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OCBC Bank rolls out HR app and chatbot for employees

OCBC Bank is putting HR in the pockets of its employees with a mobile app and chatbot integrated with the bank's human resources information system.

05 June 2017

Company update/Human resources

DBS extends internship programme to create new generation of digital bankers

After the resounding success of the inaugural DBS UNI.CORN programme last year, DBS will kick off the second year of this innovative internship programme with 24 interns starting their 12-week internship today.

10 May 2017

Company update/Human resources

NAB welcomes Girl Geek

NAB has partnered with Girl Geek Academy to create a program that will see its CEO and leading technologist Sarah Moran join the technology team at NAB during 2017.

19 April 2017

Company update/Human resources

ING Bank steps up investment in global programme to support and develop staff

ING is launching the latest phase of its next generation professional development programme, the Wellbeing Quotient (WQ), which aims to support its Financial Markets staff in a changing business environment.

06 April 2017

Company update/Human resources

ANZ collaborates with HR start-up Employment Hero

ANZ has today announced its collaboration with cloud-based HR platform Employment Hero, offering ANZ customers free access to the market-leading software.

02 February 2017

News/Human resources

Scottish University creates fintech degree course

The University of Strathclyde has launched a Masters of Science (MSc) programme in fintech, what it claims is the first such course in the UK.

05 January 2017

News/Human resources

A third of London's City workers could face relocation in wake of Brexit - survey

Almost one in three workers in London face an uncertain future over their employer's plans to relocate the business.

25 November 2016

Company update/Human resources

Kite opens 'Blocktribe' recruitment portal

Kite Consulting Group, providing financial recruitment hires throughout Europe, today announced the launch of Blocktribe, a specialist site designed to list the best blockchain-related jobs around the globe.

28 September 2016

Company update/Human resources

Nordea restructures retail banking business

Karen Tobiasen has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of Group Executive Management (GEM) as of 1 July 2016. To facilitate an even sharper customer focus it has also been decided to adjust the organisation and divide Retail Banking into two business areas, Personal Banking and Commercial & Business Banking.

16 June 2016

News/Human resources

Hedge fund boss welcomes day when computers take over

The president of one of the world's largest hedge funds has told an audience of fund managers that he looks forward to the day when they will all be replaced by computers.

09 June 2016

Company update/Human resources

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance launches certification programme

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), in partnership with Positrust LLC, an industry leading technology company, has announced the unveiling of the WSBA Certification Framework (WCF).

06 June 2016

Company update/Human resources

SS&C acquires one-third interest in Nervanix

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced the purchase of an interest in Nervanix, LLC, a Florida-based company that applies advances in the field of neuroscience to improve attention and focus to make learning more efficient and effective.

13 April 2016

News/Human resources

Barclays to close Texas tech centre

Barclays Bank is calling time on a technology centre it set up in McKinney, Texas less than two years after opening the site.

30 March 2016

News/Human resources

Deutsche Bank to issue update on IT overhaul - FT

The executive charged with the job of overhauling Deutsche Bank's IT systems is due to give her first progress report this Friday, according to the Financial Times.

29 March 2016

News/Human resources

Tech revolution to wipe out 7.1 million jobs over next five years - WEF

Up to 7.1 million jobs will be wiped out in 15 major economies during a fourth industrial revolution, as disruptive developments in artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology come to the fore, says the World Economic Forum.

18 January 2016

Company update/Human resources

CommonBond launches "startup within a startup" internship program

CommonBond, a leading marketplace lender, today announced the introduction of the "MBA Accelerator" program, a unique summer internship experience that will select a team of the country's top MBA students to build a startup from the ground up inside of CommonBond.

13 January 2016

Company update/Human resources

Stockfuse announces first phase winners from Barclays trading game

Stockfuse, a revolutionary candidate evaluation and talent development platform, today announced the successful completion of the first period of the Barclays Markets Insight Game.

03 November 2015

News/Human resources

Immigration clampdown could harm UK's digital economy, warn fintech start-ups

A consortium of UK startup bosses have petitioned the government over plans to curb the numbers of skilled migrants, warning that such a clampdown could instead curb the growth of the UK's digital economy.

29 October 2015

News/Human resources

Lloyds creates digital skills training course for IT staffers

Lloyds Banking Group tech staff are to gain access to a bespoke 'Digital Foundations' course as part of a group-wide effort to equip employees with the tools and training necessary to drive innovation across the organisation.

22 October 2015

News/Human resources

Barclays hunts for new recruits with gamified trading platform

Barclays is to test the skills of budding traders with the opening of a virtual investment platform from US-based gamified recruitment startup Stockfuse.

14 September 2015