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RSS bank in newsBank of Scotland expands telephone banking
News At its AGM yesterday the Bank of Scotland said it would be looking to expand its telephone banking service across Europe, after it withdrew from a partnership deal to expand into the US market. Bank officials said they were talking to a number of... [17 Jun 1999]
Bank axes credit card over chip and PIN cost
News Online bank Intelligent Finance (IF) is closing down a credit card used by 70,000 customers because it is too expensive to upgrade the infrastructure to cope with chip and PIN. Because the offset card used a separate system to the bank's Visa and... [13 Jun 2005]
Bank of Scotland to expand e-mortgage operation
News The Bank of Scotland (BoS) is to roll-out its Internet-based mortgage service to another three European countries. The bank said the service, which was launched in the Netherlands in November, has over 6,500 registered users. [13 Jan 2000]
Bank troubles force Time to close all 78 shops
News We have had to close the stores because of issues with the bank. Harris maintained that Granville was working with the bank to sort out the problem. Time Computers closed all of its 78 Computer Shop stores on Monday, amid fierce speculation about... [27 Jul 2005]
Bank of England boss grilled online over euro
News The Governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George, was put in the e-spotlight this morning as he faced public fears about European monetary union's (EMU) effect on the UK economy in a live online Q&A session. [12 Nov 1998]
Bank data breaches probed by info commissioner
News Several high street banks could be investigated by the government following reports they dumped customer data, bank cards and PINs in bins outside their buildings. RBS and subsidiary NatWest are being investigated by the Information Commissioner's... [21 Aug 2006]
Bank job losses: offshoring not to blame
News According to a report from Deutsche Bank, restructuring is responsible for nearly three-quarters of bank redundancies, with offshoring accounting for around 10 per cent of job losses.silicon.com Financial Services [18 Aug 2008]
Bank of Scotland outsources telecoms network
News The Bank of Scotland has outsourced its telecoms network to BT Syncordia in a £100m deal. The Bank of Scotland said it outsourced the telcoms network in order to concentrate on its core business. The bank will rely on BT Syncordia to bring in third... [03 Sep 1999]
Bank beefs up phishing and online fraud protection systems
News ANZ's statement comes amid reports that the bank - one of Australia's Big Four - has met with heavyweight rivals and smaller institutions recently to discuss ways of fighting online fraud. The ANZ, Commonwealth, Westpac and National Australia Bank... [28 Apr 2004]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Global investment bank Credit Suisse is rolling out a monitoring system for its low-latency network. The system will support the bank's need to handle hundreds of thousands of market data messages per second in an auditable fashion. [23 Jun 2008]
Bank IT dispute resolved
News The Bank of Ireland has resolved the ongoing dispute with IT staff over its $600m outsourcing deal with Hewlett Packard that threatened to develop into an all out strike. UK and Irish tech staff voted last week on a series of concessions on pay... [08 Sep 2003]
Bank of America to vote no to HP-Compaq
News Bank of America has become the latest high-profile investor to say it will vote against the merger of HP and Compaq next week. Although the commercial bank is listed as a top five shareholder, it can only vote the shares its investment unit holds... [14 Mar 2002]
Bank invests in blade servers and on-demand
News Bank BNP Paribas is using a combination of blade servers and on-demand computing to provide the processing power for its fixed income derivatives business. In a multimillion dollar deal, IBM is providing supercomputing power through its new London... [29 Sep 2006]
Bank websites don't satisfy curious customers
News Despite the millions invested in online banking systems, it may still be quicker for customers to phone bank call-centres to find out basic information. Bank websites could only provide answers for half of routine questions asked online, with the... [23 Aug 2007]
Bank of Montreal backs Multos
News The Bank of Montreal has signed up for a full-scale roll out of Amdahl's smartcard technology. The bank plans to use Amdahl's Mondex Smartcard (AMS) system for its core electronic transactions. The Canadian high-street giant joins the Royal Bank of... [11 Aug 1998]
