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Lloyds TSB mobile banking goes beyond text
News At the back end, the service runs over the VocaLink network, which is already widely used by retail banks for transactions. Lloyds TSB has added a slew of features to its mobile banking service. From... [25 Sep 2008]
Tech leaders honoured at glittering CNET Awards
News The CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2008 at London's Park Lane Hilton hotel saw impressionist Jon Culshaw host a night celebrating the best of IT in 16 categories, covering financial services, retail and the... [24 Sep 2008]
Bank job losses: Offshoring not to blame
News However, the influence on the banking job market will increase, with the report citing half of retail banks across the world planning some sort of offshoring of IT functions within the next five years,... [18 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Together with the banking and retail industries we are working to ensure this figure is minimised. According to police the tampered chip and PIN terminals are installed in retail outlets... [14 Aug 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The bank has signed up for two years with the antivirus company, giving the deal a retail value of more than £200m. Barclays already offers its online banking customers free antivirus software but has... [01 Jul 2008]
Co-op Financial Services' mail goes digital in £12m deal
News The new automated system will catalogue and route all inbound insurance and retail banking correspondence. The implementation programme will take six years over five stages and is expected to be extended... [15 Apr 2008]
Nationwide banks on SAP
News Speaking to silicon.com, Darin Brumby, Nationwide's divisional director for business systems transformation, said: "Our current systems which support our core retail products are up to, in some cases, 30 years old and... [18 Mar 2008]
Barclays data centres get green with HP
News Elaine Heyworth, head of environmental management for Barclays retail and commercial banking, told silicon.com: "When we started on the data centre project we were looking for a solution that would help... [13 Mar 2008]
HSBC computer fault denies customers account access
News Mastercard, owner of Maestro, confirmed the problem with HSBC's system and said it impacted a number of cardholders and retail merchants. HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an... [25 Feb 2008]
HSBC rolls out free convenience store ATMs
News High street bank HSBC has struck a deal with the Federation of National Retail Newsagents (FNRN) to roll out an unspecified number of free ATMs in convenience stores across the UK, in collaboration with hardware provider... [22 Jan 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News Despite "all the talk of a Christmas slowdown", Packham said there hasn't been any slowdown in the retail sector, or elsewhere. Simon Wassall, European managing director of Harvey Nash, told silicon.com: "Generally the... [10 Jan 2008]
BNP Paribas in £50m outsourcing deal
News The contract includes the majority of IT services under the control of BP²I and includes the management of desktop services for the bank's investment banking business in the UK and retail... [10 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing boom predicted in 2008
News The study of BPO trends for 2007 surveyed major global companies in the insurance, banking, telecom, retail and banking industries. A weak global economy and the need for businesses to... [07 Jan 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News A number of retail outlets and high street banks within the east end of London have agreed to participate in the venture. Online banking fraud plummets While fraud on UK issued cash cards rose by 26 per... [17 Dec 2007]
Mobile banking doesn't do it for Europe
News Mobile banking could be failing to capture the imagination of consumers, according to a survey of 2,500 retail financial services customers across Europe. The research, conducted by TNS on behalf of... [09 Nov 2007]
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