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AIB signs €65 million deal with IBM

Irish bank AIB has signed a €65 million, three-year deal with IBM to provide a clear pathway to a hybrid cloud technology environment.

16 December 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Zafin joins IBM Z and Cloud Modernisation centre

Zafin today announced it has joined the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center, a digital front door comprised of tools, training and ecosystem partners to help IBM Z clients accelerate the modernization of their applications, data and processes in an open hybrid cloud architecture.

08 December 2021

News/crypto

France tests CBDC issuance in treasury bond blockchain trial

A consortium of institutions led by Euroclear have completed a test run of the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC) for settling French treasury bonds on a blockchain.

19 October 2021

Company announcement/cloud

CaixaBank onboards to new IBM Cloud Multizone Region in Spain

IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today its first IBM Cloud Multizone Region (MZR) in Spain and a new agreement with CaixaBank, a leading financial group in Spain, to boost the bank's digital capabilities by joining this MZR and embracing IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

27 September 2021

Company announcement

IBM wins major cloud deals in Africa

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation and continue their work to develop digital-first solutions, ultimately broadening access to financial services on the continent.

22 September 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Zafin to oboard to IBM Cloud

Zafin, a leading SaaS cloud-native product and pricing platform for financial institutions, announces the intent to expand its collaboration with IBM to help financial institutions speed their digital transformations with hybrid cloud.

14 September 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Temenos Transact flys to IBM Cloud

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced the availability of Temenos Transact next-generation core banking with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption within the financial services industry.

14 September 2021

News/wholesale

Canada's high-value payment system launches

Payments Canada has launched Lynx, the country's new high-value payment system, which has been built with technology partners IBM and SIA.

01 September 2021

News/retail

IBM’s Bharat Bhushan on strengthening customer trust in digital banking

A recent YouGov and IBM survey has found that 82% of UK citizens cited data security and privacy as their top priorities when using digital banking following the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, 43% of respondents said they wanted their banks to launch more cyber-security and privacy features.

27 August 2021

News/cloud

SAP jumps aboard IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

German software giant SAP is onboarding two of its finance and data management solutions to IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

30 July 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Irish credit scoring startup Finclude joins IBM financial cloud ecosystem

Finclude, an Ireland-based start-up that provides credit scoring and affordability profiles using machine learning technology, today announced it has joined IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) growing ecosystem of more than 100 Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), SaaS providers, and FinTechs supporting the IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

30 June 2021

News/cloud

IBM and EY build centre of excellence to help FIs transition to the cloud

IBM and EY have joined forces to create a centre of excellence dedicated to helping financial institutions accelerate their digital transformations with hybrid cloud solutions.

11 May 2021