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'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News The so-called "tap and go" payment feature can be added to any MasterCard credit, debit or prepaid card or Maestro debit card and HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland have already signed up to use the technology. [04 Sep 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, Northern Bank, Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland Group. [15 Aug 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, Northern Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, National Australia Group... [13 Jul 2007]
Peter Hambling
CIO Profile Peter Hambling has just taken on the top IT role at insurance exchange Lloyds of London in May of this year after two years as head of sales delivery for HSBC's UK retail network, where he led a team creating a next-generation retail banking model... [06 Jun 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News The Visa contactless card will be launched in partnership with banks including Barclays, HBOS, HSBC and Lloyds TSB. Further payWave launches are expected in the rest of Europe with the next one due to be announced in Turkey, while France, Spain and... [04 May 2007]
India - the inside track on outsourcing
News A host of household names - Aviva, HSBC and Tesco among them - have set up their own operations in India and many more have outsourced parts of their IT support or even offshored whole business processes such as accounting or HR. [05 Mar 2007]
HSBC's annual IT spend to hit $5bn
News HSBC's annual IT budget is expected to rise to almost $5bn next year as the world's third largest bank targets "global innovation" in its core systems. Harvey said HSBC is on target to cut transaction processing costs by another 11 per cent this year. [29 Sep 2006]
HSBC signs £50m telecoms deal with Thus
News The contract covers the delivery of a multimedia capable 'next-generation' network for the banking group's UK business operations at more than 2,200 HSBC sites, which will replace the existing legacy network. [08 Sep 2006]
Reed turns to Sirocom in €17m virtual network deal
News Other high-profile Sirocom customers include Abbey, BSkyB, HSBC and JD Sports. Sirocom has won a €17m, three-year deal to supply converged voice and data networking to recruitment business Reed Managed Services. [22 Feb 2006]
Vodafone chairman to step down
News Bond, who is a non-executive director at Vodafone, is better known for his role as HSBC's group chairman. Vodafone has announced its current chairman is to step down next year. Lord Ian MacLaurin, who has held the post of chairman since July 1998... [06 Dec 2005]
Families and firms urged to 'Get Safe Online'
News Formerly known under the working title of 'Operation Endurance', Get Safe Online is a joint venture between the public and private sector, including the Cabinet Office, The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and companies such as BT, Dell, eBay, HSBC... [20 Oct 2005]
Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments
News The US arm of international bank HSBC is also giving one million contactless debit cards to customers before the end of the year. Bruno Carpreau, product manager of MasterCard's One Smart PayPass, said it could be two years before consumers see it... [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet The US arm of HSBC is distributing one million of MasterCard's PayPass contactless cards to its customers, who can now use them in McDonalds, 7-Eleven stores, motorway toll booths and cinemas. There are some complications around EU directives but... [11 Oct 2005]
Security education: Too little too late
Comment In this case, the generosity of Dell, eBay, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Microsoft and Yell will match a £150,000 grant from the government. The problem," said one highly placed civil servant during a meeting at the first eCrime Congress in London, "is that... [22 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up The affected banks are Barclays, HSBC and NatWest, according to the paper. Amner informed Phillips, who earned £150,000 per year, that she had declined an offer from colleagues to start a collection to raise the £4 (The Round-Up hopes they would... [24 Jun 2005]
