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Starling: Two thirds of UK SMEs optimistic about Covid-19 recovery in 2021

According to a survey of over 300 UK SMEs conducted by Starling Bank and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA), 68% of small to medium-sized businesses believe they will return to pre-Covid levels of success in early 2021.

17 August 2020

News/wholesale

Covid-19 remote working leads to more productive tech teams - survey

Financial services technology teams have increased their productivity while working from home during the Covid-19 lockdown, largely because they have fewer interruptions, suggests a new survey from Digiterre.

18 June 2020

News/retail

The WFH hub is here to stay - Westpac

Even as it begins to gradually bring employees back to offices, Westpac says that the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to a long-term shift to working from home.

17 June 2020

Research/Telecommuting/distance working

Instant Payments: Why Covid-19 is Bringing the Roadmap Forward

11 June 2020 639 downloads

News/retail

SocGen chief innovation officer on the Covid-19 response

Societe Generale is the latest bank to offer an insight into how it is coping during the Covid-19 lockdown, using technology to ensure remote workers are on top of their briefs and keeping their spirits up.

17 April 2020

Company update/retail

Kryon unveils ConsoleX for full-cycle automation analysis

Kryon, the leading full-cycle automation solution provider known for its customer-centric approach to robotic process automation (RPA) and process discovery, today unveils ConsoleX, an advanced web-based management and monitoring dashboard that lets its users configure, schedule and manage virtual workforces comprised of Kryon robots from any location, all in real time.

14 April 2020

Company update/sustainable

BBVA to adopt Cisco Webex globally

BBVA has agreed to deploy new set of Cisco collaboration solutions to solve some of its digital communications and sustainability challenges.

27 February 2020

Company update/Telecommuting/distance working

Azul Systems Joins Eclipse Foundation

Azul Systems, a specialist in Java runtime solutions, has joined the open source Eclipse Foundation. The firm sees it as a way to encourage open mobile and embedded technologies that will help drive the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT).

12 May 2015

News/Telecommuting/distance working

St George to provide free office space for start-ups

Australia's St George Bank is to offer free office space to start-ups through a network of 'Business Hubs' across the country.

11 October 2013

News/Telecommuting/distance working

Brown Brothers Harriman to ditch traditional desktops as workers go mobile

US investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman expects to have abandoned traditional desktop computing within two years as employees move to mobile working, says CIO and partner Christopher Remondi.

01 October 2013

News/Telecommuting/distance working

NCR takes stake in video banking firm uGenius

ATM manufacturer NCR has taken a minority equity stake in Utah-based video banking outfit uGenius. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

31 January 2012

News/Telecommuting/distance working

BMO expands retail video conferencing service

Canada's BMO has expanded its video conferencing service which allows customers in remote and rural branch locations to chat live with specialist financial advisors onscreen.

18 January 2012

News/Telecommuting/distance working

Wachovia pilots Cisco video conferencing technology

US banking group Wachovia is piloting Cisco TelePresence, a video conferencing and collaboration system that enables virtual face-to-face meetings across multiple locations.

05 June 2007

News/Telecommuting/distance working

ABN Amro switches on managed mobility service for BlackBerry users

EDS and Vodafone have announced the IT industry's first large-scale global deployment of a fully managed mobility service with the launch of a managed BlackBerry service for ABN Amro Bank of the Netherlands.

18 October 2004