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> CRISTAL Service Bureau

Our strategic position as a leading Market Infrastructure provider and a major operator of technology services to capital markets globally (C.R.I., Euronext) demonstrates our expertise and ability to run mission-critical platforms and convey secure data within the SWIFT network.

A fixed budget service and a guaranteed TARGET2 Operating cost.

Operated by Diamis, CSB is a shared gateway to high-value and cross border low value payment systems, providing financial transfers monitoring, liquidity management and treasury forecasts, all in real-time.

The core of the CSB architecture offers the power of a proven solution, CRISTAL, conveying more than 90% of transactions through the French gateway to TARGET and that is one of the preferred TARGET2 solution of the Banking community.

CRISTAL Service Bureau allows small and medium-sized Banking Institutions to opt for a TARGET2 Direct Participant status, thus enabling savings on collateral requirement cost and ICM Usage, without maintaining in-house software. (PDF)

CRISTAL Service Bureau is built on resilient and secure infrastructure, offering customers with 3 environments within 2 separate sites.

CSB only requires simple configuration, on Customer site:

Cristal Service Bureau’ implementation timeline is about 4 months, including integration, UAT and go-live support. Diamis Is supporting the entire project from start to finish.

Cristal Service Bureau is already hosting several customers since May 23rd 2006 and is certified By French RTGNS C.R.I.
Banque de France monitors TARGET2 readiness of CSB under the “Critical Player” reporting framework.