Information about Komerční banka's branches and ATMs now available from www.aMapy.cz

Press release

1/19/2010
8:00 AM

Komerční banka will publish a list of its branches and ATMs in Centrum Holdings' online maps. In the aMapy.cz application, Internet users will find a complete overview of the places at which Komerční banka's services can be used. Komerční banka has worked with FG Forrest and Centrum Holdings on this data integration project.

Komerční banka's clients will therefore have much easier access to information. They will find the details about the nearest ATM and branch, including its opening hours, together with their GPS coordinates on the web in yet another form. They will have access to details about not only Komerční banka's ATMs as frequently as today's regular Internet users are searching in maps.

Data integration into the aMapy.cz system is based on a proven fact. An overwhelming majority of Internet users use active map tools when looking for a route or a specific place.

"We regard searching at aMapy.cz as an alternative to the Branch and ATM Search Engine integrated in KB's website, which is provided to a broader portfolio of users. In co-operation with our partners, we have processed it into the form of automated data transmission, mainly for the purpose of always providing the most current data via information channels," explains David Horák, webmaster at Komerční banka.

Easy, fast and reliable communication in the direction towards clients is one of Komerční banka's basic preconditions for its mutual relationships [with clients]. The bank is therefore constantly seeking new opportunities for make this communication more effective. Komerční banka has therefore decided to publish the details needed by its clients at aMapy.cz, thereby providing them with comprehensible information on where and when they can use the services of their bank's branch in the Czech Republic.

This service is primarily intended for Komerční banka's clients; secondarily, it can, naturally, also be used by other banks' clients to find information about an accessible and suitable place for cash withdrawal.

Komerční banka is one of the best run universal banks in Central Europe. It provides comprehensive services to clients in the areas of retail, corporate, and investment banking. The Komerční banka Group's 8,843 employees serve more than 2.7 million clients, who can use an extensive network of 398 points of sale throughout the country. Komerční banka currently operates 682 ATMs and more than 972,000 of its clients use one of direct banking channels.

Komerční banka is part of the Société Générale Group, one of the largest banking groups in the euro zone (in terms of market capitalisation), whose 163,000 employees serve more than 30 million individual clients worldwide.

FG Forrest, a.s. is an internet agency founded in 1996. It provides complete internet and intranet solutions, ranging from analysis and design through to the production and servicing of the projects entrusted to it, in combination with effective online marketing and a creative approach. The company is simultaneously developing its own system for web content management, Edee CMS. FG Forrest's signature can be found on projects of, for example, the ČEZ Group, Office of the President of the Republic, Komerční banka, Lagardere Active ČR, McDonald's and PPF.

Centrum Holdings is an internet media house operating in Central and Eastern Europe (the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia). Centrum Holdings websites are visited by more than 6 million people every month. Amongst the brands it operates are Aktuálně.cz, Žena.cz, Centrum.cz, Atlas.cz, Centrum ICQ, Najisto.cz, adFOX.cz, Atlas.sk, Aktualne.sk and Net.hr.