Tech Bytes: Amro Expanding Use of SunGard Software

Systems Inc., has signed its largest bank contract with ABN Amro of the Netherlands.

The multimillion-dollar, multiyear contract includes a rollout of Infinity's derivatives trading software to additional bank sites and consulting services.

ABN Amro, which has $480 billion of assets, has been a customer of the vendor since 1993. Sam Halim, president of ABN Amro's information technology services company, said 300 bank employees in the global trading unit use Infinity's front-, middle-, and back-office applications for deal capture, analytics, and risk reporting.

Rob van Paridon, chairman of ABN Amro Inc., said, "Infinity has given our traders a competitive edge in the development of our proprietary and customer-based interest rate derivatives business."

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