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Financial applications
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October 21, 2015
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Oct'15
James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords
James Arbuthnot takes his seat in the House of Lords and continues campaign for subpostmasters who claim to have been wronged by faulty Horizon IT system
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October 19, 2015
19
Oct'15
Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud
Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists
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October 15, 2015
15
Oct'15
Why blockchain heralds a rethink of the entire banking industry
Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind bitcoin, is both a threat and an opportunity for financial services – and the banks are taking it very seriously
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October 05, 2015
05
Oct'15
Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe
Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics
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September 29, 2015
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Sep'15
Nationwide Building Society deploys artificial intelligence to reduce back-end complexity
Nationwide Building Society is using artificial intelligence to help it reduce the complexity of its back-end systems as it introduces more digital products
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September 24, 2015
24
Sep'15
Nordea Bank signs Temenos and Accenture for core banking transformation
Nordea Bank AB has chosen the core banking system it wants to build its digital future on, signing Temenos and Accenture as technology partners
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September 03, 2015
03
Sep'15
Al Rayan Bank finds business agility in cloud applications
Al Rayan Bank believes its investment in cloud applications gives it an edge in business agility
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August 11, 2015
11
Aug'15
Small IT firms most susceptible to going under due to late payments
Small businesses, particularly those supplying IT, should look at alternative financing models as late payments put them at risk of closure
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August 05, 2015
05
Aug'15
Sage Summit 2015: The move to cloud technology and the death of ERP
Accountancy software firm Sage has released new cloud-based software, highlighting the gap between the use of cloud and on-premise in the workplace and declaring a move away from traditional ERP
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July 23, 2015
23
Jul'15
Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills
Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns
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July 15, 2015
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Jul'15
The obstacles to software-as-a-service adoption in banking
Security tops the reasons why banks don't use software as a service for banking-specific applications
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July 07, 2015
07
Jul'15
Manchester City group joins forces with SAP to further global goals
The City Football Group, which includes Manchester City, has teamed up with SAP to further its global development goals
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July 07, 2015
07
Jul'15
Campaigners call for independent inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT system dispute
George Freeman MP repeats Post Office claims that a report found no flaws in the Horizon IT system – but campaigners respond by calling for an inquiry
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June 30, 2015
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Jun'15
Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn
The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView
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June 30, 2015
30
Jun'15
Post Office looking to replace controversial Horizon system with IBM, says MP
Days could be numbered for controversial Post Office computer system at the centre of miscarriages of justice, according to one MP
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June 26, 2015
26
Jun'15
Norway’s DNB was inspired by Danish bank for new app
DNB in Norway has taken inspiration from Danske Bank in Denmark when creating its latest payment app.
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June 23, 2015
23
Jun'15
Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process
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June 19, 2015
19
Jun'15
Legacy systems holding back 90% of businesses
Most businesses are being held back from making digital advances by their reliance on legacy applications
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June 17, 2015
17
Jun'15
Royal Bank of Scotland goes back to 1970s values with big data
RBS, once the world's largest bank, is using analytics technology to go back to the era of personal customer service
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May 20, 2015
20
May'15
IT system related to subpostmaster prosecutions under review by CCRC
The Criminal Cases Review Commission receives 20 applications from subpostmasters related to prosecutions for account shortfalls
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
Global banking IT group completes standardised IT architecture
The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) has announced its standardised global IT architecture for banks
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May 08, 2015
08
May'15
Use of Halifax mobile banking app doubles
Halifax customers logged into their bank accounts 40 million times in March 2015, double the amount in the same month in 2014
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May 06, 2015
06
May'15
EU revamp of payment services draws nearer
The EU cannot afford to continue with costly payment services if it wants to be globally competitive, says MEP
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May 05, 2015
05
May'15
Sapphire 2015: McDermott declares SAP natively digital
SAP CEO Bill McDermott declares the company “digital” at Sapphire 2015 and made “empathy” the watchword of his keynote
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution
The Criminal Courts Review Commission (CCRC) reviews subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution by the Post Office due to IT problems
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April 24, 2015
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Apr'15
Poor customer engagement at banks opens door to competitors
Customer experience levels at banks have failed to improve for the second year in a row and customers are more likely than ever to leave their bank
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April 24, 2015
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Apr'15
Changing IT trends power banking in Norway
Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society
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April 21, 2015
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Apr'15
SAP core banking platform will ease Deutsche Bank split following strategic retail review
Deutsche Bank plans a major IT project as strategic review advises spinning off its retail operations – but its SAP platform will ease the split
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls before legal action, report claims
Post Office too quick to take legal action against subpostmasters, finds independent report
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April 14, 2015
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Apr'15
Lintel bank steers clear of traditional bank IT development
Lintel Bank applies for a UK banking licence and plans to join a growing number of new banks taking on the high street incumbents
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April 02, 2015
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Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
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March 31, 2015
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Mar'15
IT is more important than marketing for banks
IT spending will grow at the expense of other areas such as marketing as optimism in financial services increases
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March 30, 2015
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Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption
Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
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March 27, 2015
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Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems
Retiring MP James Arbuthnot is determined to get to the bottom of problems with the Post Office system that led to subpostmasters being blamed for account shortfalls
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March 25, 2015
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Mar'15
Monitise no longer up for sale
Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over
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March 24, 2015
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Mar'15
MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme
Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee seeks reassurances over the Post Office mediation scheme
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March 23, 2015
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Mar'15
Sabadell to migrate TSB IT to proprietary banking platform with £450m sweetener
Spanish bank Sabadell will move TSB IT systems to its own in-house core banking platform
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015
The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice
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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
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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
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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