introducing this product for business customers serves to strengthen the RaboDirect brand in the Irish market place. Its popularity is yet again a clear indication that our no nonsense banking propositions have a strong appeal across both personal and business target markets. More importantly, the fact that we don't have a specific IT department indicates that our working model, where we rely on a strong network of shared services from external partners, can ensure award wins in the traditional IT field.'
The RaboDirect Business Savings Account was launched in May 2008.
Pictured at the awards from left to right are Muiriosa Brosnan, Customer Contact Centre Team Leader, Aisling McManus, Operations & Compliance Manager, Aoife Mahon, Offline Marketing Manager.