Alliance & Leicester

47 results about this entity

Period: 17 Sep 2004 - 19 Apr 2011

A&L online bill payment transactions top one million

UK banking group Alliance & Leicester (A&L) says the number of bill payments made via its automated BillPay Web site increased by 37% in 2006 and passed the one million mark for the first time.

Study questions effectiveness of image authentication

A joint study by researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that site authentication images — where customers choose images that appear on a log-in page to prove the authenticity of the Web page — provide little protection to customers.

A&L introduces automated Post Office system for business customers

The UK's Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank has developed a card-based system for business customers who make deposits and withdrawals at Post Office branches.

Alliance and Leicester to introduce mobile banking

UK banking group Alliance and Leicester (A&L) is launching a mobile banking service in the new year to run on the MoniLink network developed by IT services firm Morse and the Link Interchange Network.

Alliance & Leicester switches to converged voice and data network

UK banking group Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has selected BT to transform its telecomms infrastructure into a single, fully managed converged voice and data network.

Alliance and Leicester hires Accenture for core banking overhaul

UK banking group Alliance and Leicester (A&L) has awarded a contract to overhaul its legacy core retail and commercial banking systems to technology consultancy Accenture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Alliance & Leicester launches pre-paid debit card for commercial clients

UK bank Alliance and Leicester is launching a pre-paid plastic payment card designed for use by commercial clients that currently provide paper payments to customers or employees.

Alliance & Leicester to roll out PassMark two-factor authentication system

UK banking group Alliance & Leicester is to use technology from California-based PassMark Security to provide a two-factor authentication service to its Internet banking customers.

UK phishing fraud losses double

Direct fraud losses from online phishing scams in the UK almost doubled in 2005 to £23.2m, according to statistics from the Association for Payment Clearing Services (Apacs).

Lloyds TSB acts coy on authentication plans

Lloyds TSB has declared pilot trials of a keyring-sized access code device for authenticating Web banking customers an unqualified success, but the UK bank says it has no immediate plans for a large-scale roll-out of the technology.

Majority of Brits banking online - A&L

Over half of British adults - 59% - now use online banking services to manage their finances, according to research commissioned by the UK's Alliance and Leicester.

Alliance & Leicester to introduce two-factor authentication

The UK's Alliance & Leicester has set out plans to introduce two-factor authentication for all Internet banking users by next month.