Card Management

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Article: BPC Banking Technologies – SmartVista

13 May 2013

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / History / Corporate Overview / Product Suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List

Article: Direct Banking Focus Case Study: Barclays US – raising the Profile

07 May 2013

When the US subsidiary of retail banking giant, Barclays, decided to venture into the online deposits world, it looked to domestic vendor FIS, with its Profile core banking system. Andrew Harris, director of deposit products at Barclays US, talks...

Article: FREE PREVIEW: Alaric – Authentic

01 May 2013

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product suite / Partnership with Oracle / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List.To read this article in full, free, please

Article: Worldpay acquires Yespay

05 April 2013

Worldpay is acquiring payments service provider, Yespay, to position itself as a one-stop-shop for merchants, to provide them with a front-to-back office solution with 'omni-channel' shopping capabilities.

Article: SIX Payment Services acquires Paylife Bank

03 April 2013

Swiss card processor, SIX Payment Services (part of the newly restructured SIX Group), is acquiring Paylife Bank, Austria's largest provider for acquiring and issuing cards, in a bid to become the 'absolute payment service provider' in Europe,...

Article: Alaric secures first win in Indonesia

02 April 2013

UK-based payments processing provider, Alaric, has gained a new taker of its Authentic platform at the Indonesian subsidiary of a large Netherlands-based bank. This is believed to be Rabobank Indonesia, which is also implementing the Temenos T24...

Article: Project watch: Universal Electronic Card – One card to rule them all

08 March 2013

As of next year, all Russian citizens will have to apply for a Universal Electronic Card (UEC), a new form of identification combined with a fully-fledged payments card. How does this work for the country's population of over 143 million?

Article: Case study: Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank – One of a kind

08 March 2013

Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank (TCS Bank) has a unique place in the Russian market. The brainchild of a well-known entrepreneur, Oleg Tinkov, it was originally modelled on the Capital One bank in the US and is the only bank in Russia today that...

Article: SK bank outsources card services to First Data

04 January 2013

One of Poland's largest co-operative banks, SK bank, is working with First Data to bring its own-label card products to market. The bank also hopes to expand into a new business area of card issuing and processing for other financial institutions...

Article: Other system replacement plans

06 November 2012

This section provides the results (summary tables) to the other systems respondents have (from the list below), any plans to change and what is behind those decisions:Financial Accounting - Retail Payments - Retail Lending - Retail...

Article: Interview: Massimo Arrighetti, SIA

18 October 2012

After a two-year overhaul, SIA, Italian payments system provider, is moving ahead in the European marketplace. At its seventh annual conference, SIA Expo 2012, the vendor unveiled its latest research and developments in the e-payments arena.

Article: Case study: Maxbank – Geared up to the max

08 October 2012

As a relatively new entrant on the Philippines market, Maxbank has been finding its way, with both its business strategy and the technology to underpin this.

Article: RBS deploys its GlobalXchange solution

01 October 2012

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has gone live with its new solution, GlobalXchange, which combines its cash management and foreign exchange services. This in-house development will be enhanced with further RBS's capabilities within the next few...

Article: Compass Plus – Tranzware Suite

10 September 2012

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Summary History / Product Suite / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List.

Article: BPC Banking Technologies spearheads Asia

24 July 2012

Russia-based payments software provider, BPC Banking Technologies, has landed four new deals in Central and South East Asia, bringing the number of its Smartvista payments platform users in the region to 13. It continues to target ACI Worldwide's...

Article: IBIS Management Associates – Alchemy Payment Processing Suite

18 July 2012

Contents: Overview / Product Suite / Partnerships / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List

Article: Clear2Pay – Open Payment Framework

16 July 2012

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product Suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List

Article: Crédit Agricole Group pumps €300 million into payments technology overhaul

09 July 2012

Crédit Agricole is building a new payments platform, based on ACI Worldwide's Base24-eps, to unify operations across the entire group. 'One billion transactions on one platform – you won't find this anywhere else,' states the chief executive of Cr...

Article: First Data supports end-to-end card processing at Fio banka

29 June 2012

Fio banka, a retail bank in the Czech Republic, has launched a new payments platform from First Data Corporation. The offering includes contactless cards.

Article: SIX to build and run SEPA switch for Belgian card processor

01 June 2012

Belgian debit card scheme operator, Bancontact/MisterCash, is working with SIX Payment Services to become a SEPA-compliant card payment scheme. Go-live is expected mid-2013.

Article: Case study: TecBan – A tough nut to crack

04 April 2012

How TecBan uses automated testing to keep its 12,000-strong ATM estate up to date.

Article: OpenWay – Way4

30 March 2012

Contents: Overview / The Product Suite / Partnerships / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List 

Article: Analysis: Commercial and consumer card processing – Card tricks

07 March 2012

Is card technology moving forwards with as much vigour as other payment models? Three of the industry's major processors tell IBS what to expect in the commercial and consumer card space.

Article: Case study: Mastercard – Let the buyer be aware

07 March 2012

Mastercard is a global payments brand, sitting between the banks, the merchants and the end-users. What is it doing to satisfy the changing needs of its corporate clients?

Article: Analysis: Technology update – Next?

07 March 2012

Payments technology stood still for a very long time but now it is moving with some speed. What, if anything, should banks and their customers make of it?

Article: On the move – March 2012

01 March 2012

A round-up of recent appointments and departures within the financial technology market worldwide. New senior managers at Mastercard Europe, departures at Deutsche Börse and Wincor Nixdorf. Dovetail, DST Global Solutions and Cadis are among the...

Article: End of Year Review 2011

19 December 2011

A round-up of some of the key events in the industry over the past year. Read more >>

Article: Austrian card payments service in 'biggest ever' migration with Switzerland's SIX Group

15 December 2011

Paylife Bank, the Austrian bank-owned card payments provider, has migrated its entire portfolio to SIX Group. The partnerships claims it is the biggest ever migration of its kind.

Article: C2A to offer restricted use cards with SAB

14 December 2011

Compagnie de l'Arc Atlantique (C2A), a newly authorised payments institution based in Biarritz, is in the process of implementing a core banking offering from French supplier SAB. It intends to offer an expenses management tool based on restricted...

Article: Prepaid card specialist, Payango, to expand internationally with FIS

12 December 2011

Payango, a Berlin-based provider of prepaid payment solutions, is planning to go international. It has implemented a new platform for this, with the processing and risk management components supplied by FIS.

Article: CSC (Computer Science Corporation) – PTS, CAMS II

24 November 2011

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / Timeline / Functionality: PTS Software Suite / Functionality: CAMS II/Celeriti Cards & Merchants / User ListThis supplier is also profiled in the following IBS...

Article: FIS – Connex, IST/Switch, Data Navigator, IST/Clearing, IST/MAS, Fraud Navigator, Liability Manager, EnterpriseView, Cortex, CSF

02 November 2011

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User ListThis supplier is also profiled in the following IBS Intelligence research publi...

Article: On the move – October 2011

05 October 2011

A round-up of recent appointments and departures within the financial technology market worldwide. Mashreq Bank appoints new CIO, there is a new COO at Barclaycard and WDX Organisation has a new managing director. Temenos, Sentenial and others...

Article: Who's Bought Who? IBS Journal September 2011

07 September 2011

A round-up of recent mergers and acquisitions in the financial technology sector worldwide. Buyers include Avaloq, Fiserv, Patsystems and Oracle. Algorithmics, Odyssey and Visa Jordan are among the target companies.

Article: UK credit union association live with FIS prepaid card solution

28 July 2011

The Association of British Credit Unions has gone live with a prepaid card management solution from FIS. This is the vendor's first credit union taker of the ASP-delivered offering.

Article: Top 10 IBS Journal Case Studies of 2011

13 July 2011

For one week only, we are making this year's Top 10 Case Studies from IBS Journal free to read when you register/login on our website (ends Wed 20th July 2011 when articles will be made subscription unless they feature in one of our...

Article: Who's Bought What? – July / August 2011

06 July 2011

A round-up of recent orders in the financial technology sector worldwide. Polaris, 3i Infotech, Callataÿ & Wouters, Capital Banking Solutions, TCS and others have gained new deals. Housing Bank for Trade Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Unicredit ...

Article: On the move – June 2011

01 June 2011

A round-up of recent appointments and departures within the financial technology market worldwide. Infosys chairman retires, Sungard CEO steps down and co-founder of Bravura leaves the company. Calypso, Bank of America, BMI Bank, Mastercard and...

Article: Polaris Financial Technology – Intellect Payments, Intellect Cards

27 May 2011

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User ListThis supplier is also profiled in the following IBS Intelligence research p...

Article: Case study: Turkish Bank UK

25 May 2011

When Turkish Bank's UK subsidiary wanted to enhance its lending services to the SME community it dropped the group in-house system in favour of Temenos' T24.

Article: Backchat – May 2011

04 May 2011

The latest gossip from around the industry.

Article: Banca Transilvania: Raising the stakes

04 April 2011

Banca Transilvania's strategy of innovation through technology is starting to be realised following a major replacement of its payments infrastructure. The cost of the investment is expected to be recovered in less than three years.

Article: Who's Bought Who? IBS Journal April 2011

04 April 2011

A round-up of recent mergers and acquisitions in the financial technology sector worldwide. Buyers include ACI Worldwide, Fiserv and Longtop Financial Technologies. Ffastfill, ISD Corporation and Mobile Commerce are among the target companies.

Article: Payments overview: Think about the future

23 February 2011

The payments sector is in transition, with traditional models facing a tough future. New technology is proving a strong catalyst for change and existing participants, including the banks, are struggling to keep up. IBS looks at what is and what...

Article: Comment: Swift for Corporates

23 February 2011

Swift from the corporate perspective: Fraser Lee, treasury systems manager of Vodafone Group Services, speaks his mind.

Article: Analysis: Cheque Payments – Let the buyer beware

23 February 2011

Travelex's Payee Manager is designed to allow buyers to enroll and pay their suppliers electronically. Another nail in the coffin for the cheque?

Article: Analysis: Payments Security – Visa Codesure

23 February 2011

It's been sat on, dropped, baked, frozen, generally abused and put through its paces during a number of European banking pilots – and now Visa Europe's Codesure card is ready for commercial launch. Was it worth the effort?

Article: Case Study: Barclaycard Freedom – The great redeemer

23 February 2011

Customer retention is vital in most businesses, and that includes payments. Barclaycard believes it has developed a solution that benefits all parties.

Article: Analysis: Commercial Cards – Card school

23 February 2011

Commercial cards: more than just a convenient way to buy an airline ticket? Industry players discuss.

Article: Who's Bought Who? IBS Journal February 2011

02 February 2011

A round-up of recent mergers and acquisitions in the financial technology sector worldwide. Buyers include Capgemini, BAE Systems, SAP and Wall Street Systems. Norkom Technologies, Ecofinance and Cardsave are among the target companies.