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IBA GROUP

IBA GROUP is an international IT company founded in 1993.[1][2] The company’s focus areas include enterprise applications, mainframe systems, SAP solutions, cloud technologies, and RPA/ML/AI solutions.[3][4]

IBA GROUP
IndustryIT
Founded1993
HeadquartersPrague
Number of locations
15 (2023)
Revenue1,450,769,000 Czech koruna (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
1,399,000 Czech koruna (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
6,092,000 Czech koruna (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets2,511,410,000 Czech koruna (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
2,000

Since 2005, the head office has been located in Prague, Czech Republic.[5] The company has offices in 16 countries and development centers in ten countries.[6]

History

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IBA GROUP was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between IBM and local IT organizations. Since 1998, the company started opening international offices, such as IBA USA in Mountain View, California. In 1999, the IBA CZ development center was launched in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1999, IBM withdrew as a part owner of IBA, while remaining its major business partner. In 2000, the IBA IT GmbH office opened in Düsseldorf, Germany.[7]

In 2005, the head office of IBA Group was opened in Prague and at the same time IBA CZ office expanded to include a branch in Brno, Czech Republic.[8] In 2010, an office was opened in Astana.[9][10] In 2012, IBA Ukraine was opened in Kyiv,[11] and in 2013, IBA South Africa was established in Johannesburg.[12]

In 2014, IBA Group joined the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).[13]

In 2015, IBA Group opened an office in Bratislava, Slovakia.[14] In 2017, IBA CZ moved to a new office in Prague.[15] In the same year, IBA Group opened a development center in Bulgaria.[16]

In 2018, IBA Group joined the UN Global Compact network.[17] In 2021, the company became a resident of Astana Hub Technopark[18] and opened a development center in Wroclaw, Poland - IBA Poland.[19] In 2022, the company opened an office in Warsaw, Poland, and IBA ME, an office in the UAE.[20]

In 2022, the company began rebranding its Belarus-based parent. Representative offices and development centers were opened in Georgia,[21] Croatia,[22] Lithuania,[23] and Serbia.[24]

Technology

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IBA Group has a proprietary cloud platform and data centers to provide cloud services,[25] and a robotic solution that automates development, deployment, running, and monitoring of software robots.[26]

Based on its long-term cooperation with VISA Corp, IBA Group developed a series of mobile payment solutions.[27]

tapXphone

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TapXphone is a hardware-free digital payment acceptance solution that turns any NFC-enabled Android smartphone into a payment terminal. Using tapXphone, SMEs and individual entrepreneurs can accept contactless payments by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, China UnionPay, and other payment schemes. Developed by IBA Group, the solution is based on the VISA Tap to Phone technology.[28][29] - TapXphone is PCI CPoC and PCI MPoC-compliant, and Visa and MasterCard-certified.[30]

IBA Group implemented tapXphone in Ukraine,[31] Kazakhstan,[32] Moldova,[33][34] Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania,[35] Estonia,[36] Serbia,[37] Bulgaria, Azerbaijan,[38]Greece,[39] Kosovo,[40] Croatia,[41] Albania, and Nigeria.[42]

References

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  1. ^ "IBA Group celebrates 30 years". ITWeb. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. ^ "SAP Partner Finder". pf-prod-sapit-partner-prod.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. ^ "IBA Poland nowym partnerem SAP - Brandsit" (in Polish). 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  4. ^ "Modernising your mainframe? Call in the experts". ITWeb. 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  5. ^ "I.B.A. DEVELOPMENT, IT company, Agias Zonis, 2, Lemesos — 2GIS". 2gis.com.cy. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  6. ^ "IBA opens office in Bulgaria". ITEuropa. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  7. ^ "Iba It Gmbh - Kierspe 58566 (Märkischer Kreis), Auf Der Höhe 4, FIRME". de.kompass.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. ^ "Iba Group A.S. Company Profile - Czech Republic | Financials & Key Executives | EMIS". www.emis.com. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  9. ^ "Office of IBA GROUP launched in Kazakhstan". 2010-07-14.
  10. ^ "Центр разработок "Группы IBA" открыт в столице Казахстана городе Астане". 2014-07-14. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  11. ^ "Белорусский IT-холдинг пришел в Украину". LB.ua. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  12. ^ "IBA has expansion plans in mind". IT News Africa. 2012-04-30.
  13. ^ "IAOP – The Association with Collaboration at its Core". www.iaop.org. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  14. ^ "IBA Group opens branch in Slovak Republic". News Powered by Cision. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  15. ^ "IBA Group Unveils New Office in Prague | ITOnews.eu". itonews.eu. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  16. ^ "IBA opens office in Bulgaria". ITEuropa. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  17. ^ "IBA Group". unglobalcompact.org. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  18. ^ "A large international IT company from Belarus plans to develop innovative projects in Kazakhstan". astanahub.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  19. ^ "CEE Digital Services". www.ceedigitalservices.eu. Archived from the original on 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  20. ^ Staff, Emerging Europe (2023-08-04). "IBA Poland opens Warsaw office". Emerging Europe. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  21. ^ "IBA Group Opens IBA IT Georgia". www.usdailyledger.com. 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  22. ^ "IT and industry coming to Serbia through VRIZE, IBA, CE Industries". Serbia Monthly. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  23. ^ "Lietuvoje biurą atidaro Čekijos "IBA Group"". 15min.lt/verslas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  24. ^ "IBA Group Opens Development Center in Serbia". www.belgradefreepress.com. 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  25. ^ "Platform for Cloud Providers | ICDC". icdc.io. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  26. ^ "EasyRPA".
  27. ^ "Visa Partner | IBA Group". partner.visa.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  28. ^ "Visa Tap to Phone Transforms Payment Acceptance for Sellers Worldwide". usa.visa.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  29. ^ "SoftPOS Solution". tapXphone. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  30. ^ "IBA Group Recertifies tapXphone Mobile Payment Solution". EIN News. 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  31. ^ "IBA Group запустила в украинскoм банке решение tapXphone для расчётов через смартфон". dev.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  32. ^ "Казпочта предложила новый сервис для МСБ". Деловой портал Капитал.кз (in Russian). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  33. ^ "Новости". www.victoriabank.md (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  34. ^ "Logos Press: maib SmartPOS: банковская карта там, где раньше были только наличные". maib (in Russian). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  35. ^ "IBA запустила в Латвии решение для бесконтактных платежей tapXphone". dev.by (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  36. ^ "Что такое приложение tapXphone и почему мне нужно его скачать, чтобы начать принимать платежи? | Банк Citadele". www.citadele.lv (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  37. ^ RaiPOS - inovacionin më të ri për pagesa nga Banka Raiffeisen, 3 November 2022, retrieved 2023-04-07
  38. ^ ""Mobile POS service will contribute heavily to the development of cashless payments"". Kapital Bank. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  39. ^ "Smart POS". www.eurobank.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  40. ^ "Azərbaycanda nəqliyyat ödənişlərində yeni texnoloji üsul tətbiq olunacaq". ted.az. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  41. ^ "Pametni telefon pomoću aplikacije postaje POS terminal". Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  42. ^ "IBA Group introduces SoftPOS technology in Africa". ITWeb. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
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