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HBL, Pakistan’s largest bank, selects Temenos to transform its banking services

Temenos, the banking software company, has announced that HBL, Pakistan’s largest bank network is to adopt the Temenos core banking platform to provide domestic and international operations with a cutting-edge banking experience. HBL will onboard over 25 m...

BNP Paribas Real Estate to establish success across UK data centre market 

With more pressure placed upon the data centre industry to appeal to new clients and establish long-lasting relationships, knowing where to invest is key. Here, Michael Umfreville discusses his new role as Head of Data Centres at BNP Paribas Real Estate,...

Financially planning for the year ahead

With issues ranging from supply chain disruptions to cybersecurity threats and continued business uncertainties due to the pandemic, 2021 was a difficult year for CFOs across the globe. These challenges were exacerbated by a significant shortfall...

Pressure on banking and finance sector as expectations drive new Digital Transformation priorities

New research unveils that transitioning communications and processes from physical to digital while reducing costs and supporting changing working models top the list of FS priorities. Here, Gary Harrold, CEO of Swiss Post Solutions, UK & Ireland,...

Revisit the fundamental element of secured banking: Know your breach likelihood

Saket Modi, Co-Founder and CEO at Safe Security, describes how cybersecurity in the banking sector has now come into sharp focus. He says: “However, the fundamentals of how cybersecurity is approached are still unclear, which is why we still see businesses s...

Mbanq signs with Temenos to accelerate Banking-as-a-Service in US market

Silicon Valley-based Mbanq, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, has announced it has signed a strategic agreement with Temenos, the open cloud banking company, to launch a Credit-Union-as-a Service (CUaaS) offering and to accelerate BaaS adoption across...

Scotiabank partners with Google Cloud to create more personalized banking experiences

Toronto-based Scotiabank is deepening its cloud-first commitment to its customers with Google Cloud. Scotiabank and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership to deepen the bank’s cloud-first commitment and accelerate its global data and analytics s...

Emirates NBD’s Liv elevates digital banking experiences with Azure Cloud Services

Liv, the lifestyle digital-only bank by Emirates NBD, a banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, has enhanced its customer focused offering by partnering with Microsoft to elevate the digital customer experience. “Microsoft A...

Al Maryah Community Bank completes design of its digital banking platform

Al Maryah Community Bank, UAE’s first fully integrated digital bank, has announced the completion of the pragmatic architectural design of its technology platform.This is infused with an Artificial Intelligence capability that will lead to the complete t...

BFS goes live on Temenos SaaS to deliver finance faster

Temenos, the banking software company, has announced that Barko Financial Services (BFS), a South Africa-based microfinance institution, has gone live on Temenos Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to make it faster and easier for South Africans to access finance...

UAE banking sector invests heavily in fight against cyberattacks

Since the pandemic, the number of cyberattacks in the UAE and the region has seen a substantial increase, as organisations have been forced to an immediate remote working scenario. As part of efforts targeting the cyber security of the financial sector, the...

Blockchain is propelling finance, trade and government initiatives in Africa

Blockchain is a type of distributed ledger for maintaining a permanent and tamper-proof record of transactional data. A Blockchain functions as a decentralised database that is managed by computers belonging to a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. Industry experts...