IBA GROUP explained
IBA GROUP |
Industry: | IT |
Founded: | 1993 |
Hq Location: | Prague |
Num Locations: | 15 (2023) |
Num Employees: | 2,000 |
IBA GROUP is an international IT company founded in 1993, in Minsk, Belarus.[1] [2] The company’s focus areas include enterprise applications, mainframe systems, SAP solutions, cloud technologies, and RPA/ML/AI solutions.[3] [4]
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
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
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
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, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan,[37] Greece,[38] Kosovo,[39] Croatia,[40] Albania, and Nigeria.[41]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2023-05-08 . IBA Group celebrates 30 years . 2024-05-01 . ITWeb.
- Web site: SAP Partner Finder . 2023-02-13 . pf-prod-sapit-partner-prod.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com.
- Web site: 2024-03-06 . IBA Poland nowym partnerem SAP - Brandsit . 2024-05-01 . pl-PL.
- Web site: 2023-10-23 . Modernising your mainframe? Call in the experts . 2024-04-17 . ITWeb.
- Web site: I.B.A. DEVELOPMENT, IT company, Agias Zonis, 2, Lemesos — 2GIS . 2023-02-13 . 2gis.com.cy . en.
- Web site: 2018-04-03 . IBA opens office in Bulgaria . 2023-02-13 . ITEuropa . en.
- Web site: Iba It Gmbh - Kierspe 58566 (Märkischer Kreis), Auf Der Höhe 4, FIRME . 2023-03-09 . de.kompass.com.
- Web site: Iba Group A.S. Company Profile - Czech Republic Financials & Key Executives EMIS . 2023-02-13 . www.emis.com.
- Web site: 2010-07-14 . Office of IBA GROUP launched in Kazakhstan .
- Web site: 2014-07-14 . Центр разработок "Группы IBA" открыт в столице Казахстана городе Астане . 2023-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714114415/http://club.cnews.ru/blogs/entry/tsentr_razrabotok_gruppy_iba_otkryt_v_stolitse_kazahstana_gorode_astane . 2014-07-14 .
- Web site: Белорусский IT-холдинг пришел в Украину . 2023-02-13 . LB.ua. 13 April 2012 .
- Web site: 2012-04-30 . IBA has expansion plans in mind . IT News Africa.
- Web site: IAOP – The Association with Collaboration at its Core. . 2023-04-07 . www.iaop.org.
- Web site: IBA Group opens branch in Slovak Republic . 2023-02-13 . News Powered by Cision . 5 May 2015 . en.
- Web site: IBA Group Unveils New Office in Prague ITOnews.eu . 2023-04-07 . itonews.eu.
- Web site: 2018-04-03 . IBA opens office in Bulgaria . 2023-02-13 . ITEuropa . en.
- Web site: IBA Group . 2023-04-07 . unglobalcompact.org.
- Web site: A large international IT company from Belarus plans to develop innovative projects in Kazakhstan . 2023-04-07 . astanahub.com . en.
- Web site: CEE Digital Services . 2023-04-07 . www.ceedigitalservices.eu . en.
- Web site: Staff . Emerging Europe . 2023-08-04 . IBA Poland opens Warsaw office . 2024-04-04 . Emerging Europe . en-GB.
- Web site: 2022-03-16 . IBA Group Opens IBA IT Georgia . 2023-02-13 . www.usdailyledger.com.
- Web site: IT and industry coming to Serbia through VRIZE, IBA, CE Industries . 2023-02-13 . Serbia Monthly . en-US.
- Web site: Lietuvoje biurą atidaro Čekijos "IBA Group" . 2023-02-13 . 15min.lt/verslas . lt.
- Web site: 2022-09-06 . IBA Group Opens Development Center in Serbia . 2023-02-13 . www.belgradefreepress.com.
- Web site: Platform for Cloud Providers ICDC . 2023-04-07 . icdc.io.
- Web site: EasyRPA .
- Web site: Visa Partner IBA Group . 2023-04-07 . partner.visa.com . en.
- Web site: Visa Tap to Phone Transforms Payment Acceptance for Sellers Worldwide . 2023-04-07 . usa.visa.com . en.
- Web site: SoftPOS Solution . 2024-04-17 . tapXphone . en-US.
- News: 2022-08-15 . IBA Group Recertifies tapXphone Mobile Payment Solution . en-US . EIN News . 2023-04-07.
- Web site: IBA Group запустила в украинскoм банке решение tapXphone для расчётов через смартфон . 2023-04-07 . dev.by . ru-BY.
- Web site: Казпочта предложила новый сервис для МСБ . 2023-04-07 . Деловой портал Капитал.кз . 19 June 2020 . ru.
- Web site: Новости . 2023-04-07 . www.victoriabank.md . ru.
- Web site: 25 February 2022 . Logos Press: maib SmartPOS: банковская карта там, где раньше были только наличные . 2023-04-07 . maib . ru.
- Web site: IBA запустила в Латвии решение для бесконтактных платежей tapXphone . 2023-04-07 . dev.by . be-BY.
- Web site: Что такое приложение tapXphone и почему мне нужно его скачать, чтобы начать принимать платежи? Банк Citadele . 2023-04-07 . www.citadele.lv . ru.
- Web site: "Mobile POS service will contribute heavily to the development of cashless payments" . 2023-04-07 . Kapital Bank . en.
- Web site: Smart POS . 2023-04-07 . www.eurobank.gr . el.
- Web site: Azərbaycanda nəqliyyat ödənişlərində yeni texnoloji üsul tətbiq olunacaq . 2023-04-07 . ted.az . en.
- Web site: Pametni telefon pomoću aplikacije postaje POS terminal . 2024-04-04 . en-US.
- Web site: 2023-12-06 . IBA Group introduces SoftPOS technology in Africa . 2024-04-04 . ITWeb.