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The Core Banking Systems: Market Dynamics Report 2008 is now available in print and as an eBook. This report provides a detailed analysis of core banking systems sales for the years 2005-2007, and also identifies trends emerging in 2008. The report provides a 40 graphs and 20 tables plus expounded commentary. By using licence fee information it also estimates the value of the international market. ...more

This new Corporate Financial Systems (CFS) Journal will explore and analyse the pressing issues affecting the field of corporate treasury with the unbiased and independent coverage that has come to be expected from IBS Publishing. This is the ideal monthly journal for anyone working within the field of treasury systems. ...more

Smooth arrival for UK FP

Now that the UK’s Faster Payments scheme has gone live, having processed over two million transactions in the first four weeks, what is the industry’s considered response?

Bankfusion moves into sight

Standard Bank and Misys have gone public on the former’s decision to be the first pilot for the emerging Bankfusion system. The first site, depending on the political situation, is intended to be Zimbabwe.

Citi GTS partners with Ariba for EIPP

Citi Global Transaction Services (GTS) has signed with US spend management vendor, Ariba, for a partnership that will wed GTS’s B2B payments – including its purchasing card offering – and supply chain finance, with Ariba’s e-procurement and electronic invoice presentment technology.

ING cuts over in the Ukraine

Ukrainian vendor, CS Ltd, has announced successful completion of a joint project with US-based Fidelity National Information Services at ING Bank Ukraine, where the vendors have automated the bank’s retail operations.

25/06/08: Voice Transact launched as central voice signature hub for financial services

Can voice signatures become as prevalent as Chip and PIN? A new initiative aims to provide a central utility to turn this vision into reality. We talk to the driver behind this, ex-WorldPay founder, Nick Ogden.

20/06/08: Faster Payments: VocaLink ‘delighted’

As a web-extra, CFS talks to VocaLink chief commercial officer, Martin Wilson, about the new service and how corporates and overseas banks might benefit. With the UK’s new Faster Payments service now live, Martin Wilson, the chief commercial officer of VocaLink, the firm in charge of the technical infrastructure, reports that ‘the live running has been absolutely spot on’.

20/06/08: Misys stakes out Italian trade finance space with ICBPI

Misys is working with Italian invoicing and payment processor, ICBPI Group, to deliver a hosted international trade finance solution for regional banks in the country. The work to integrate Misys’ Trade Portal product with the Italian firm’s i-CBP business platform has been completed.

IBS Publishing produces weekly free e-zines which provide a glance at what will appear in the forthcoming IBS Journal as well what is going on in the industry in general. Both free-to-view articles and premium articles are available. ...more

Smooth arrival for UK FP

Now that the UK’s Faster Payments scheme has gone live, having processed over two million transactions in the first four weeks, what is the industry’s considered response?

Bankfusion moves into sight

Standard Bank and Misys have gone public on the former’s decision to be the first pilot for the emerging Bankfusion system. The first site, depending on the political situation, is intended to be Zimbabwe.

Citi GTS partners with Ariba for EIPP

Citi Global Transaction Services (GTS) has signed with US spend management vendor, Ariba, for a partnership that will wed GTS’s B2B payments – including its purchasing card offering – and supply chain finance, with Ariba’s e-procurement and electronic invoice presentment technology.

ING cuts over in the Ukraine

Ukrainian vendor, CS Ltd, has announced successful completion of a joint project with US-based Fidelity National Information Services at ING Bank Ukraine, where the vendors have automated the bank’s retail operations.

Ordina hit by Robeco desertion

The BPO ambitions of Netherlands-based Ordina have taken another dent, with the latest in a series of setbacks coming in the form of Robeco Direct terminating a ten year outsource agreement.

SAB readies Islamic banking offering and eyes French market

SAB, the French core system vendor, has launched a new Islamic core solution. SAB is the second French vendor known to be working on such a product, after Delta Informatique released details of its own Islamic product.

Atos and ING tie-up for payments

Dutch banking heavyweight, ING, and Franco-Dutch IT services company, Atos Origin, have formed a partnership to offer back office payments processing to banks and corporates within Europe.

CCK gains second Opics knock-out

CCK Financial Solutions, the Australian treasury solutions vendor, has secured its second win in the Philippines in recent times with its Guava Suite. This is at Security Bank Corporation, a private domestic universal bank.