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International Finance

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Banking

‘Now, we have to deliver even more than expected’

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Interview with Cezary Kocik, Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Retail Banking, mBank Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya October 3, 2016 What factors led the transition of BRE Bank from a corporate bank to retail banking and eventually mBank? When BRE Bank decided to establish its retail business, Poland was just past a decade of transition....
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Banking

Qumram launches fully-compliant WhatsApp social media record-keeping

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
It enables financial services firms to meet client demand for social media interaction without compromising compliance. September 30, 2016: Qumram, a leading global provider of digital compliance and risk management solutions for the financial services industry, has unveiled a solution for recording end-to-end encrypted social media interactions, via WhatsApp. Following its September debut at FinovateFall...
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Banking

Blockchain adoption fast in banking and financial markets

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Some 65% of banks expect to be in production in three years September 29, 2016: Commercial blockchain solutions are rapidly being adopted throughout banking and financial markets, dramatically faster than initially expected, finds a new IBM study. Fifteen per cent of banks and 14 per cent of financial market institutions interviewed intend to implement full-scale,...
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Banking

The Clearing House taps IBM for payment systems

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
IBM Power Technology to deliver The Clearing House’s real-time payments system to US banks in 2017 September 22, 2016: IBM announced The Clearing House, a national payments system operator for the US banking industry, has selected it to help deliver a new real-time payments system. It is due to roll out in 2017. Set to...
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Banking

ABN AMRO engages with Verint Solutions

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Leverages solutions from Verint to improve response time and provide higher quality service September 14, 2016: Verint Systems announced that one of the Netherlands’ leading financial services organisations, ABN AMRO, is using its Verint Workforce Management software to enhance customer engagement processes. Leveraging the Verint solution, ABN AMRO has met an ambitious target of providing...
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Banking

Digital banking: Fidor and GFT form partnership

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Both have already developed O2 Banking solution, Germany’s first mobile-only bank September 13, 2016: Fidor AG and GFT Technologies SE have reinforced their cooperation and signed a strategic partnership agreement to focus on developing mobile financial and banking apps, as well as the related sales and marketing. It’s an initial step to shape the next...
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