Bangalore: Software major Infosys Technologies on May 28 announced the launch of the South Asia chapter of Fulcrum -- the Finacle User Forum.

The South Asia Chapter of Fulcrum is a body comprising all customers of the Finacle suite of banking products from Infosys in the South Asian region covering India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, a company release said in Bangalore.

The Fulcrum South Asia chapter was formally launched recently with Infosys facilitating and hosting the inaugural event. Finacle customers in the region got together, deliberated and set-up the first steering committee and adopted the charter.

Punjab National Bank was unanimously chosen as the first anchor of Fulcrum South Asia Chapter. Other members of the steering committee include Sampath Bank (Sri Lanka), ICICI Bank, Cosmos bank and Karnataka Bank Ltd.

"At Fulcrum we plan to meet regularly to discuss various matters pertaining to the Finacle suite of solutions, to share our experiences with each other, to understand Infosys plans for Finacle and to provide our collective feedback to Infosys," Punjab National Bank IT Division Deputy General Manager K S Bajwa and Anchor of the steering committee of South Asia chapter of Fulcrum, said.

PTI