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Financial applications

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017

  TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  Oracle expands Cloud at Customer, adds 1,000 cloud sales Emea staff

  Supplier adds SaaS elements to hybrid cloud service and aims to recruit 1,000 staff in Emea to accelerate cloud business

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology

  The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  Post Office defence in computer system legal case due this week

  The Post Office will this week present its defence against allegations brought by subpostmasters in a group legal action

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HMRC delays digital tax for businesses until 'at least' 2020

  HMRC has pushed back the go-live date of its Making Tax Digital project following concerns the timetable was too risky

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Visa encourages US businesses to go cashless with £500,000 in hard cash

  Card giant offers small US businesses financial support to upgrade their payments technology if they agree to abandon cash

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Figures suggest blockchain is a 'no brainer' in financial services

  Blockchain has quickly established itself in financial services businesses, with companies in other industries likely to see a similar trend

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Contactless technology pushes card payments ahead of cash in retail sector

  Retail payments made by debit cards exceeded the number made by cash for the first time last year

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

  Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Interview: Davide Cervellin, EMEA director of analytics, PayPal

  PayPal’s EMEA director of analytics talks about making customers feel secure, using data analytics and problems with embracing big data

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  Govia Thameslink rail operator picks Worldline for mobile ticketing

  Rail operator Govia Thameslink sets out to replace its desktop ticket issuing service with a Worldline mobile solution

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  Lloyds Bank joins Swift blockchain proof-of-concept project

  Twenty-eight banks collaborate in blockchain project that will enable the real-time management of accounts used to make cross-border payments

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  TfL figures reveal massive contactless adoption

  Transport for London figures for the use of contactless payments on its network add weight to its plans to sell its expertise to other cities

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Experian upgrade causes glitches in service

  Credit scoring company recently upgraded its systems and introduced a new mobile app that caused temporary issues for some customers