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Home > Banking > SOPRA BANKING SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES THAT THE ONLINE BUSINESS OF SANTANDER CONSUMER BANK IN BELGIUM RUNS THROUGH ITS PLATFORM WHICH OFFERS A 100% DIGITAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

SOPRA BANKING SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES THAT THE ONLINE BUSINESS OF SANTANDER CONSUMER BANK IN BELGIUM RUNS THROUGH ITS PLATFORM WHICH OFFERS A 100% DIGITAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Published by Gbaf News

Posted on July 21, 2017

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Last updated: January 21, 2026

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Sopra Banking Software, trusted partner of banks, announces that SantanderConsumer Bank, Santander Consumer Finance’ subsidiary, is using its platform “Direct Banking on Saas”for running its online business in Belgium.This one operates since April 2017, after a seven-month project, a record in banking sector. Thanks to its innovative features, it offers a 100% digital customer experience, allowing in particular the opening of the online account in no more than two minutes.

« Direct Banking on SaaS »: a complete and “end-to-end”Sopra Banking Software offer

On“santanderconsumerbank.be” website, clients can live a total digital banking customer experience. Thanks to the reading of the electronic chip integrated in their identity card and a secure on-line electronic signature process, two minutes are enough to register and get the bank new account details that has been instantly created. The end-to-end solution is entirely managed by the Sopra Banking Software’s teams, including the hosting part. It includes the licenses, the maintenance and the complete support, and the technical infrastructure and the managed services.It integrates a SMS services provider, a mail server, the messages for SEPA payments and interface with an external ledger for the accounting consolidation of the group.

Emmanuel Gillet, Deputy CEO of Sopra Banking Software says:“We are happy Santander Consumer BankBelgium has chosen our « Direct Banking on SaaS » solution. It is the fifth bank to be convinced by this innovative solution, an indicator of the relevancy of our strategic vision.This global Saas offer perfectly answers the current challenges of banks. In particular it allows banks to offer their clients a differentiative value, facing competition and environment evolution”.

Sopra Banking Software, trusted partner of banks, announces that SantanderConsumer Bank, Santander Consumer Finance’ subsidiary, is using its platform “Direct Banking on Saas”for running its online business in Belgium.This one operates since April 2017, after a seven-month project, a record in banking sector. Thanks to its innovative features, it offers a 100% digital customer experience, allowing in particular the opening of the online account in no more than two minutes.

« Direct Banking on SaaS »: a complete and “end-to-end”Sopra Banking Software offer

On“santanderconsumerbank.be” website, clients can live a total digital banking customer experience. Thanks to the reading of the electronic chip integrated in their identity card and a secure on-line electronic signature process, two minutes are enough to register and get the bank new account details that has been instantly created. The end-to-end solution is entirely managed by the Sopra Banking Software’s teams, including the hosting part. It includes the licenses, the maintenance and the complete support, and the technical infrastructure and the managed services.It integrates a SMS services provider, a mail server, the messages for SEPA payments and interface with an external ledger for the accounting consolidation of the group.

Emmanuel Gillet, Deputy CEO of Sopra Banking Software says:“We are happy Santander Consumer BankBelgium has chosen our « Direct Banking on SaaS » solution. It is the fifth bank to be convinced by this innovative solution, an indicator of the relevancy of our strategic vision.This global Saas offer perfectly answers the current challenges of banks. In particular it allows banks to offer their clients a differentiative value, facing competition and environment evolution”.