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Watching the "second wave of digital transformation" come to life with Microsoft

In the lead-up to EBAday 2021, Bill Borden, corporate vice president of worldwide financial services at Microsoft, speaks about the state of play across the financial services industry, the “second wave of digital transformation”, the company’s new Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, and the benefits we can expect from this latest initiative.

07 June 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Morgan Stanley goes all in on Microsoft Azure

Morgan Stanley and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced a strategic cloud partnership aimed at accelerating the firm’s digital transformation and shaping the future of innovation in the financial services industry.

03 June 2021

News/sustainable

Goldman Sachs joins Green Software Foundation

Goldman Sachs is the first financial service player to sign up to a new Green Software Foundation founded by Microsoft, Accenture, GitHub and ThoughtWorks.

27 May 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Hi55 Ventures joins Microsoft for Startups programme

Hi55 Ventures, a disruptive new fintech company in pay, has been selected to join the Microsoft for Startups programme, a global programme that helps promising B2B start-ups scale successfully.

11 May 2021

News/devops

Ally partners with Microsoft Azure to prepare quantum computing-ready workforce

US fintech Ally Financial will collaborate with Microsoft on Azure Quantum solutions to develop quantum computing skills and explore how new algorithms and future quantum hardware could improve customer experience.

23 April 2021

Company announcement/cloud

SmartStream introduces data management AI on Microsoft Azure

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider today announces the launch of SmartStream Air version 3, designed to support global clients on the Microsoft Azure platform, allowing more countries to meet local regulatory requirements and access improved AI capabilities for managing critical data across the enterprise.

14 April 2021

News/identity

Microsoft bids to overhaul ID verification

Microsoft has taken a major step in its efforts to create an identity verification system that can be used across organisations.

08 April 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Italy's Fabrick collaborates with Microsoft on Open Banking

Fabrick, Italy’s first open banking ecosystem that operates internationally to promote Open Finance, announces the strengthening of its collaboration with Microsoft Italia with the aim of leveraging Cloud Computing and new technologies to continue to develop innovative projects capable of accelerating the digital transformation of the financial world.

25 March 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Banking Circle ports Infrastructure to Microsoft Azure

Banking Circle, the financial infrastructure provider, today announces that it is now completely cloud-based, with all aspects of its infrastructure hosted within Microsoft Azure.

25 March 2021

News/sustainable

NatWest and Microsoft pool resources to help companies reduce their carbon footprint

NatWest has joined forces with Microsoft to help its business customers reduce their carbon footprints.

25 March 2021

Company announcement/startups

Tribe Payments joins Microsoft for Startups programme

Tribe Payments, an issuer/acquirer processor and payment technology provider, today announced it has joined the Microsoft for Startups programme, as part of its plans to drive business growth and solution development.

16 March 2021

Company announcement/cloud

MSCI collaborates with Microsoft on investment-solutions-as-a-service bundle

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools and services, today announced the development of Investment Solutions as a Service for the global investment industry in collaboration with Microsoft Corp.

22 February 2021