HBOS
RSS HBOSHBOS Australia (BankWest): Leading the Way in Basel II Compliance
White Paper A full-service bank that first opened its doors for business in 1895, the Bank of Western Australia (BankWest) services approximately 660,000 customers in its home state of Western Australia. The challenge was to require solid basis on... [19 Sep 2009]
Hundreds of IT jobs to go at Lloyds
News Since Lloyds-TSB acquired HBOS at the beginning of the year the business has been going through each department making redundancies as it consolidates its operations. The Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that hundreds... [17 Jul 2009]
Adder's KVM Solutions Fuel Management of the Largest Financial Data Center in Europe
White Paper Managing Europe's largest financial data center is no easy feat - couple this with the fact that this data center (which has doubled in size over the last two years) belongs to HBOS plc (Halifax Bank of Scotland), a... [01 Apr 2009]
SMEs to get their hands on banks' £20bn
News The banks that expect to participate in and administer the schemes are Barclays, Clydesdale/Yorkshire Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, RBS/Natwest and Northern Bank. The government has introduced measures to give small and... [14 Jan 2009]
Faster payments system hits new £26bn heights
News FPS was supported at launch by thirteen founding banks, including Barclays, Citi, HBOS, HSBC and Loyds TSB, with other financial services institutions since coming on board. December was a bumper month for the Faster... [02 Jan 2009]
Credit card firms to share debtors' data
News From December, Barclaycard, Capital One, GE Money, HBOS and MBNA will share data on customer behaviour to get a better idea on whether a customer is likely to be able to repay their balance. UK payments association Apacs... [24 Nov 2008]
Lloyds TSB hires RBS exec as new IT chief
News He will fill the role vacated by Chris Wiscarson, who will move to a new job as Lloyds' group integration director, following the completion of its planned purchase of HBOS. Lloyds TSB has officially confirmed Mark... [05 Nov 2008]
£1.5bn savings plan turns Lloyds' merger eye on IT
News As Lloyds TSB steams ahead with plans for an acquisition of HBOS, the two banks have revealed how they plan to slash billions from their combined overheads - with IT in the firing line. Despite having what it claims will... [03 Nov 2008]
Is the credit crunch affecting IT?
News Big name mergers on the cards include Lloyds TSB and HBOS, and Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Financial markets everywhere may be shedding value with nail-biting speed but the majority of UK IT departments are... [03 Nov 2008]
Bank Enhances In-House Software Development With Technical Experts, Saving ?25,000
White Paper Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom. HBOS engaged two Microsoft Application Development Consultants (ADCs) who quickly delivered improvements to the HR... [11 Oct 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Heather Jackson joined Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in Feb 2000, where she is responsible for a budget of £1bn and has leadership of an internal IT community of more than 5,800 IT professionals across multiple... [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) CIO Heather Jackson also started her career with a short stint as a trainee accountant after graduating in History from Oxford University. Being a techie isn't necessarily the best route... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment Over at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), CIO Heather Jackson is responsible for a budget of £1bn and an IT department of more than 5,800 people worldwide. The lack of women in the IT profession is well documented and the... [11 Jun 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment Especially when a government commissioned report into the whole "identity assurance" issue, led by former HBoS banking chief James Crosby, was published this week saying ID cards will only be accepted by the public if... [07 Mar 2008]
AppLabs Case Study: Intelligent Finance
White Paper Intelligent Finance was launched in 2001 as a division of Halifax plc (now HBOS). AppLabs was initially engaged prior to the launch by Vision Consulting, to provide Test Team Leaders to support the testing phases of this... [25 Feb 2008]
