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The three reasons banks fail to embrace digital effectively

I’ve been presenting the theme around what banks have to do to become digital for a while now, and obviously have blogged and written loads about it, and yet something still niggles in the back of my head.  I guess it’s that I’ve written some of the things down, but not all, and the thing that I haven’t blogged in clarity form yet is what stops banks being digital.

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 12:26
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Mindtree Named amongst the Top 10 Outsourcing Service Providers in USA and EMEA by ISG

Mindtree, a leading digital transformation and technology services company, today announced it has been named a Top 10 Outsourcing Service Provider in USA and EMEA by Information Services Group (ISG), a leading technology insights, market intelligence and advisory services company.  

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 12:12
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Virgin Money to Open Branch in the Style of Airline

Not content with having an actual airline, Richard Branson has decked out the newest Virgin Money branch in the style of a plane cabin, complete with a cockpit simulator playroom for kids.

The sixth Virgin Money 'lounge' on Haymarket in London has an entrance level where customers can watch TV, browse through banking information on a huge interactive touch screen display, or relax in front of a virtual fish tank, complete with virtual Richard Branson diver.

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 11:39
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Redline's InRush Ticker Plant supports Bloomberg's real-time consolidated data feed, B-PIPE

Redline Trading Solutions, the provider of market data and order execution systems for automated trading, has announced that Bloomberg's consolidated B-PIPE market data feed is now supported in its InRush accelerated ticker plant.

Redline worked with Bloomberg to connect its ticker plant technology to Bloomberg's B-PIPE as a registered participant in Bloomberg's Enterprise Solutions Partner Program, a group of more than 125 financial technology providers to the institutional market place.

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 11:22
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Financial Synergy To Provide CRM Software for Australian Super Funds

Industry leading superannuation and investment software provider, Financial Synergy announces today its Acurity™ member online, reporting and compliance platform will enable the delivery of a larger scale and integrated customer relationship strategy for the merged Tasplan and Quadrant super funds.

Tasplan, a leading Tasmanian multiindustry fund and Quadrant, with roots in Tasmanian local government, will operate as one entity from November 2015 under the Tasplan brand.

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 10:57
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CTC sales driving Gresham total software revenues ahead 38%

Gresham Computing plc, a leading provider of real-time financial transaction control solutions, today announced its unaudited half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2015.

Highlights include:

·         Group software revenues up 38%

·         Total revenues up 11% to £7.1m

·         CTC becomes best-selling product in portfolio

·         Positive traction in U.S. market following investment in 2014

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 10:38
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Lombard Risk announces appointment of Kieran Lees as Global Sales & Marketing Director

Lombard Risk Management plc (

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 10:01
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Intelliflo expands Wealthlink partners to include the Seven Investment Management platform

Intelliflo has expanded its number of Wealthlink partnerships, which includes Cofunds and Zurich, to include Seven Investment Management, providing advisers with two-way integration between Intelliflo’s award winning business management system, Intelligent Office, and Seven Investment Management’s platform.

Available now, the two-way integration allows users to send information between both Intelliflo’s and Seven Investment Management’s’ systems, resulting in a more efficient way to manage their business and clients.

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 09:58
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Firestone Financial Joins Berkshire Hills

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) has completed the acquisition of Firestone Financial Corp. effective today. Firestone is now known as "Firestone Financial, LLC" and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Bank.

Friday, August 7, 2015 - 14:00
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Ezetap Mobile Solution To Raise $23 million To Fund Rapid Growth

Ezetap Mobile Solutions, the Bangalore-based pioneer in mobile payments for emerging markets, today announced that is has raised Rs. 150 crores in fresh funding.

Ezetap’s current investors; Social+Capital, Helion Advisors, and Berggruen Holdings are joined by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm for Li Ka-Shing, and the Capricorn Investment Group in this round. Social+Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya will become Chairman of Board – the first time the former Facebook executive has taken on this role with a portfolio company outside the United States.

Friday, August 7, 2015 - 13:31
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