CAST Signs First Major Contract with Chinese Bank

Software intelligence specialist CAST has won its first major deal in China, after nine months of activity in the market. The contract is with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, a joint-stock commercial bank headquartered in the Pudong district of the Chinese megacity. The bank will use CAST’s Software Intelligence Platform to analyse, control and continuously improve the resilience of its core banking systems and the security of its applications, as it bids to become a flagship of China’s digital banking ecosystem. In a press release, CAST welcomed the contract as a “visible reference” of the company’s potential in the Chinese market.