BCC is a child of the electronic age. More established banks had to grapple with complex changeovers from manual to computerised systems. But BCC was able to move straight away into an efficient and modern form of data manipulation. Through foresight and energy BCC has maintained this advantage, and today it can rightly be called one of the most automated international banks in the world.
The Falcon system has become central to BCC's computer operation. It is a totally integrated on-line and real time package of computer programs that handles all the accounting tasks and banking functions of the branches connected to its network. Over the years. Falcon has undergone literally thousands of amendments and modifications. Where a fully fledged Falcon system is inappropriate - mostly in Third World countries - a miniFalcon package has been introduced. This has given BCC a considerable edge in many market.
Read the full issue here: BCC International - No. 33