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• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Six technology companies to hasten the demise of retail bank giants

  UK retail banks are under pressure from regulation, costs and increasing competition

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Post Office could be the Carphone Warehouse of banking industry

  Atom Bank is latest digital bank to propose Post Office branches as places where customers can make transactions

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Banking software supplier Misys launches Apple Watch app prototype

  Finance software house Misys launches a prototype banking app for the Apple Watch that will be available off-the-shelf

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Deal close with banks to maintain services in remote locations

  The government is close to agreement with the British Bankers Association on a set of rules for banks to follow before closing branches

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  BBC gives UK schools one million devices in digital education initiative

  BBC launches digital-first initiative to teach children programming and digital technologies, giving UK schools one million coding devices

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

  Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Group claiming links to Isis hacks small business websites

  The FBI is investigating the hacking of a number of SME websites in the US and Europe by people claiming affiliation with Islamic State

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Google adds another string to financial services bow

  Google has moved further into financial services with the launch of a car insurance comparison website in the US

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  PayPal targets financial platform dominance

  The man tasked with making PayPal a giant of financial services told an audience of investors that software is eating into the sector

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Online freelance platform dominated by IT requests in Nordic region

  Online freelance marketplace is fast becoming IT workers' go-to job board for lucrative contracts

• 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

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  TSB is investing in bank branches, not closing them

  TSB is countering the industry trend of branch closures in the light of increased digital services by opening 30 new branches

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  £700m spent on Universal Credit yet to deliver value for money, say MPs

  The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £700m on Universal Credit so far, but has yet to convince MPs it is value for money

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  PrivDog SSL compromise potentially worse than Superfish

  Some versions of PrivDog software designed to block online ads compromise internet security in a similar way to Superfish