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1. A glance into our achievements
This document summarizes the Key
Milestones of EastNets
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3. EastNets Key Milestones
EastNets Key Milestones
Founded in 1984, EastNets serves over 1,000 customers in 120 countries, with over 300 employees and
global headquarters in Dubai and 16 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and United States.
EastNets Milestones
1984 - Eastern Networks, now EastNets, is founded by Hazem Mulhim - (About us)
2001 - Receives MS-SBSP Fusion Award
2003 - EastNets launches a fully-hosted outsourced SWIFT Service Bureau, today serving over 250 clients
EastNets SWIFT Service Bureau offers Financial Institutions and Corporates, on SWIFT or considering
joining SWIFT, the ability to focus on their core business competencies, while outsourcing their SWIFT
connectivity and infrastructure. With the en.Service Bureau, organizations can free up their internal
resources, cut down costs and offload the risks and liabilities of maintaining and managing their own
SWIFT infrastructure to EastNets‟ SWIFT Certified Service Bureau.
http://www.eastnets.com/Outsourcing/ENSB.aspx
2005 - EastNets launches BPO (Business Process Outsourcing Services), quality assurance and software testing
services with its center in Egypt
In today‟s highly competitive and fast-changing marketplace, organizations are challenged to improve
productivity and operational efficiency with reduced budgets. With EastNets Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) service, we can help your businesses improve and accelerate KYC processes,
enhance growth, reduce costs, and mitigate business risk while leveraging efficient resources to help
you better utilize your own resources.
http://www.eastnets.com/Outsourcing/BPOSolutions.aspx
2007 - EastNets acquires SIDE International, a market leader for anti-money laundering solutions, and ranked
by Celent in 2006 as providing one of the top Watchlist Filtering solutions
2008 - EastNets launches SafeWatch anti-money laundering solution for transaction monitoring and profiling
Meet today‟s complex regulatory and payment challenges with EastNets flexible, configurable, and
proven anti-money laundering software used today by over 400 financial institutions and corporates
worldwide.
http://www.eastnets.com/Solutions/AML.aspx
2009 - EastNets receives IBS top ranking for anti-money laundering solution sales for 2008
en.SafeWatch Profiling solution has been named the 4th top-selling anti-money laundering (AML)
solution for 2008.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/09-05-
03/EastNets%E2%80%99_en_SafeWatch_Profiling_Ranked_4th_Best_Selling_Anti-
Money_Laundering_Solution_by_International_Banking_Systems_Journal.aspx
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2009 - EastNets is awarded a license to open a new office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
EastNets has received a license DIFC, the world‟s fastest-growing international financial centre, to
operate out of the financial district and serve companies located within it.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/09-04-
06/EastNets_Awarded_License_to_Establish_an_Office_in_the_Dubai_International_Financial_Centre.aspx
2009 - EastNets launches Anti-Fraud software solution
EastNets Introduces SWIFT-Ready Fraud Prevention Solution at Sibos 2009
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/09-09-14/EastNets_Introduces_SWIFT-
Ready_Fraud_Prevention_Solution_at_Sibos_2009.aspx
2009- EastNets celebrates 25 years of excellence as a leading compliance and payments solutions and
services provider
Helping financial institutions and corporates to keep their transactions secure, compliant and well
protected against risk.
“In a highly demanding and competitive market environment, it is a remarkable achievement for
EastNets to have maintained the highest quality standards in our products and services over the past
25 years,” said Hazem Mulhim, Founder and CEO of EastNets. “The company has successfully
leveraged its extensive experience and world-class expertise to constantly improve and strengthen
our portfolio of banking and financial solutions. Our dedication to quality and excellence, and our
strong commitment to protect the integrity and safety of the financial system are key attributes that
distinguish EastNets as a premier provider of payment and compliance solutions and services all over
the world.”
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/09-07-
20/EastNets_Celebrates_25_Years_of_Excellence_as_a_Leading_Compliance_and_Payments_Solutions_and_Services_Provid
er.aspx
2010 - EastNets awarded SwiftReady Services Label for 2010
Certification Validates EastNets Capability to Perform Implementation, Integration and Upgrade
Services for SWIFT Products.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/10-04-06/EastNets_Awarded_SwiftReady_Services_Label_for_2010.aspx
2010 - EastNets SWIFT Service Bureau receives SWIFT Operational Assurance Label for 2010
EastNets Meets SWIFT‟s Stringent Shared Infrastructure Requirements
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/10-04-
29/EastNets_Service_Bureau_Awarded_SWIFT_Operational_Assurance_Label_for_2010.aspx
2010 - EastNets awarded SAS 70 Type II Certification for its SWIFT Service Bureau
EastNets announced today that it has achieved the SAS 70 Type II Certification for its SWIFT Service
Bureau.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/10-05-04/EastNets_Awarded_SAS_70_Type_II_Certification.aspx
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2010 - EastNets ranked 41st for Second year in RiskTech 100 survey released by Chartis Research
2011 - EastNets Wins Financial-i's Leaders in Innovation Award
The Financial-i Leaders in Innovation Awards identifies those that have excelled in innovative business
solutions over the past twelve months, across wholesale transaction banking. The advisory panel
reviews a range of criteria including the depth and breadth of functionality and how solutions help
companies solve business issues.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/11-01-10/EastNets_Wins_Financial-i_Leaders_in_Innovation_Award.aspx
2011 - EastNets ranked 37th in RiskTech 100 Survey released by Chartis Research
EastNets, a leading global provider of compliance and payments solutions and services for financial
institutions and corporates, has been ranked 37th in this year‟s edition of the RiskTech100 report
released by Chartis Research, a leading research and advisory services firm focused exclusively on
the risk technology market.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/12-01-
23/EastNets_earns_high_ranking_in_Chartis_RiskTech100%C2%AE_report_for_third_consecutive_year.aspx
2011 - Over 400 customers worldwide rely on EastNets SafeWatch Anti-money Laundering Solutions
Over 1,000 financial institutions and corporates in 120 countries benefit from solutions powered by
EastNets, including 22 of the top 50 global banks.
http://www.eastnets.com/AboutUs/Customers.aspx
2011 - EastNets Wins Kinetic Process Innovation Award for its SafeWatch Filtering and SWIFT Reporting
Solutions at Bermuda Commercial Bank
EastNets was selected by a panel of experts based on its en.SafeWatch Filtering solution for OFAC,
PEP and SWIFT message screening, and en.Reporting solution for FIN/XML message monitoring being
used at Bermuda Commercial Bank. The business benefits that were most impressive to the judges
included the solutions‟ robust matching engine enabling rapid identification of anti-money laundering
risks while limiting false positives, and direct SWIFT message screening and reporting.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/11-02-
22/EastNets_Wins_2011_Kinetic_Process_Innovation_Award_for_its_Anti-Money_Laundering_Solution.aspx
2012 - EastNets Wins Kinetic Process Innovation Award for its SafeWatch Filtering and SafeWatch Profiling
Solutions at Intesa Sanpaolo
EastNets was selected by a panel of experts based on its anti-money laundering (AML) application as
utilized by Intesa Sanpaolo, the leading banking group in Italy that serves approx. 11 million
customers. The business benefits that were the most compelling to the judges were highlighted in Intesa
Sanpaolo‟s use of en.SafeWatch Filtering at the Italian branches and en.SafeWatch Filtering and
Profiling AML solutions at its international branches in meeting regulatory requirements with AML laws,
improving anti-money laundering (AML) defenses and counter terrorist financing (CTF) controls.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/12-03-08/EastNets_Anti-
Money_Laundering_Software_Wins_2012_Kinetic_Process_Innovation_Award.aspx
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6. EastNets Key Milestones
2012 - EastNets CEO shares entrepreneurial insights at INSEAD Abu Dhabi. A Case Study was written
specifically about the founding of EastNets illustrating its success.
During the class discussion, Hazem illustrated the nuances of entrepreneurship by presenting a case
study on EastNets titled „EastNets: Opportunity in Every Difficulty‟, which chronicled the challenges and
obstacles that Hazem had to overcome to transform EastNets into what it is today – a global provider
of compliance and payments solutions and services with operations in 14 countries.
http://www.eastnets.com/news_events/news/12-03-
08/EastNets_CEO_shares_entrepreneurial_insights_at_INSEAD_Abu_Dhabi_in_the_classroom_and_in_a_panel_discussion.a
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