Temenos today announced that President's Choice Financial® (PC Financial®), part of Loblaw Companies Limited – Canada’s leading food and pharmacy retailer, has selected Temenos to extend its reach into the Canadian banking market. PC Financial® will adopt Temenos retail core banking solution as SaaS on Microsoft Azure, enabling it to scale products and expand its banking proposition rapidly.

PC Financial®, renowned for delivering unprecedented value to customers and its commitment to innovation, offers a range of financial products designed to deliver on the company’s purpose - helping Canadians Live Life Well®. Through its award-winning PC® Mastercard® and PC Money™ Account, customers save on banking fees and earn points linked to PC Optimum™, Canada’s largest and most popular loyalty reward program with more than 16 million active members.

The implementation of Temenos’ retail core banking solution as SaaS will enable PC Financial® to scale products faster and expand its banking proposition on a trusted and secure, continuously updated service. This cloud-based approach eliminates the need for costly infrastructure investments and allows for seamless integration across the group’s retail brands to make everyday transactions simple and rewarding. With Temenos, PC Financial will significantly streamline their end-to-end processes while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Daksa Mody, SVP Central Operations, PC Financial, said: “Our partnership with Temenos aligns perfectly with our ongoing commitment to providing Canadians innovative and simplified financial products with exceptional value. This partnership gives us access to world-class banking capabilities and allows us to streamline efficiencies, while enabling continued focus on delivering best-in-class products that help Canadians Live Life Well.

Philip Barnett, President - Americas, Temenos, commented: “We are delighted to welcome PC Financial as a marque signing for Temenos. North America is a strategic region for Temenos, and a market where we are seeing tremendous growth in SaaS. Our proven, highly scalable SaaS model together with robust localization and local operations is compelling for banks and new challengers of all sizes. We have invested heavily in our platform to assist our clients to comply with applicable Canadian and US banking regulations and our clients are seeing the benefit in massive scale, business agility and ability to deploy fast with our pre-configured banking capabilities.”