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RSS co-op in newsCo-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 Co-operative Insurance, The Co-operative Banks and online bank Smile and is owned by the Co-operative... [15 Apr 2008]
Co-op Group polls customers at the till
News Convenience store retailer Co-op Group is using its electronic point-of-sale (Epos) system to save money on customer satisfaction surveys. Co-op Group is one of the few retailers to add such a feature to date. [10 Aug 2007]
Web 2.0 generation expect work on their terms
News It's time for a new operating model; an IT care co-op is the solution. The UK's business leaders are being warned they must embrace flexible working and consumer technologies if they are to attract and retain the next generation of workers. [09 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 investment in new technology. The next stage of development following the... [20 Jul 2007]
Retailers fill their baskets with tech
News Midlands Co-op has installed a supply chain management system from Aldata to manage orders, store inventory, replenishment, point of sale and payments. It's been a busy week for the UK's shopping giants - the Retail Solutions show in Birmingham... [07 Jun 2007]
Co-op Bank extends mortgage tech deal
News TE has provided Co-op Bank with a managed software support service since it entered the UK mortgage market six years ago - originally with TE acquisition Attentive - and now extends into hardware support and the provision of a mortgage sales portal. [27 Apr 2007]
Co-op inks £100m extension to Xansa deal
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed an extension worth up to £100m over the next five years to its outsourcing contract with Xansa that will result in more work being sent overseas to India. [02 Apr 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News Trials of fingerprint payments kicked off in Oxford's Co-op stores in March and the supermarket subsequently doubled the number of stores with the fingerprint payment tech in July. Chip and PIN. RFID. [18 Dec 2006]
Co-op takes warehouse wireless
News Co-op is installing wireless scanning and product picking technology at its warehouse in Ipswich. East Anglia Federal Co-Op Society is spending £210,000 to install Vocollect's voice picking technology and Psion Teklogix's Workabout Pro handhelds... [14 Aug 2006]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News The Co-op for example is piloting a biometric fingerprint payment system. People are spending more money with plastic cards than ever before, new research has revealed. According to figures from banking industry body Apacs, consumers spent a record... [01 Aug 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News A Mid Counties Co-op spokesman told silicon.com the society has extended the trial to get a better insight into customer opinions. According to the Co-op, using Pay by Touch is 20 per cent quicker than using chip and PIN. [24 Jul 2006]
Paying by iris and fingerprint - the next chip and PIN?
News Shoppers in Oxford started to pay with their fingers this month, as the Co-op launched its trial of a biometric fingerprint payment system. The scanner allows consumers to link their fingerprint to credit or debit card accounts when paying for... [14 Mar 2006]
Oxford Co-ops test fingerprint payments
News Three Oxford branches of the Co-op will be asking their customers to give them their fingers this week, with the announcement the supermarket will now be accepting biometric payment. Bill Laird, COO of retail, Midcounties Co-op, said the launch had... [08 Mar 2006]
Amazon puts cash into blogging
News Josh Peterson, the chief executive of Robot Co-op, the parent company of 43 Things, said: "We don't spend our time thinking about Amazon; we spend our time thinking about what we're building at 43 Things. [10 Feb 2005]
'Anti-phishing' verbal signatures get thumbs up
News Someone phoned me claiming to be from the Co-Op Bank and immediately asked for answers to security questions. I complained to the Co-Op Bank, pointing out the phishing risk and the need to educate customers not to reveal their security information... [12 Jan 2005]
