Wipro takes minority stake in Harte Hanks
Wipro is acquiring a $9.9 million minority stake in omnichannel marketing services firm Harte Hanks.
Data & Analytics
First Data to open new fintech centre in Ireland
US payments firm also aims to hire 150 staff from around the world.
Microsoft gets support of privacy groups in data battle against US
Privacy International files an amicus brief on behalf of 26 organisations in support of Microsoft.
Security is NOT a priority – especially in Japan
New research from Gemalto indicates many PR gimmicks and posturing are empty promises.
Cardlytics appoints new CTO
Data-driven marketing company is reinforcing its troops for the new year.
Danske Bank UK picks Datactics data quality software
Used for single customer view processes in Northern Ireland.
AI is on!
Implementation of first uses cases around real-time contextual added-value banking notifications and offers to make their appearance in 2018.
What were we Googling in 2017?
The biggest of fads of 2017, according to Google.
Invitation for tender: bank & non-bank institutions supervision BI/DW in Iran
Informatics Services Corporation (ISC) invites bidders.
AWS reportedly eyeing deal for big data start-up Sqrrl
The big data analytics start-up could help AWS add an additional layer of security to its public cloud.
HyTrust’s DataGravity acquisition bears fruit for cloud security
Introduces software appliance that secures confidential data in the cloud.
European Payments Council report: 2017 payment threats and fraud trends
An overview of the most important threats in the payments landscape.
Fintech trends 2017: blockchain, big data… what’s next?
2017 ends with the Bitcoin having surpassed the $19,000 mark. Could this perhaps be a taste of our future?
Symbiont smart contracts to simplify index data sharing for Vanguard
Smart contracts platform Symbiont has teamed up with Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRSP).
SBDA Group closes Series A investment round
Banking personalisation firm SBDA landed investment from FinSight Ventures and Digital Space Ventures.
Banking Technology December 2017/January 2018 issue out now
In the eye of the storm we provide clarity.
Fortune 500 fuel IBM quantum computing quest
IBM has revealed the first clients to tap into its IBM Q early-access commercial quantum computing systems.
ECB chooses Unisys for IT operations
Includes IT support and operation of its data centre.
PR Savings Bank in core banking tech revamp with Temenos T24
Philippine Resources Savings Banking Corporation is implementing Temenos’ T24 core banking and analytics solutions.
Cisco study finds an IoT data paradox
People like what IoT does, but don’t trust firms with the data that sensors and connected devices collect.
Singapore insurtech firm Etiqa nets deals with Ministry of Finance and DBS Bank
First insurer to integrate with MyInfo, a digital data vault launched by the GovTech and the Ministry of Finance.
PayPal’s TIO network data breach hits 1.6m customers
PayPal has revealed that a potential compromise of personally identifiable information for approximately 1.6 million customers has been found on its TIO Networks.
TSB unveils new banking tech platform, Proteo4UK
“We have created a more digital, agile and flexible TSB,” stated Paul Pester, CEO of TSB, at the unveiling of the bank’s new technology platform, Proteo4UK.
VMware’s cloud fortunes continue in Q3
VMware continues to expand beyond its traditional role in the virtualisation market into areas such as cloud computing and software-defined data centre offerings, and the company’s bets on these areas are paying off, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). The firm released its third-quarter financial results, beating Wall Street expectations by $0.07 per […]
ING has a thing for data analytics
ING Wholesale Banking has set out its plans to increase investments in data analytics and put more resources into Asia and the Americas. It’s very early days as its ambitions and goals offer no real specifics. Stats and timelines are like good service in shops in the UK – i.e. almost nowhere to be seen. […]
BMO Financial Group injects $2m into Montreal AI lab
BMO Financial Group is putting $2 million into Creative Destruction Lab Montreal (CDL-Montreal) to fund artificial intelligence (AI) and data science projects. CDL-Montreal will target seed-stage start-ups by providing business and technology mentoring, equity opportunities and business development partnerships. On 15 December, the first cohort of 28 businesses, made up entirely of AI start-ups, will […]
UK urged to improve data protection for the digitally naive
Several consumer groups have written to UK Minister for Digital Matt Hancock urging changes to data privacy and protection rules, removing grey areas which allow companies to navigate breaches unscathed, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Many rules and regulations should be viewed as dated today. This is not necessarily anyone’s fault, but is more […]
HPE enterprise sales sluggish in Q4
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) saw revenue up 5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion, but it’s having trouble gaining traction with enterprise sales – and its CEO is leaving, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). For the fourth quarter ending 31 October, combined net revenue for HPE was $7.8 billion, including $174 million associated with […]
HPE adding AI to data centres with Nimble acquisition
Earlier this year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) went on an acquisition spree meant to help the company improve its standing in the data centre market with products to address a range of issues customers faced as they moved to the cloud, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Now, one of those deals is […]
Port Moresby Stock Exchange goes live on Nasdaq trading system
Port Moresby Stock Exchange (POMSoX) has gone live with Nasdaq’s Matching Engine that operates on the Nasdaq Financial Framework platform. The launch of the new trading platform is a result of an upgrade from previous Nasdaq trading technology. The new engine will handle the trading of equities in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) market. POMSoX […]
Google eyes more data centre space in Denmark
Google is eyeing an expansion in Europe, buying land in Denmark where it plans to build a new data centre that could be used to expand the company’s cloud computing footprint, as well as meet new European Union standards related to data privacy, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Reuters reported that Google’s […]
Dell makes case for cloud “core”
Make another space on your buzzword bingo card, as Dell is talking about the cloud “core”, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). “We decided instead of the edge and the cloud we need one more point – the core,” Jason Shepherd, Dell director of IoT strategy and partnerships tells Enterprise Cloud News. The […]
Facebook data privacy lawsuit is worth keeping an eye on
Large companies getting sued is nothing particularly new, but a lawsuit over whether Facebook has violated the data privacy rights of European citizens might make quite a splash, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). As reported back in September, Facebook was slapped with a fine from the Spanish data protection watchdog for inappropriately collecting and […]
Microsoft doubles down on open source and analytics for developers
Microsoft’s embrace of open source software is about to get a lot bigger as the company is rolling out several new tools and services designed to help developers create applications designed for the cloud, as well as highly specialised apps for artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT), reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking […]
Investec Bank to use iMeta for client data management
Investec Bank has selected iMeta’s client lifecycle management (CLM) platform to help with the automation and streamlining of data management processes. The platform consists of know your customer (KYC) support; credit and legal help (such as with MiFID II); and standing settlement instruction (SSI) for data management processes to provide a centralised hub of reference […]
Token and Envestnet | Yodlee team up for open banking
Open banking platform provider Token has partnered with Envestnet | Yodlee, a data analytics platform, for payments and financial data aggregation. The partnership will use Token’s operating system, TokenOS, which offers PSD2 compliant payments and gives access to banks for third-party service providers, via an API. In addition, the deal will use Envestnet | Yodlee’s […]
DBS launches new cloud-based data centre
DBS Bank has teamed with American multinational firm Equinix to make one of its traditional data centres in Singapore “cloud-optimised”.
Talend acquires API design and test specialist Restlet
Talend, which specialises in big data and cloud integration, is acquiring the outstanding shares of Restlet SAS, a France-based company that specialises in API design and testing, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Although no financial details were released, all 16 members of the Restlet staff along with the company’s founder will join […]
Microsoft looks to secure clouds with Project Cerberus
Microsoft is looking to make cloud infrastructure safer at the hardware level with a new offering called “Project Cerberus,” which is the company’s latest contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Company engineers unveiled Cerberus at Zettastructure, the European digital infrastructure conference, which is taking place this […]
Google joins with Salesforce to mix online, offline customer analytics
Google’s enterprise momentum is building, as Google and Salesforce have combined online and offline analytics, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Google also becomes a preferred Salesforce infrastructure partner – but not the preferred infrastructure partner, a Salesforce executive noted carefully. The analytics collaboration will allow enterprises to aggregate analytics for both online […]
