Estamos orgullosos de presentar Cyclos 3.7. A partir de ahora los bancos locales, instituciones de microfinanzas y sistemas de monedas complementarias, pueden utilizar este software libre para ofrecer servicios financieros modernos a sus clientes!   - Hemos creado una aplicación móvil para Android, iPhone/iPad y Blackberry. Con unos pocos clicks es posible manejar fácilmente sus cuentas Cyclos y realizar pagos con su Smartphone. - El módulo SMS ha sido mejorado, logrando que sea más fácil de instalar, aumentando su rendimiento e incorporando nuevas funcionalidades. También es posible incluir información personalizada en el envío de SMS de difusión (SMS Mailings), como saldo de cuenta, código de usuario y campos del perfil. El módulo SMS soporta ahora múltiples monedas. - Demo IVR disponible: Pronto será posible conectar Cyclos a una central telefónica automática (PBX), permitiendo a los clientes realizar pagos y administrar sus cuentas a través de una simple llamada con su teléfono fijo o móvil. Para inversores y grandes clientes, podemos preparar una demostración operativa. - Hosting empresarial: Cyclos 3.7 ahora soporta Clustering sólido. Esto garantizará requisitos empresariales tales como alta disponibilidad, integridad de datos y tolerancia ante fallas. Leer más (en inglés). - Diseño Web mejorado: El diseño predeterminado de Cyclos ha sido adaptado para resoluciones de pantalla superiores (wide screen), logrando una mejor experiencia para usuarios. - La empresa de Hosting Jelasic ahora ofrece alojamiento gratuito de prueba, y un servicio para instalar Cyclos con un solo click. - Seguridad mejorada: Un software financiero requiere un esfuerzo dedicado y continúo en la seguridad. La arquitectura completa de seguridad de Cyclos ha sido revisada, mejorada y testeada para proveer servicios de alta seguridad. - Web Services REST: No sólo los Web Services SOAP, también los Web Services REST son soportados en Cyclos 3.7. REST facilita aún más la conexión de software de terceros con Cyclos. Leer más (en inglés).   Soporte a monedas sociales en su país Con la última versión de Cyclos es posible alojar y gestionar varios sistemas de monedas complementarias en un único (compartido) entorno. Estamos buscando socios interesados en ofrecer servicios de moneda social en sus países. El objetivo es que se tarde un máximo de 30 minutos en configurar (establecer) una nueva comunidad (en un entorno compartido). Cada comunidad tendrá sus propios administradores locales que puedan gestionar usuarios y cuentas, y personalizar el diseño. Las comunidades pueden funcionar como sistemas independientes (aislados), pero también es posible permitir operaciones con otras comunidades, tales como comercio inter-comunitario. Buscamos gobiernos locales, empresas de hosting, instituciones y organizaciones sociales que se sumen a este esfuerzo. Si usted se encuentra interesado, por favor envíe un mensaje a nuestra página de contacto.   Saludos cordiales,   El equipo Cyclos. www.cyclos.org www.socialtrade.org   The Cyclos project Cyclos Open Source software is created by the Social TRade Organizations (STRO). STRO has been working for two decades on a broad range of instruments and approaches that can support private or public initiatives to make money work even in conditions of a semi-permanent economic depression. Through research STRO has developed and tested economical models in pilot projects world wide. To support these models STRO started the Cyclos project in 2003. Cyclos is being published Open Source to allow other initiatives to benefit from the efforts of STRO. Cyclos offers a complete on-line banking platform with additional community modules such as an e-commerce platform, a card module and a messaging and notification system. In 2005 the first stable version of Cyclos was released and published open source. A project site www.cyclos.org, user forum, and 'wiki' (documentation) site were launched and an active community was formed around the Cyclos software. Over the years Cyclos has become the standard for open source 'home-banking' software. So far, more than 100 organisations and financial institutions have adopted Cyclos as their payment platform. Ten languages are currently supported and volunteers work hard to make more languages available soon. The new mobile banking module creates opportunities to address new sectors, such as remittances, consumer loyalty programs, mobile shops, cash-in cash-out services, taxi payments, campus payment systems, prepaid cards, and low cost ATM's.   Feature list On-line (home) banking - Dashboard page with status overview, quick access and message board - Complete account summary / history (supports print and export) - Payments (quick payment, installments, scheduled and authorizations) - Fees & taxes (contribution, transaction fee, demurrage and interest) - Send & manage invoices - Loans with possible loan group management for micro finance projects - Account operators (a user can create operators and assign permissions) - Personal alerts & notifications E-commerce - Market place (offers & wants) - Alerts for advertisement matching personal interests - Member directory - Messaging module - Brokering / agents module - Business referrals and transaction qualifications Mobile Banking - Sign-up via Mobile - Payments to other users or administration - Payment requests (two-way payment) - Retrieve account information (optional browse through pages) - Info texts (can be retrieved by sending an SMS with a specific words/alias) - Notifications & alerts (personal alerts and general alerts & notifications) - Mailings (from administration and agents) - Bank and Telecom provider independent - Custom operations (programming interface that allows adding operations) POS (Point of Sale) / Cards - Debit / credit card support - Security options: PIN, security card code, OTP (one time password) - On-line card management (activate/cancel/block card and reset/block PIN) - POS (Point Of Sale) cash-in cash-out payments - Print daily transaction overview on POS - Manage POS devices on-line (activate, deactivate and block) System features - Account & user management - Import tools (users and advertisements) - Content management (translations, pages, images and styles) - System alerts & logging - Reports & Statistics - System tasks (e.g. set system offline and indexing) - Easy maintenance (all data stored in database and automatic upgrades) - Strong security (bank level security implementation) - Programming interface for communication with 3rd party software     Time for economic innovations One of the key features of Cyclos is its dynamic structure that supports different economic models, which can be adapted and extended according to the needs of the local economic reality. The current economic and financial crisis has made a lot of people aware that the current monetary system does not properly perform its function of organising the economy along desirable standards. Many people decided not to wait for political solutions. Communities and organisations started to look for financial innovations, based on the local economic reality of their community, region or country. Many of them discovered Cyclos as an effective tool to support their efforts. Cyclos is developed and tested in Latin America and now offers the know-how and technology that can help the Western world to face the crisis. Cyclos is used in a wide variety of communities, from very small and socially oriented to business communities. Some examples of Cyclos users are: - A network of small businesses in Greece using their own currency to stimulate local trade (see article in The New York Times); - Regio-money in Switzerland (see their website); - Trading network in El Salvador, provides cheap loans to small companies (see their website); * - Transition Town currencies in the UK (see article in the Guardian); * - In Uruguay the government, local authorities, the cooperative movement and private market parties will use Cyclos to realise cheaper credits for small businesses, to stimulate a more effective monetary circulation and to support for the formalisation of informal businesses. * * These projects also use SMS banking.     Monetary tools available in Cyclos Cyclos also offers a set of monetary tools that allow local communities and regions to stimulate their economy and reinforce their social structures. Some examples are mentioned below. Buy local tools In Cyclos it is possible to set bonuses and maluses on certain transactions. A bonus can be used to reward an individual that decides to buy locally. At the same time a malus can be charged on people that decided to spend outside their community. Therefore, more money is spent locally, more income is earned locally, which in turn is spent locally again (increasing the local multiplier and stimulating the local economy). This can, of course, disturb the process of local and national specialisation, on the other hand it can help areas to regain their competitiveness. Demurrage In times of economic crisis households and firms are afraid to invest and consume (increasing their real money balances). Therefore, central banks increase the money supply to lower the interest rates with the purpose to stimulate investments and consumption. This provokes inflation, that will force people to spend or invest (hold lower real money balances). The big risk of this policy is that when inflation sets in it is often very difficult to stop it. A demurrage, a small tax on the money that households and firms hold, will stimulate people to invest or consume their money (because if they do not do this they will have to pay more tax). Contrary to inflation this demurrage can be 'switched off' and cannot get out of control. The demurrage creates an income that should provide opportunities for the common good of a community, for instance. Together with a malus a demurrage is an interesting tool to stimulate regional economies.This approach was advocated by the famous US economist Irving Fisher as an answer to the crisis in the 1930s in his book Stamp scrip. Later, it was also praised by John Maynard Keynes in 'The General Theory' (Keynes 1953, p. 355). Today, Information Technology has created a good opportunity to introduce a similar approach. Commercial capital for small businesses Cyclos is permanently introducing new innovations thanks to strong links with STRO projects and partners. Presently, the programmers are working on developments that might become a standard in tomorrow's means of payment. The Cyclos team succeeded in creating a tool that can trace monetary flows using the 'age' of money, and keeping track of how many times it has circulated. This creates the opportunity to make the means of payment a lot more effective than normal money. It allows to reduce the interests costs for small companies drastically. It can also help governments to manage their expenditures in such a way that it guarantees that 'money' circulates long enough internally until the money becomes externally available.   How can I support? Our ambition is to keep Cyclos an innovative and state of the art product. Evidently, the development of Cyclos has its costs. STRO is a non profit organisation and therefore we depend largely on donations. If you want to support Cyclos financially you can contact us or donate directly.