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Company: Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Company Description: Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Business Technology
Nomination Sub Category: Mobile Operations Management Solution
 Nomination Title: Bank of America Enterprise Mobile Platform (EMPaaS)
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:
March 8, 2021
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
Total 349 words used.
Bank of America’s Enterprise Mobile Platform as a Service (EMPaaS) is a platform of shared mobile services that allows the bank to accelerate delivery of mobile applications to further digitize the workplace and improve user experience. EMPaaS leverages secure platforms and provides a cross platform mobile framework to share common services including connection to the bank’s network, secure user authentication, notifications and management of attachments, as well as additional features that create a true mobile experience. EMPaaS provides numerous advantages for clients across the enterprise including integration with bank systems, a technical base that can be leveraged by Android and iOS [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] By anticipating enterprise-wide needs and providing a core framework with a high level of security, EMPaaS enables internal bank clients to quickly create their own bespoke mobile applications according to their own unique business logic.
To facilitate and expedite the usage of EMPaaS shared mobile services, EMPaaS also provides end-to-end DevOps services that include development setup allowing the configuration of mobile applications in less than five days including automated application builds and deployment, ready-to-be-consumed services allowing teams to focus on the application features, and streamlined DevOps support for Android/iOS and Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform upgrades.
Two EMPaaS patents were filed with the U.S. Patent Trademark Office in 2021.
Benefits:
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- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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