April 8, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) said it has signed a five-year application outsourcing contract with Nordea, a financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region, to develop and maintain applications that will support the bank’s customer websites.

Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

According to Accenture, the agreement is designed to help Nordea improve customer service and increase cost efficiencies. The company has 30 websites and handles more than seven million monthly visitors, according to Accenture.

Under the terms of the agreement, Accenture will assume responsibility for maintaining and developing Nordea’s Web content management platform for its customer websites.

Ireland-based Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company,

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