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Financial applications
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August 30, 2017
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Aug'17
Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers
Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher
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August 29, 2017
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Aug'17
Danske Bank taps into the cognitive capabilities of IBM Watson
Danish bank is using IBM Watson as part of a major IT outsourcing deal
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August 23, 2017
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Aug'17
Sub-prime lender links technology upgrade to financial problems
Lender partly blames new automation software for its poor performance
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August 23, 2017
23
Aug'17
Thailand’s Ascend Money eyes regional mobile payments market
Ascend Money’s TrueMoney Wallet service will be rolled out in five other Southeast Asian countries that offer growth opportunities, albeit in a highly fragmented market
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August 22, 2017
22
Aug'17
Blockchain skills in high demand and jobs being swept up quickly
Job vacancies for people with blockchain skills are being filled in just seven days, on average, once they are advertised online
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August 21, 2017
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Aug'17
HSBC streamlines mortgages with Capita software
Bank is using software to improve its mortgage application processes and subsequently increase business through brokers
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August 18, 2017
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Aug'17
Contactless payments through mobile phones no longer a novelty
The amount of contactless payments made through mobile devices increased by 336% compared with 2016, according to figures from Worldpay
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August 17, 2017
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Aug'17
Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers
Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations
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August 16, 2017
16
Aug'17
A decade of IT change since banking meltdown
With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis
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August 16, 2017
16
Aug'17
RBS to cut 880 IT staff in London
Royal Bank of Scotland aims to reduce London-based IT workforce by 40%
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August 11, 2017
11
Aug'17
BBVA tops Forrester mobile bank app chart
Spanish bank BBVA has the best mobile banking app in the world, according to Forrester Research
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August 11, 2017
11
Aug'17
HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages
In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail
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August 10, 2017
10
Aug'17
Consumers unaware of bank account switching service despite £750m spent on IT system
TSB Bank believes the Competition and Markets Authority needs to do more to promote account switching system to consumers
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August 07, 2017
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Aug'17
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim gets 'faster in the head' with SAP analytics
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has been using SAP’s Hana database and applications to speed up players mentally, as well as using SAP Hybris to sell shirts
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August 02, 2017
02
Aug'17
Fruit firm W B Chambers uses IFS suite to grow business
W B Chambers, a Kentish fruit farm, has chosen IFS to support its business growth and to guard against the labour pool uncertainties of Brexit