Partnerships

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Article: Eesti Pank payments initiative halted

09 May 2013

The introduction of a new SEPA-compliant retail payments system in Estonia has been halted by the Central Bank of Estonia, Eesti Pank. The new system, dubbed EEPS Core, was due to be developed by the central bank and French vendor, Systèmes...

Article: Nedbank moves towards core system decision

30 April 2013

South Africa's fourth largest bank is believed to have narrowed its search for a new domestic core banking system to three heavyweights, while questions have arisen about its systems strategy in the rest of Africa.

Article: Capgemini reinvigorates partnership with SAP for SAP for Banking

09 April 2013

Capgemini has re-energised its relationship with SAP on the core banking side as it anticipates an increase in the SAP for Banking uptake worldwide. It is now in search of a large-scale SAP for Banking project to participate in. At the same time,...

Article: SIA underpins EBA Clearing’s MyBank initiative

09 April 2013

European Banking Association Clearing (EBA) has launched its new MyBank e-payments channel. The system is underpinned by technology from Italy-based payments provider, SIA, and 28 institutions have joined the initiative in the first phase. Two...

Article: BinckBank lays out strategy for Able business

03 April 2013

Netherlands-based BinckBank has outlined its plans for the recently formed company, Able, which comprises BinckBank Professional Services and the Syntel technology business. The latter's Europort+ solution will now be run under the Able brand, and...

Article: Third Financial goes public with Itex partnership

26 March 2013

London-based wealth management solutions vendor, Third Financial Software, has gone public on the details of its joint venture with Itex, an IT services provider based in the Channel Islands. The partnership sees the launch of the former's Tercero...

Article: Misys delivery channel u-turn brings partnership with IND

25 March 2013

If you can't beat them, buy them or partner with them: this now seems to be the approach of core banking systems suppliers when it comes to channel delivery. Misys has gone the partner route, signing with Hungary-based specialist, IND, which means a...

Article: Alaric and Mistral Mobile look for first taker of joint offering

15 March 2013

UK-based payments solutions provider, Alaric, and Finnish mobile payments services firm, Mistral Mobile, are looking for the first taker of its joint end-to-end mobile payments infrastructure. The vendors are targeting new business in Asia, Africa...

Article: US retail banking systems market analysis 2013 (results Jan-Dec 2012)

06 March 2013

The pick-up in demand for core systems continues to lift the gloom in the US and, although the market is not quite out of the woods yet, there seems to be a universal relief that the progress has been maintained.

Article: Temenos reports 'on-track' progress with ABN Amro payments project

06 March 2013

Temenos perseveres with its plans to muscle into the payments sector with a new enterprise payments platform for large international and regional banks, and continues to work closely with the pilot taker, ABN Amro.

Article: Case study: Jaiz International Bank

14 January 2013

Around half of Nigeria's 155 million population is Muslim but Shari'ah-compliant finance had not been an option because of the absence of the supporting banking legislation. The full regulatory green light for Shari'ah banking came from the Central...

Article: End of Year Review 2012

20 December 2012

As 2012 drew to a close, IBS Journal rounded up the significant developments of the international banking software industry, highlighting major achievements, dubious accomplishments, key mergers and acquisitions, as well as regulatory changes that...

Article: Editor's Note – December 2012 / January 2013

03 December 2012

When a banking software implementation project fails, who is to blame? Finger-pointing is common, but in reality, the likelihood is that all parties – vendor, integrator and financial institution – contributed (some more, some less) to the...

Article: Who's bought what? – December 2012 / January 2013

03 December 2012

A round-up of recent orders in the financial technology sector worldwide. Fundtech, BML Istisharat and Infosys are among the vendors gaining new deals. Pointbank in the US, Siam Commercial Bank in Thailand, Bank of China and others acquire new...

Article: Interview: Tony Prestedge, Nationwide Building Society

03 December 2012

The world's largest building society, Nationwide, has had a fraught few years implementing its new core banking system but it now looks ready to reap the benefits, which could in turn put pressure on its UK competitors. IBS talks to the society's...

Article: Vendor spotlight: SAP – What's the verdict?

28 November 2012

SAP claims it is fully committed to a successful project at Compartamos Banco in Mexico and to greatly improving its delivery in banking as a whole. The jury is still out but it is making the right noises.

Article: Product spotlight: LendFusion – To tide you over

28 November 2012

As the payday loan industry continues to boom, LendProtect UK and InnoTech have partnered to launch a new online lending solution for the short-term lending market, LendFusion. How and why did they seek to join forces?

Article: Temenos: putting building blocks in place

21 November 2012

David Arnott, CEO of Temenos, gives IBS a first-hand account of what has been going on at Temenos and where the vendor is heading as it reinstates regional teams, continues with its cost-cutting programme and moves its focus to shorter projects...

Article: New Misys: new organisation, standard and client stance

14 November 2012

Bret Bolin, CEO of Misys, updates IBS on the progress of the merger of Turaz and Misys and the creation of the world's largest treasury and capital markets (TCM) and banking software vendor.

Article: IBS Journal Banking Innovation in Asia Supplement

08 October 2012

There is arguably more innovation in some individual banks in Asia Pacific than there is in whole countries in Western Europe. Many are making a major push around channel delivery and social media, prompted by fierce competition and demanding,...

Article: Pinnacle Solutions claims progress with Synergy core banking

25 September 2012

Having recently signed three new partnerships, opened two new offices, and working on an imminent new release of its core system, Pinnacle Solutions is gathering speed to expand its targets. IBS talks to its marketing lead, John Nash. 

Article: Singapore-wide NFC platform takes shape

19 September 2012

Singapore has laid down the foundations for a single NFC platform on which any bank or service provider can offer services. Driven by the government's IDA, it involves all three domestic mobile operators plus DBS, Citibank and mass transit stored...

Article: Oracle officially launches its new core banking offering

18 September 2012

Oracle has officially unveiled its new core banking system. The focus is on tier one banks and there is a live site in the form of NAB start-up, UBank. Another Australian player, Suncorp, is also involved.

Article: Fundtech to deploy Global PayPlus at six banks for Singapore's Immediate Payments project

18 September 2012

Fundtech, US-based payments system supplier, is implementing its payment processing platform with six of Singapore's major financial institutions. The venture is assisted by BCSIS, local partner, and Vocalink, Fundtech's partner in the UK Faster...

Article: TCS and Sofgen formalise partnership for Bancs

04 September 2012

TCS Financial Solutions has signed Sofgen as the first recruit for its Global Channel Partner Programme for Bancs. Ahead of this, the two companies have already been working alongside each other at Ambank in Malaysia.

Article: RLAM's implementation project with Murex in the testing phase

29 August 2012

UK-based Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) expects to go live with the new system for derivatives before the year-end 2012. Murex with its MX.3 offering has beaten Calypso, Openlink and Misys to the deal. 

Article: Capitec in South Africa takes IT2 TMS

13 July 2012

South African retail bank, Capitec, is implementing IT2's treasury management solution. Local IT2 partner, TreasuryOne, brokered the deal.

Article: Nationwide plans new current account launch on SAP

27 June 2012

Nationwide Building Society is planning to launch a new type of current account later this year on version seven of SAP's Deposits Management core banking offering. Details about the product are currently confidential.

Article: Conference review: Temenos Community Forum 2012 – Spanish steps

19 June 2012

Temenos' annual customer forum met in Barcelona to discuss how the vendor intends to deliver the goods over the next year.

Article: iCreate partners with Sigma in Indonesia

19 June 2012

Packaged business intelligence system vendor, iCreate, has formed a partnership with Indonesian technology firm, Sigma. They will target both domestic and foreign banks.

Article: Misys turns attention to Africa

13 June 2012

After more than a decade of neglecting the African region and customers there, Misys is redressing this. There is traction for Bankfusion in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, and trade and risk management in Nigeria. Local 'centre of excellence' initiatives are...

Article: Virtusa teams with Huma BI for capital markets BI offering

07 June 2012

UK-based vendor, Huma BI, has signed a 'teaming agreement' with US-based IT services firm, Virtusa. Virtusa will help develop and sell the Huma solution globally.

Article: BIAN official membership figures 'not on track' admits executive director

07 June 2012

New members are waiting in the wings as BIAN forges industry partnerships. It is set to deliver its latest Service Landscape later this month.

Article: Analysis: Mobile money in North Africa – Cash converters

28 May 2012

The North African market is starting to see some movement in the mobile money space. Who's been doing what over the past twelve months or so?

Article: Case study: Creova – Making waves

28 May 2012

Mobile payment services in North Africa have received a fair bit of attention in the past twelve months or so. French technology firm, Creova, and its various partners are seeking the next M-Pesa-style success story, starting in Tunisia.

Article: Temenos and ABN Amro partner to build payments hub

24 May 2012

ABN Amro will make use of the vendor's new Temenos Enterprise Frameworks Architecture (TEFA) to create a major payments hub. For Temenos, a payments system is a step sideways from its core banking speciality, centred on T24.

Article: Financial Architects boosts North American business

17 May 2012

Belgium-based risk and accounting systems specialist, Financial Architects, makes senior appointments for North American business and discusses a tie-up with a major US core banking software vendor.

Article: Sofgen extends Avaloq services with key appointments

03 May 2012

IT services company, Sofgen, has recruited two senior staff from its partner, Avaloq, as it seeks to extend its services related to the latter's banking platform.

Article: Free Webinar: How To Improve Negotiation and Contracting Techniques with Technology Vendors

23 April 2012

Our free webinar How To Improve Negotiation & Contracting Techniques with Technology Vendors took place on Wed 25th April 2012 (a recording of the webinar is available to view on our

Article: Delta Informatique and R-Style Softlab progress with joint project

16 April 2012

The partnership between the two vendors to market Delta Informatique's Delta-Bank core system in Russia and CIS is a step closer to gaining a live reference site. The first joint project is set for a go-live this summer. 

Article: Case study: Al Fardan Exchange – Simple exchange

04 April 2012

With an expanding network of correspondent banks across the globe, Dubai-based remittances and foreign exchange provider, Al Fardan Exchange, saw a need to reduce complexity and cost.

Article: Analysis: Communications infrastructure – See the light

04 April 2012

Optical fibre routes into the Middle East's financial centres are relatively new. What should financial institutions be looking out for when setting up international connections?

Article: Petercam live on Lombard Odier's in-house system

02 April 2012

Petercam has entrusted its IT to Lombard Odier, abandoning a multi-year effort to implement Callataÿ & Wouters' Thaler which was 'far from complete'.

Article: Clairmail to be acquired by Monitise

29 March 2012

Monitise is buying the US mobile banking and payments specialist, Clairmail, for $173 million. Detailed integration plans are in place and will be applied immediately after the closing of the deal. This is expected before the end of 2012.

Article: Core systems outsourcing gathers momentum in Switzerland

14 March 2012

In the last couple of years, Switzerland has seen a surge in demand for business process outsourcing (BPO) and core banking systems hosting. ERI is the latest vendor to join in.

Article: CCK gains third live site in Indonesia; targets wider region with multi-lingual version of Guava treasury suite

16 February 2012

Australia-based treasury software vendor, CCK Financial Solutions, has gained its third live site in Indonesia for its Guava system, at Bank Papua. It has also unveiled a new multilingual version Guava and has tied up with Bloomberg to target...

Article: IBM joins BIAN at last

24 January 2012

It has taken a long while but IBM has finally joined BIAN, the industry body defining common services for use in a SOA environment. Whether IBM will now throw any of its own models into the mix remains to be seen.

Article: Polaris Software Lab gains second taker in Sri Lanka

18 January 2012

India-based Polaris Software Lab and its Sri Lankan partner MillenniumIT have signed a second Intellect core banking software client in Sri Lanka. State-owned Regional Development Bank (RDB) plans to roll out the system across its 250+ branches in the...

Article: HP and RTC persevere with IBIS3G core banking offering in Switzerland

18 January 2012

RTC and its partner HP are making progress with a joint core banking software offering, IBIS3G, in Switzerland. But international plans are yet to bear fruit and the development of one module is delayed.

Article: BSB and Clearstream gain go-ahead for SaaS offering in Luxembourg

13 January 2012

Belgium-based BSB and Clearstream have gained regulatory approval to offer the former's Soliam and Solife solutions in Luxembourg on a Software as a Service basis. Soliam covers institutional asset management and private client wealth management;...