Montran has developed the Central System Configuration for the Global Payments System in response to the growing need by our customers for access to Multiple National Payment Systems. The Central System Configuration for the Global Payments System allows multiple users to share resources and facilitates message exchange. This is made possible by the use of a single Message Switch System (MES), which handles all routing of messages. Payment messages to and from SWIFT, back-office interfaces, and GPS payment applications are all passed through MES, which in turn may communicate with several national systems.

Typically, a Multibank Configuration will consist of several GPS applications and a single MES application. Each GPS application represents a different country, each capable of operating completely independently. This includes independent parameters for all local system requirements such as transaction flow, accounting, and charges, etc., and continues to provide the flexibility that is the strength of GPS.

Shared resources include terminal and security features, narrative files, and on-line Help documentation. The system also makes provision for shared CIF_Database. If a system sharing a database is shut down, the database will not be reallocated if another system is still using it.

MES is also an investigation system that has the ability to investigate message statuses at any point. The single MES application operates completely independently of the GPS payments system applications and does not depend upon the operation of the Payments System. It can easily be closed down and brought back up for the next business day. This facilitates the addition of any other application interfaces that might be required.