Latest Workflow/document management News: Finextra Research

Nordea outsources Finnish document management ops to Itella

Scandinavian banking group Nordea is outsourcing its payments-based document management services at its Finland operations to Helsinki-based Itella.

30 August 2005

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Banks line up for SwiftNet exceptions pilot

Up to 19 banks have been lined up for pilot trials of a new SwiftNet service for automating payments exceptions across the financial messaging network.

27 July 2005

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Metavante acquires Treev for $19.5m

Metavante Corporation, the financial technology arm of banking group Marshall & Ilsley, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Treev, a Virginia-based provider of document management software and consulting services to financial firms, for $19.5 million.

24 June 2005

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Commerzbank enhances OTC derivatives processing with Scrittura

Germany's Commerzbank has implemented document imaging and workflow management technology from Scrittura which it is using to enhance back office processing of OTC derivatives transactions.

21 June 2005

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ANZ licenses Fast online search technology

Australia's ANZ bank is adding real-time search technology from Norway-based Fast Search and Transfer (Fast) to its global intranet and client facing Web sites.

02 June 2005

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JPMorgan signs for mySap ERP platform

JPMorgan Chase is implementing enterprise resource planning software from Sap as part of a long-term plan to improve financial reporting and analysis across the group.

19 May 2005

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Finansbank selects MicroStrategy for reporting and analysis

Turkey's Finansbank has deployed MicroStrategy's business intelligence technology to support its financial reporting and analysis processes.

18 May 2005

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Fiserv acquires Emergis US e-mortgage unit

Fiserv has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Montreal-based Emergis' mortgage processing operations in the US for US$13.75m in cash.

10 May 2005

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Bank Leumi USA outsources back office operations to ADP

Israel's Bank Leumi has signed a multi-year outsourcing agreement with ADP for the management of securities transaction processing and regulatory document delivery services at its US operations.

03 May 2005

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Pegasystems warns of slow license sales

Massachusetts-based Pegasystems says customer license signings "decreased significantly" in the first quarter of 2005 from the previous quarter and will need to improve substantially if the vendor is to achieve projected sales targets for 2005.

29 April 2005

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Rabobank implements Pega BPM suite

Rabobank of the Netherlands is to use business process management technology from Pegasystems for automation projects in trade finance and payments processing.

14 April 2005

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Abbey consolidates sales and compliance document management

UK bank Abbey has consolidated eight departmental intranets into a single network as it migrates product sales and compliance documentation to an enterprise content management (ECM) system supplied by Canada's Open Text.

08 April 2005

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Travelex deploys BancTec handwriting recognition system

Non-bank foreign exchange operator Travelex is using character recognition technology from Texas-based BancTec to process the 1.5 million handwritten sales sheets it receives every year.

07 April 2005

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Tibco signs Banco de Espana to Staffware BPM package

Spain's central bank Banco de Espana is installing Tibco Software's workflow and business process management (BPM) system, Staffware Process Suite.

10 February 2005

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PBS payments processing network hit by systems glitch

Danish payments body Payment Business Services (PBS) is investigating a fault that occured during the renewal of an SSL certificate that prevented some retailers from processing card payments over its network during the weekend.

25 January 2005

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Wells Fargo launches integrated online banking and brokerage site

US bank Wells Fargo has launched a new integrated online banking and brokerage service.

19 January 2005

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Ancona quits Pegasystems as 2004 guidance is marked down

Business process management vendor Pegasystems has marked down 2004 earnings guidance and announced the resignation of chief operating officer Henry Ancona.

05 January 2005