World Bank

55 results about this entity

Period: 21 Oct 2003 - 12 Jan 2024

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World Bank announces 'Apps for Development' competition

The World Bank is to announce an "Apps for Development Competition", challenging the developer community to create tools, applications, and mash-ups of development data.

29 April 2010

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Google mashes up World Bank data

Google has added a raft of economic statistics from the World Bank to its new "public data" search facility.

12 November 2009

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World Bank calls for financial services expansion in emerging markets

The cost of financial transactions in the developing world could be reduced by as much as 80% through a reform of inefficient payment and securities systems, according to the World Bank.

15 September 2009

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Wipro banned from World Bank contracts

The reputation of India's IT services industry took another blow today after it emerged that Wipro has been barred from working for the World Bank, less than a month after it was revealed Satyam Computer Services has been blacklisted by the institution.

12 January 2009

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World Bank under siege from hackers

The World Bank's computer network has been raided by hackers on numerous occasions over the last year, putting financial data at risk, according to a report by US network Fox News.

14 October 2008

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ICICI Bank to deliver kiosk-based e-banking to rural India

ICICI Bank is teaming with Californian computer services firm Wyse Technology and Bangalore IT consultancy Comat Technologies to deliver electronic banking services to remote and isolated communities in India.

17 June 2005

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JPMorgan unveils upgrade and customer wins for Horizon

JPMorgan Treasury Services has introduced a Chinese-language version of Horizon, it's operational risk management solution, and announced new customer wins at the Bank of China's US operations and the World Bank. The US investment bank has also won approval to operate its Internet banking services in India and China.

21 October 2003