MicroBanker SRTE:   Introduction

Overall Features

The MicroBanker Standard Runtime Edition (SRTE) is a unique banking software package that combines real-time transaction processing, general accounting and information retrieval functions with the low-cost of micro computer hardware. The system covers Loans, Savings Accounts, Shares Accounts (for credit unions), Time Deposits, Customer Information and General Ledger in one integrated package.

The MicroBanker SRTE 2.0 is the latest edition of the FAO MicroBanking System that was first developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1988. As of the end of 1996, the FAO MicroBanking system was being used in more than 850 offices in 20 countries all over the world.

Single-Teller or Multi-Teller Options

MicroBanker SRTE offers a low cost approach towards automation for financial institutions that are able and willing to standardize their operations within the range of options provided by the SRTE. The system is recommended for offices with 500 or more loan accounts or 1,000 or more savings and time deposit accounts and an average transaction volume in excess of 30 transactions per day. The MicroBanker SRTE can be run either on a stand-alone PC ("Single Teller") or on a network of PCs ("Multi Teller"). In general, the single teller system should be adequate for offices that have less than 100 transactions per day. Transaction volumes greater than that may soon require a multi-teller system. In many cases, banks that wish to install the SRTE as a multi-teller system would require external assistance with the setting up of their Local Area Network (LAN) software. The MicroBanker SRTE runs on PCs under the Microsoft MS DOS operating system and on the Novell, Windows NT and the Lantastic network operating systems.

The MicroBanker SRTE is customized by the users themselves within a range of options that covers most international standards. A menu-driven Configurator program enables the user to install the required adaptations to the SRTE. The The SRTE may be installed by persons with minimal computer background. Proficiency with the financial institution's products, reporting requirements, customer and product classifications, operational and accounting procedures is required. The MicroBanker SRTE includes a 350 page Installation Manual and User Manual.

Distribution and Support

The MicroBanker SRTE is sold by:

FAO/Marketing and Rural Finance Service
AGSM, Via Delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Telephone: 39-6-5225 3463/5225 3025
Email:MicroBanker@fao.org

The buyers of the software are entitled to after-sales end-user support through mail, fax, telephone or Email for a period of three months. Locations of such support wil be communicated to buyers at the time of sale.