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Credit crunch boosts outsourcing
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The credit crunch is predicted to drive greater demand for outsourcing in the financial services sector. Almost half (41 per cent) of 70 financial services managers questioned in a survey by the Management... [18 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The real ace in the hole though is a deal with BlackBerry to co-market the service to brokers and banks. Ask anyone in the finance arena about up-to-date financial information and they will almost certainly say... [03 Jun 2008]
Faster payments ends wait for bank clearance
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! But banks and their corporate customers will have to wait a little longer before they gain any benefits from the service.silicon.com Financial Services Estimates of the cost to banks to bring this in are at... [27 May 2008]
Barclays banks on offshore
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! Barclays is increasingly confident in its use of business process outsourcing (BPO) which it says has improved time to market and is now looking to increase the complexity of the services it offshores. [15 May 2008]
Co-op Financial Services' mail goes digital in £12m deal
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The company, which brings together Co-operative Insurance, The Co-operative Banks and online bank Smile and is owned by the Co-operative Group, deals with more than 10,000 pieces of incoming post a day.silicon... [15 Apr 2008]
Apacs IT chief steps down
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! It is understood that the company, which runs payments and clearing services for banks, is contemplating a head office move. Apacs IT chief Sue Yoe has left the organisation following a management restructure... [28 Mar 2008]
Banks lay off IT staff as big tech projects get the chop
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The latest quarterly report by executive recruitment company Heidrick & Struggles found a number of major investment banks have reduced IT staff, with cuts ranging from five to 20 per cent and spread around the... [22 Feb 2008]
UK banks failing customers online
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! More than half of UK banks, insurance companies and building societies are failing to properly respond to online customer queries.silicon.com Financial Services The results found 53 per cent of UK banks did not... [05 Feb 2008]
Web unites bundles of lost cash with forgetful owners
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The amount of money in unclaimed accounts - defined as having no customer-initiated activity for at least 15 years - is around £300m for banks and £150m for building societies. [01 Feb 2008]
HSBC rolls out free convenience store ATMs
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! HSBC explained that in order for customers to use other banks' ATMs, the banks charge each other an interchange fee, which generally cancels out all usage charges. [22 Jan 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News Julia Bosworth, a manager on the contract staff side of the business for recruitment company Project Partners, which specialises in finding IT staff for the FS sector, said while demand for contract staff has been high some of the big investment... [10 Jan 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News Half the readers responding to silicon.com's Skills Survey from the FS sector said they had roles they were unable to fill, mainly because of a shortage of applicants with the necessary programming skills. [17 Dec 2007]
Fresh tech talent in demand next year
News But another recent survey found the proportion of IT contractors in the FS sector is at its lowest level for more than three years. How the staffing crisis is deepening& How techie salaries are faring& Offshoring still a hot... [23 Nov 2007]
UK behind on online banking
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! She told silicon.com UK banks are missing out by not having a better online relationship with their customer bases. Banks will have a better understanding of their customers if they are encouraged to bank... [06 Nov 2007]
Top banks get serious about going green
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! Banks are working hard to boost their green credentials by using technology to reduce their environmental impact. Speaking at BT's Green Bank event in London this week, international CIO of Morgan Stanley... [02 Nov 2007]
