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News/Branch banking
Amidst a surge in demand for cash, Japan's Mizuho Bank has been beset by computer problems that have knocked out its ATM network, Internet banking service and money transfer system.
17 March 2011
Finextra TV/Branch banking
Oti Ikomi, senior VP at Ecobank, a South African-based, pan-African banking group, talks with Finextra about the rise of the middle class in Africa and its affects on the continent's banking industry at Fundtech Insights 2011 in London.
US authorities have charged 12 people - including several bank employees - in relation to a $10 million fraud conspiracy.
11 March 2011
Bank of Moscow is rolling out video conferencing technology from Avaya at branches so that customers can to talk to call centre staff 24 hours a day.
24 February 2011
Andrew Small, global head of customer relationship management, BT Global Services, discusses their new consumer survey, which reveals some surprising statistics about the behaviour of smart phone users.
22 February 2011
BNP Paribas has launched its first concept 'laboratory' branch in Paris to test new technologies and a "new approach to banking relationships".
17 February 2011
Bank of America is planning to trial video conferencing technology in branches that will enable customers to talk with investment specialists in other parts of the country.
11 February 2011
TD Bank is burnishing its green credentials by building America's first "net-zero energy" branch in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
02 February 2011
In a move that will cost 1000 UK jobs, Barclays is to stop offering in-branch financial planning advice and instead focus on online services.
26 January 2011
Technology companies Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Wincor Nixdorf are to establish a joint venture - CI Tech Components AG - to develop and market security technology for authenticating and processing banknotes.
20 January 2011
Microsoft has signed up the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to the latest version of its multi-touch tabletop screen Surface technology.
18 January 2011
Improving cooperation between branch, Internet and call centre channels is the top strategic priority for nearly half of Europe's retail banks in 2011, according to a report from Efma and Finalta
Global spending on retail banking technology is set to jump by nearly a quarter over the next five years, hitting $132 billion, according to analyst house Ovum.
12 January 2011
State Bank of India, the country's largest commercial bank, and bharti airtel, India's largest telecommunications company, have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to make available banking services to the nation's unbanked millions.
Citi has officially opened a flagship, high-tech branch in New York's Union Square based on its "smart banking" outlets in Asia.
16 December 2010
Citi is planning to open a network of flagship bank branches modelled on the Apple store in key European markets, according to the Financial Times.
26 November 2010
Citi plans to build a single global technology platform for Internet and mobile banking by the end of next year as part of a multi-billion dollar investment in its consumer business, according to Reuters.
17 November 2010
With IT accounting for up to two thirds of start up costs, technology is proving a major barrier to new entrants in the UK retail banking sector, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
04 November 2010
A business that aims to create a complete view of a bank's financial health by using recycled financial messages is the favourite to win the Innotribe Lab pitching contest held at Sibos, the annual conference held by financial messaging body Swift.
28 October 2010
Giorgio Ferrero stresses EBA Clearing's crucial role in achieving the euro payments area vision.
25 October 2010
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