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Fintech is being deployed by traditional banks as they fight to reduce their cost bases as challengers win customers at a lower cost

An internet connection is as important as food and water to the displaced

Customers are being caught in the crossfire of the Battle of the Cost Bases being fought by banks on the streets of the UK

In advance of Microsoft’s annual games developers event in San Francisco this March, Redmond’s key gaming division execs have spent time detailing some of the inner workings of the current ...

An IoT developer is now 'a thing' - well, a person, a defined entity and a software engineering sub-discipline. In the rush and drive to provide this genre of programmer/developers with tools and ...

Challenger banks are becoming the innovative digital arms of the traditional banks they set out to disrupt. Job done then?

Traditional banks have profited from fintech which was seen as a risk to their businesses

Mastercard has ‘Priceless’ and American Express has ‘That’ll do nicely’ and ‘Don’t leave home without it’, but what does Visa have? The answer appears to be the (arguably less catchy) ‘It’s ...

Software quality tools company SmartBear has now announced support for OpenAPI Specification (OAS) in its AlertSite product. So let’s break that down and think about what it means in terms of the ...

Application development and deployment company Progress has come forward with new releases of the Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI tools. New capabilities including 'Fluent' design and ...

News of new culture secretary Matt Hancock launching his own app sent Downtime direct to the App Store. After a tantalising few seconds waiting for Matt Hancock to download, we open it up and join ...

Most of us already recognise that technology has the potential to wipe out our privacy, if checks and balances are not in place – or at least I hope we do! What’s scary then in the recent hoo-hah ...

Monzo bank has broke the mould be giving customers a detailed explanation of what cause a glitch in their banking service

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Eran Kinsbruner in his role as lead technical evangelist for Perfecto. Perfecto is known for its 'continuous' (as in ...

Core level API-centric software quality specialist SmartBear has now come forward with Swagger Inspector, a free cloud-based API testing and documentation tool. The product is used to validate and ...

New banks are putting too much importance on their digital usability as a way to win over coustomers

When people get their smartphone out and order transport, evening meal and even a place to stay at a few touches they don't think about the huge social and environmental changes that they are ...

When a UK startup had its EU funding put on hold due to Brexit it could not wait, so it turned to crowdfunding and succeeded in getting the funds it needs

The FCA is right to force banks to publish information about cyber security and operational incidents but this will prove difficult to enforce

High streets in London saying goodbye to bank branches as one tipping point reached

Mendix Atlas UI is a low-code tool intended for software application developers who find themselves bereft of any perceptible level of ‘front-end’ development or UI design skills. Atlas can be used ...

Digital networking and collaboration software company TeamViewer has reached the version 13 iteration of its central product. In terms of basic function, TeamViewer is a software product designed ...

The sole purpose of phone software updates is now universally regarded as a means of accessing the latest batch of emojis that may have been introduced, and somewhere in California, plans were in ...

Organisations that need an app to solve a business challenge can offer a cash reward to entrepreneurs that find the answer

Opening a bank account can be completed on a smartphone so why are some banks expecting customers to carry out manual processes, including visiting a branch?

Bank branch closures and branch staff cuts will be the tip of the iceburg when it comes to the disruption to the sector be brought by fintech

Banks need to use software robots to ensure small on line and mobile banking glitches are fixed before the inevitable Twitter frenzy.

Software runs the world, yes - but it typically needs hardware to run on and even the Computer Weekly Developer Network is occasionally tempted to focus on a piece of kit that 'does what it says on ...

There are different ways to search for the Holy Grail of Google Bank and HSBC has chosen a path

NatWest is the latest to have a failure in its online services brought to the world's attention via Twittter