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Scotiabank makes digital bet in search of big productivity gains

Canada's Scotiabank has fleshed out its "digital transformation" plan, predicting that its massive outlay on new technology will lead to big efficiency improvements.

02 February 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Symitar unveils mobile appointment booking tool

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® (NASDAQ:JKHY) is a leading provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for the financial services industry. Its Symitar® division announced today the availability of Appointment 365, a scheduling tool that enables credit union members to book in-branch appointments remotely.

31 January 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Yorkshire Building Society to shutter branches, discontinue Norwich & Peterborough brand

Yorkshire Building Society Group has announced proposals to make changes to its branch network, product range and one of its brands which are designed to deliver better long-term value to its 3.3m customers.

26 January 2017

News/Branch banking

HSBC offshores 200 IT jobs; closes 62 branches

HSBC is offshoring around 200 UK IT jobs to India, China and Poland and shutting 62 branches with the loss of another 180 positions.

24 January 2017

News/Branch banking

UK banks strike branch banking deal with Post Office

Billed as the biggest expansion in face-to-face banking in a generation, the UK's banks have struck an industry-wide deal to conduct day-to-day banking tasks across the national Post Office network.

24 January 2017

Company update/Branch banking

BBVA Compass puts Amazon lockers in Austin branches

Riding the wave of next-gen delivery services, BBVA Compass today announced that it has been piloting Amazon Locker at 11 Austin-area BBVA Compass branches.

23 January 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Metro Bank recruits for 500 new jobs; bolsters high street presence

Metro Bank, the award winning high street bank, in 2017 is on the lookout for 500 new colleagues to join the banking revolution and support its rapid growth.

19 January 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Addiko Bank opens 'branch of the future'

A unique banking outlet of Addiko Bank Express opened recently in Ljubljana’s BTC shopping center.

11 January 2017

News/Branch banking

Meet Ira, HDFC's latest 'humanoid' branch recruit

India's HDFC Bank is set to introduce customers to its latest recruit, a 'humanoid' robot named Ira, at a Mumbai bank branch later this month.

11 January 2017

News/Branch banking

Robot-ready UK consumers still cling to the branch

Two-thirds of UK consumers are open to receiving financial advice from artificial intelligence agents, but are not yet prepared to foresake the human interactions provided by branch-based transactions, according to new research from Accenture.

11 January 2017

News/Branch banking

India's SBI to launch digital-only bank

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lending institution is to experiment with branchless banking after announcing plans to launch a digital-only bank later this year.

06 January 2017

News/Branch banking

HSBC and NAB open API developer portals

HSBC in the UK and Australia's NAB are both entering the API game by opening developer portals that give third parties access to some of their data.

15 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Banc Intranets signs GrandSouth Bank

Banc Intranets, a provider of secure, web-based enterprise content management solutions for financial institutions, announced that GrandSouth Bank selected its BancWorks® employee intranet to centralize the sharing of information and strengthen department operations across its growing branch network.

14 December 2016

News/Branch banking

UniCredit to cut 14000 jobs and invest in digitisation

Italian giant UniCredit has become the latest bank to outline plans to cut thousands of jobs and invest billions of euros in digitisation in a bid to boost profits.

13 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Barclays sells French retail business to AnaCap

Barclays has today announced that it has signed an agreement with AnaCap Financial Partners for the sale of its French Retail Banking business.

12 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Cumberland Building Society launches online appointments with NCR and Q-Flow

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today announced it is continuing to support Cumberland Building Society’s digital strategy with the launch of Cumberland’s new online appointment booking service, powered by Q-Flow enterprise software solution, which was delivered through NCR’s strategic partnership with Q-nomy.

07 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Nedbank signs for NCR Interactive Teller

NCR Corporation (NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today announced that Nedbank (JSE:NBKP), one of the largest banks in the country, will be the first bank in South Africa to introduce NCR Interactive Teller.

06 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Bank of America shows off new tech at renovated financial centre at Stanford

Bank of America today celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated Stanford financial center located at 3000 El Camino Real.

01 December 2016

Company update/Branch banking

TAS Group's EasyBranch shrinks the ATM

EasyBranch, a TAS Group venture delivering transformative branch banking software, will debut EasySelf to the international market on 29 November at TrusTech 2016 in Cannes, France.

28 November 2016

News/Branch banking

Citi makes Aussie branches cashless

Citi's Australian arm is going cashless, telling customers that it will no longer handle notes and coins in branches because of a lack of demand.

17 November 2016