{"id":141889,"date":"2021-02-17T05:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T05:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=141889"},"modified":"2023-09-27T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:11:57","slug":"sap-takes-top-spot-in-internationally-recognized-cefpro-fintech-leaders-2021-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2021\/02\/sap-takes-top-spot-in-internationally-recognized-cefpro-fintech-leaders-2021-report\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Takes Top Spot in Internationally Recognized CeFPro Fintech Leaders 2021 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"lead\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/\">SAP SE<\/a> announced earlier this week that it took first place in both core banking\/back-end systems and accounting and treasury management in the Fintech Leaders 2021 Report by the Center for Financial Professionals (CeFPro), an international research organization. CeFPro also named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/industries\/banking.html?infl=078fcbaf-dfa2-48c5-b524-b0872eeab725\">SAP<\/a>\u00a0among the top 20 in the overall fintech ecosystem.<\/h2>\n<p>The rankings categorize and evaluate leading fintech companies, vendors and solution providers and are based on data gathered from surveys of practitioners, end users and subject matter experts. The report uses original research and market analysis conducted by CeFPro and backed by an advisory board of 60 international industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-141893 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2021\/02\/17\/287443_GettyImages-1182777182_small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2021\/02\/17\/287443_GettyImages-1182777182_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/files\/2021\/02\/17\/287443_GettyImages-1182777182_small.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cSAP\u2019s inclusion in our global\u00a0Fintech Leaders 2021 Report is recognition of the great work that SAP is undertaking,\u201d CeFPro Managing Director Andreas Simou said. \u201cThe votes cast by the industry in the survey, voting SAP best in accounting and treasury and also in core banking categories, also helped propel their overall position in the ecosystem by several places in the top 20.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CeFPro\u2019s Fintech Leaders 2021 Report also includes research on industry trends, priorities and challenges. Key findings highlight advanced analytics and artificial intelligence as leading opportunities. These takeaways underscore the importance of making technology the backbone of fintech strategies for a state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/industries\/banking.html\">intelligent suite and digital platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to receive in back-to-back years this prestigious award in the categories of core banking, and accounting and treasury,\u201d SAP Global Head of Banking Falk Rieker said. \u201cIt is an acknowledgement of our industry thought leadership, our industry cloud strategy and our focus on delivering new and innovative industry solutions and capabilities that make a difference to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on the SAP <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2021\/02\/sap-tops-cefpro-fintech-leaders-2021-report\/\">Global News Center<\/a>. Follow SAP on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sapnews\/\">@SAPNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP SE announced earlier this week that it took first place in both core banking\/back-end systems and accounting and treasury management in the Fintech Leaders&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":141890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"related_posts":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19013,4884926,177],"tags":[5597540,1494797],"series":[],"sapn-display":[45149,5598743,5598741,279685],"sapn-type":[4448],"class_list":["post-141889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","category-financial-management","category-industries","tag-cefpro","tag-fintech","sapn-display-homepage-hero","sapn-display-news-hero","sapn-display-news-spotlight","sapn-display-hero","sapn-type-newsbyte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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