09/04/2012
The Financial Services Authority wants the main high street banks to detail their efforts to prevent a software glitch like the one that hit Royal Bank of Scotland in June, the Financial Times claimed.
09/04/2012
“It has been clear for some time that many banks and other financial institutions have done little but think of themselves, they have lost touch with their customers and they are no longer trusted. At the same time the drive toward ever more stringe
09/04/2012
Joining the network is simple and does not require additional costly technology. Single point of entry to the market via Calastone is seamless and industry developments, such as the movement away from ISO 15022 messaging to the ISO 20022 standard, are eas
09/03/2012
Improvements in the internet experience will depend on shifting away from proprietary systems to standards based ones that ensure access to latest technologies.
09/03/2012
The letter to the nine largest banks and building societies from two senior Financial Services Authority executives also demands the names of senior managers who could be held personally responsible if information technology systems go awry.
09/03/2012
Despite many economists doubting banks’ IT spend this year (e.g. Celent predicted growth of just 2.8% in 2012), Rule Financial is continuing to expand globally. Rule Financial has found that regulatory pressure is a key driver for projects that it i
09/03/2012
SS&C Technologies today launched CAMRA I-Risk for Insurance companies to address emerging Solvency standards by combining CAMRA’s sophisticated financial reporting capabilities with a state-of-the-art position-based stochastic simulation model.
09/03/2012
Standard Life Investments today announced the launch of a portal of wide-ranging education tutorials to help institutional investors and advisers meet their professional development and training needs.
09/03/2012
FSA orders Royal Bank of Scotland to appoint independent expert to establish what went wrong and why in June IT failure
09/02/2012
The bank, which is owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, also said that it would waive certain fees and interest charges for three months – and, from Monday, will start reimbursing “reasonable” out of pocket expenses incurred by customers as
09/02/2012
IT consultancy boosts revenues by 15%, with growth in the UK, US and Canadian investment banking markets, as well as in nearshore development centres in Poland and Spain.
08/30/2012
The search for an agency follows a recent restructure of Standard Life's global business, which included the departure of its UK marketing director, Bruce Kelsall, after nearly three years at the company.
08/30/2012
A spokesman for Deutsche Bank accepted there are problems but said they were improving the situation 'by the hour'.
08/29/2012
Advent's Asset and Wealth Management Solution Sweeps All Four Categories for "Best-in-Class" Technology Solution
08/20/2012
Dion Global Solutions is a software solutions and information research services provider for financial institutions across Asia Pacific, Europe, India South Asia, Americas and West Asia and Africa. Mahindra Satyam acquired about 15 per cent in Dion, earli
08/20/2012
The deal also includes ongoing professional services work and a managed hosted service agreement.
08/19/2012
The first model is the “analytical multi-channel” bank.
08/19/2012
Most recently with UBS, Potok held the position of executive director, global head of structured rates middle office.
08/19/2012
The website is designed to help investors evaluate the income opportunities in a broad range of fixed income sectors and users will be able to access weekly bond market updates, expert industry perspectives and recorded webcasts and videos with key portfo
08/16/2012
SS&C Technologies has announced the launch of its new corporate brand, including a new logo and corporate slogan.