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Australia's Volt to run digital bank in the cloud

Australian neo bank Volt is to build its branchless digital banking platform in the cloud, using a software-as-a-service package from Swiss core banking vendor Temenos.

22 May 2018

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Digital banking transformation creating new systemic risks

Digital banking transformation programmes are creating a new wave of operational and systemic risks for which the industry is ill-prepared, warns UK Finance.

21 May 2018

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CBA, Microsoft and KPMG team on SME business management platform

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has teamed up with Microsoft and KPMG to launch a business management platform for SMEs.

16 May 2018

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Saxo Bank migrates to Microsoft cloud

Denmark's Saxo Bank has teamed up with Microsoft in a bid to run its entire technology stack on the cloud.

24 April 2018

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Swift Business Forum London - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Business Forum London 2018. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry, exploring how far and how fast the transformation of financial services will take place in the UK and beyond.

24 April 2018

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NAB and Alibaba Cloud explore opportunities for selling into China

National Australia Bank (NAB) and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, are jointly hosting a hackathon to explore new ways to help Australian small businesses sell their wares in China and better serve Chinese tourists.

20 April 2018

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Microsoft defends support for controversial Cloud Act

A long-running court battle between Microsoft and the US government about whether the latter had the right to access emails held in Microsoft's Irish data centre has come to an anticlimactic end after a judge dismissed the case, ruling it to be "moot" due to the recent passing of the Cloud (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act.

05 April 2018

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Sberbank to build Cloud Marketplace through joint venture

Sberbank is to enter the cloud infrastructure market through a joint venture with Russian IT house I-Teco.

03 April 2018

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Nivaura settles security on public blockchain

UK fintech startup Nivaura has tapped Microsoft's cloud technology to launch what it claims is the world's first blockchain-based investment product.

26 March 2018

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Bradesco to implement IBM private cloud

Brazils' Bradesco is to use IBM's new private cloud platform to to create new microservices that extend banking information, such as account balances, to mobile devices.

21 March 2018

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European Commission sets out 23-step 'Fintech Action Plan'

The European Commission has set out details of a 23-step 'Fintech Action Plan' to promote the digital transformation of the financial services sector, including the establishment of an EU Fintech Laboratory, the creation of a best-practices blueprint for regulatory sandboxes and substantial crowdfunding reforms.

08 March 2018

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How Open Banking will blow core systems out of the water

Banks operating on legacy architecture will find it increasingly difficult to compete in an API-driven business environment, says Hans Tesselaar, executive director at BIAN.

26 February 2018

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