January 29, 2015 - North American bank IT spending is set to grow from $59.5 billion in 2014 to $62.2 billion in 2015, as the region's banks continue to right-size their branch networks and overhaul their online and mobile channels.

January 28, 2015 - Sword Active Risk, a supplier of specialist risk management software and services, has announced a record period for new clients selecting its Active Risk Manager (ARM) solution. In the last 12 months the company has seen many high profile international companies in the energy, utilities, transport and finance sectors choosing ARM to manage risk across their business operations.

January 27, 2015 - INDATA, a leading industry provider of software and services for buy-side firms including trade order management (OMS), compliance, portfolio accounting and front-to-back office delivered via iPM Epic– the industry's first investment management platform specifically designed for the era of big data – today announced that Hosking & Co., based in Dublin, Ireland has selected and implemented iPM Epic for their front-to-back office system.

January 27, 2015 - Only 23% of UK decision-makers closely align business strategy to data already held by their organisation according to new research commissioned by Rosslyn Analytics, a leading global data technology company. The research also reveals that less than half (44%) of business leaders thought that data was considered a strategic asset, suggesting there is still some way to go for the importance of data to achieve widespread recognition.

January 27, 2015 - The European Payments Council (EPC), representing the European banking industry in relation to payments, today published a further iteration of the SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Rulebooks, i.e. the SDD Core Rulebook version 9.0 and the SDD Business to Business (B2B) Rulebook version 7.0.The SDD Core Rulebook version 9.0, the SDD B2B Rulebook version 7.0 and associated implementation guidelines will take effect on 20 November 2016.

January 27, 2015 - Biometrics in mobile payments, banking, and a host of other mobiles services and applications are poised to transform and accelerate the globalization of mCommerce. The latest research from Acuity Market Intelligence reveals a mobile biometric marketplace more complex, broadly based, and growing faster than previous forecasts indicate.

January 26, 2015 - Global transformation and smart data are terms bandied about in the same breath the world over. With wide-ranging implications across sectors, industries such as banking, retail and services, to name only a few, are no strangers to this trend. Take telecom, for instance. The rapid march of technology is fuelling increase in digital connectivity, networked services and most of all, segmented and well-targeted products and services.