XIAMEN, China, July 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Longtop Financial Technologies Limited ("Longtop") (NYSE: LFT), a leading software developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today announced that it has been informed by one of China’s largest Joint Stock banks it has been selected to develop a customized foreign exchange payment and clearing system.
The system is necessary to meet the People’s Bank of China’s requirement that Chinese banks have the ability to undertake foreign exchange payment and settlement between themselves within China.
"We are excited to be awarded this project from one of the largest Joint Stock banks, which follows a similar project we have completed for one of China’s Big Four banks, and further extends our market share and customer base for our payment and clearing solutions," commented Weizhou Lian, Chief Executive Officer of Longtop. "This project win is a suitably positive conclusion to our first fiscal 2009 quarter. Having just completed a successful Q1 2009, we will be able to exceed our previous guidance for 2009. Moreover, projects such as these indicate that strong demand for our solutions is continuing, so that we expect the Olympics will not have a negative impact on our 2009 guidance."
Longtop is the leading brand in the payment and clearing solutions market in China. With a market share of 14%, Longtop ranked No. 1 in China in 2006 for payment and clearing banking, according to a report issued by the market research firm IDC.
About Longtop Financial Technologies Limited
Longtop is a leading software development and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China. Longtop develops and delivers a comprehensive range of software applications and solutions with a focus on meeting the rapidly growing IT needs of the financial services institutions in China. Longtop has five solution delivery centers, three research centers and thirty-nine service centers located in 20 provinces throughout China. Longtop was founded in 1996 by Xiaogong Jia, Chairman, and Weizhou Lian, CEO, as a system integration company focusing on the financial services industry in China and made the transition to a software and solutions provider in 2001. For more information, please visit: http://www.longtop.com .
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