Released on = November 13, 2006, 9:23 pm

Press Release Author = PIC Solutions

Industry = Financial

Press Release Summary = Akbank T.A.S., Turkey\'s largest privately owned bank, has
selected PIC Solutions to deliver comprehensive credit risk training to their
banking personnel.


Press Release Body = Cape Town, 14 November 2006 - Akbank T.A.S., Turkey\'s largest
privately owned bank, has selected PIC Solutions to deliver comprehensive credit
risk training to their banking personnel.

The Credit Academy is a specialist credit and risk training programme consisting of
over 14 different seminars. These unique seminars can either be delivered at the PIC
Solutions dedicated training centre or onsite at the client's premises. This
flexible onsite training solution has proven to be very popular with clients all
over the world and Credit Academy seminars have now been delivered in over 10
different countries, to over 1,000 attendees from over 100 organisations.

Akbank provides a wide range of consumer credit products to its retail and
commercial banking clientele and is dedicated to improving collections management
practices throughout the bank. During this interactive training programme, leading
experts from PIC Solutions presented on key industry topics that ensured the bank's
personnel gained insight into best practices, including:

 Risk Management Best Practice - Account Management
 Collections Best Practice - Early and Late Stage

Bade Sipahioglu, HR and Organisation Division Head at Akbank, comments, "An
effective workforce is vital to an organisation's success and Akbank recognises the
important role our personnel play in meeting our strategic goals. We are committed
to expanding our knowledge-base today to ensure that we remain the banking leaders
of tomorrow. We selected PIC Solutions for their extensive credit and risk
experience in the financial services industry. Through their valuable knowledge, our
personnel gained the skills needed to maximise opportunities and build life-time
customer relationships that are critical to our success."

Stephen Leonard, Managing Director of PIC Solutions, adds, "Skilled personnel drive
organisations to achieve their objectives and effectively meet the demands of a
dynamic market. PIC Solutions has set the benchmark for providing specialised credit
risk training throughout the Europe Middle East Africa region and the Bank's
personnel will gain the essential tools needed to face the challenges of an
ever-changing financial services industry."


About PIC Solutions
PIC Solutions provides consumer credit solutions to a wide range of blue-chip
organisations. We are experts in the fields of credit, risk and software and have an
established track record of success powered by solutions.

Our ongoing commitment is to enable clients to optimise the credit life cycle.

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Sarka Svoboda
Marketing Manager
Tel: +27 (0)21 680-6010
Fax: +27 (0)21 680-6003
Email: SSvoboda@PICSolutions.com
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Contact Details = PIC Solutions
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