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Adding value to treasury services: Swift Operations Forum highlights standardisation as a crucial component in the differentiation of core banking services

Blog posted by Andrew Hebron on 01 May 2012 at 09:10 | innovation core banking SWIFT Payments Bank of America Brand standardisation commoditisation treasury services Merril Lynch differentiation BrandChannel BankTech

Speakers at the recent SWIFT Operations Forum considered standardisation and partnerships crucial components of innovation and differentiation in the new corporate banking and payments environment....

Leading the way in banks’ social media affections? Twitter, by a nose

It doesn’t seem so long ago that Facebook held sway when it came to the financial industry’s affections. And with the addition of the Timeline feature, many pundits (including this one) assumed...

Tim Tyler on 27 April 2012 at 09:27

Off-the-shelf Strategic Business Intelligence for Banks - Advantages of a Pre-configured Strategic Decision Support System

The decision to build a business intelligence system from ground up is a critical one since it demands invetments in specialized resources; this article discusses the advantages to be considered...

Amol Patil on 15 April 2012 at 05:35

Sign of the Times – Global spend is on the increase as banks get serious about transforming core platforms

Finextra reports on recent Celent research that predicts the core banking market will grow to $5.1 billion by the end of 2013. Asia Pacific banks lead the charge, spending around $2 billion of the...

Andrew Hebron on 12 April 2012 at 10:52

From iTunes to iBanking: Survey sounds a warning to banks

Ready to bank with Apple? If you are then you’re in good company. According to a recent report one in ten people (10%) would consider banking with Apple. Of those who are already Apple customers,...

Stan Nouy on 29 March 2012 at 15:36