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Financial applications
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March 13, 2015
13
Mar'15
IBM could create blockchain-based digital payments infrastructure for central banks
IBM has held informal talks with some central banks about building an infrastructure that can provide them with bitcoin-like digital payments systems
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March 11, 2015
11
Mar'15
Post Office ends working group for IT system investigation day before potentially damaging report
The Post Office closed a working group involved in an investigation into claims against allegedly faulty accounting software used by subpostmasters
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March 04, 2015
04
Mar'15
Latest new UK bank launches virtually
Challenger financial services firm Charter Savings Bank has been launched, taking advantage of the lower cost of a virtual presence
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February 03, 2015
03
Feb'15
Post Office CIO would talk to any subpostmaster about IT problems, promises CEO
The CEO of the Post Office defended the organisation’s support for users of its accounting system in a select committee inquiry into alleged problems
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January 28, 2015
28
Jan'15
Post Office faces grilling by MPs over Horizon accounting system
The Post Office faces a grilling by MPs over its mediation scheme for subpostmasters penalised by its Horizon accounting system
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January 21, 2015
21
Jan'15
MPs force inquiry into Post Office subpostmaster mediation scheme
MPs force inquiry into Post Office scheme to redress grievances of subpostmasters claiming to have been wrongly punished for false accounting
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January 20, 2015
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Jan'15
SAP’s Cohen on 2014 results: Europe strong north and south
SAP’s Emea president Franck Cohen optimistic about the supplier’s growth prospects in southern and northern Europe
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January 08, 2015
08
Jan'15
Sainsbury's Bank IT system problems a warning to new banks
Sainsbury's Bank has experienced IT problems that left customers unable to use their credit cards for a day
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January 07, 2015
07
Jan'15
Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing
In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing
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January 07, 2015
07
Jan'15
Case study: UniCredit uses Fico to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management
Italian bank UniCredit is using Fico software to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management
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December 18, 2014
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Dec'14
MP accuses Post Office of acting "duplicitously" in IT investigation
MPs claim Post Office was being "high handed" towards MPs and running a "flawed, deteriorating" accounting system
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December 16, 2014
16
Dec'14
MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims
Debate about the Post Office scheme to redress grievances of subpostmasters will be held in Westminster Hall
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December 10, 2014
10
Dec'14
Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on
A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting
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December 08, 2014
08
Dec'14
MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing
Post Office scheme to redress sub-postmaster grievances over IT system is failing, say MP group supporting alleged victims
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November 21, 2014
21
Nov'14
HSBC launches Paym for business
HSBC launches Paym capabilities to allow business customers to receive payments using mobile phone numbers
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November 18, 2014
18
Nov'14
Worldpay processes billionth contactless payment
Supermarkets account for most contactless payments as payments company Worldpay processes its billionth contactless payment
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November 11, 2014
11
Nov'14
Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services
Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud
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October 27, 2014
27
Oct'14
CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management
The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders
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October 08, 2014
08
Oct'14
Retailers buy into Zapp mobile wallet
Large retailers such as Sainsbury’s and House of Fraser will allow customers to pay using the Zapp mobile wallet service.
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September 30, 2014
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Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Xerox aligns business and IT in streamlining applications
Xerox's IT division has been working with the business to standardise its HR management on a global basis
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September 24, 2014
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Sep'14
Lloyds creates online appointment booking in attempt to save branches
Lloyds Bank has introduced a system which allows customers to book in-branch appointments online
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September 18, 2014
18
Sep'14
Customer loyalty biggest challenge for banks
Banks have cited customer loyalty as their main concern, according to a survey by financial services firm Temenos
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
KPMG: IoT, 3D printing and healthcare IT to have most impact
Internet of things (IoT), 3D printing and biotech or healthcare IT are among the IT trends that will change the way people work and live
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September 16, 2014
16
Sep'14
TfL contactless payments go live
TfL’s contactless card payment scheme goes live today, enabling customers to pay for London transport on contactless bank cards
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September 12, 2014
12
Sep'14
Claims against Post Office IT system approach completion
Investigation into sub-postmaster claims against the Post Office over problems with its Horizon accounting system coming to an end
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September 10, 2014
10
Sep'14
Fresh questions raised over Post Office IT system's role in fraud cases
A leaked report has revealed more details about the role of the Horizon accounting system in sub-postmaster fraud cases
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September 05, 2014
05
Sep'14
Barclays bank launches biometric authentication
Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers
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August 21, 2014
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Aug'14
Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project
Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate
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August 19, 2014
19
Aug'14
FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings
Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
George Osborne launches fintech innovation programme
Chancellor George Osborne launches a programme designed to put the UK at the forefront of financial technology (fintech) innovation
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
Contactless payments continue to rise
Contactless transactions have increased by 189% since May 2013, according to Visa Europe.
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June 16, 2014
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Jun'14
Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans
Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plans
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June 11, 2014
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Jun'14
Tesco Bank launches current account on off-the-shelf platform
Tesco has launched a current account four years after implementing its core banking platform
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June 03, 2014
03
Jun'14
High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS
The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time?
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
SAP certifies core business apps to run on Microsoft Azure
From June, users of SAP Business Suite software, Business All-In-One solution, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and Hana platform will be able to run them on Azure
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May 15, 2014
15
May'14
Justifying the business case to update Oracle eBusiness Suite
To justify the upgrade cost needed to move to Oracle eBusiness Suite Release 12, IT departments need consider how the implementation can deliver value.
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May 01, 2014
01
May'14
Co-operative Bank report reveals challenge of legacy IT replacement
A report into the £1.5bn losses at Co-operative Bank reveals numerous failures in a project to replace core banking systems
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April 30, 2014
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Apr'14
SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries
The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation
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April 16, 2014
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Apr'14
Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy
Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe
Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle
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April 03, 2014
03
Apr'14
Competition from FinTech startups keeps big suppliers on their toes
Big suppliers in the financial technology space are becoming more agile because of the competition from startup technology companies
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March 20, 2014
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Mar'14
Application support and maintenance costs increase 29%
The cost of supporting and maintaining applications is increasing every year for Global 2000 companies in the US and UK, according to a study of 300 CIOs
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March 19, 2014
19
Mar'14
Oracle finally sees revenue growth from hardware business
Oracle has finally seen a boost from its server business, with hardware sales up 8% in its latest financial results
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February 07, 2014
07
Feb'14
Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy
The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO
The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"
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January 21, 2014
21
Jan'14
Allianz deploys Rumba to provide secure mainframe administration
Insurer Allianz UK has deployed Rumba terminal emulator software from MicroFocus to provide a mainframe-based policy admin system
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Post Office seeks contractors for network and back-office work
The Post Office is looking for IT services firms to provide back-office IT applications and networking technologies in contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds
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January 06, 2014
06
Jan'14
Is cloud computing almost too good to be true for banks?
The cloud’s most obvious benefits will enable banks to keep up with technology changes while reducing costs
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December 13, 2013
13
Dec'13
Avon drops SAP big bang transformation
Cosmetics giant Avon has halted its multi-year SAP rollout due to a poor return on investment.