BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc., has announced its president and CEO Jeffery Yabuki has been awarded the top honor in the Innovator Award of 2007 from Bank Technology News, a leading magazine for senior financial technology executives published by SourceMedia.
The sixth annual Innovators ranking honors the banking and financial services industry's 25 most innovative people, companies and technologies. The magazine selected Yabuki at the top of its list this year, citing his corporate strategy to offer a platform-wide suite of products, Fiserv 2.0, which will take the company from a profit-center, business-unit model to one with a customer-driven mission. It also pointed out that Fiserv's total revenues have increased 9.3% to $2.54 billion year over year.
"I am honored to be selected as the top Innovator in 2007 by Bank Technology News. This award is a tribute to our more than 23,000 employees around the world who use creativity and innovation to deliver best-in-class technology solutions to our clients. Continuing to deliver market leading products, along with our announced acquisition of CheckFree will translate to even more innovative products and service opportunities than ever before " said Yabuki.
