Co-operative Financial Services
U.K. Building Society Cuts Power Consumption by 75 Per Cent With Virtualised Servers
White Paper It continues to perform strongly, and, in April, its members voted in favour of the society's merger with Co-operative Financial Services. Britannia Building Society has... [25 Jul 2009]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile Before joining LOCOG, Pennell was CIO for Co-operative Financial Services and the Co-operative Group, helping to head a significant... [01 Jun 2009]
Co-Operative Financial Services: 'Catch-Up, Compete and Conquer'
White Paper A concerted but 'Technology light' process reengineering effort is reaping benefits at Co-operative Financial Services. IBS reports from its Manchester HQ on what has... [22 Apr 2009]
Co-op Group kicks "server sprawl" into touch
Case Study Mutual retailer the Co-operative Group has cut its datacentre maintenance and support costs by deploying HP virtualisation tech and consolidating its "server sprawl". The catalyst for the infrastructure... [14 Apr 2009]
EU backs plans for fat pipe-funding risk to be shared
News The draft conclusions said: "To this end, various co-operative arrangements between investors and access seeking parties to diversify the risk of investment should be permitted, while ensuring that the... [23 Mar 2009]
London Olympics gets new CIO
News Former Co-operative Financial Services executive Gerry Pennell will design, procure and run the technology programme before and during the games. Before joining... [15 Sep 2008]
Internet Banking - US Research
White Paper Not surprisingly therefore, many banks have launched Internet banking services (such as Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland, and the Co-operative Bank in the UK), and, according to a... [02 Sep 2008]
Co-op Financial Services' mail goes digital in £12m deal
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed a £12m deal with Xerox to digitise its mail-sorting processes. The company, which brings together... [15 Apr 2008]
Lloyds TSB tops website test
News Co-operative Bank and NatWest also performed well. Lloyds TSB has been named top of the list for online customer experience in a new study.silicon.com Financial Services... [15 Oct 2007]
Virtual staff speed up bank queues
Case Study Co-operative Financial Services has automated a credit checking process to free up staff and help treat customers consistently. Joanne Master, business systems manager... [31 Aug 2007]
Faster bank transfers delayed to next year
News The 13 financial organisations are: Abbey, Alliance & Leicester, Barclays, Citibank, Co-operative Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, National Australia Group, Nationwide Building Society,... [15 Aug 2007]
Co-op to axe 1,000 jobs in £100m efficiency drive
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is to cut 1,000 jobs this year as part of plans to reduce operating costs by £100m by the end of June 2008 but will also boost... [20 Jul 2007]
Faster payments plan slows down
News The 13 financial organisations - which account for more than 95 per cent of all payments made in the UK - are: Abbey, Alliance & Leicester, Barclays, Citibank, Co-operative Bank,... [13 Jul 2007]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile Gerry Pennell joined Co-operative Financial Services in 2003 after setting up, running and then decommissioning the entire technology operations for the 2002... [06 Jun 2007]
Co-op Bank extends mortgage tech deal
News The Co-operative Bank has extended a deal with mortgage systems company TietoEnator (TE) for a further five years. The multi-million pound contract builds on an existing relationship dating back to the... [27 Apr 2007]
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