At the recent SAS Financial Services Executive Summit, bankers gained insights into how to address the challenge of aligning technology and business in the age of big data analytics.
After PayPal launched a program last week offering free transaction processing for merchants who switch to its point of sale card reader, Square hit back yesterday by announcing it will be offering a P2P payments service via email.
The Nexus of Forces and Software Quality in BankingApril 18, 2013As banks struggle to deal with the emergence and convergence of cloud, social, mobile and big data, some banks are improving software and application development and management by centralizing their testing of new software solutions.
Core Banking Systems Winners And LosersDecember 03, 2012Don Free, research director at Gartner, shares his views on how the core vendor market is changing, and what banks and vendors must do to stay competitive, with BS&T associate editor Jonathan Camhi.
ACI Deal for S1 Clears Legal Hurdles, Will Benefit BanksFebruary 07, 2012Now that ACI's acquisition of S1 has cleared legal hurdles, the new company can focus on the product synergies that drove the deal. And other bank tech vendors are likely to pursue similar consolidation.
One Bright Spot in Banking: Technology ProvidersOctober 18, 2010Today's core banking software company executives tend to have humility, responsibility and equal parts of modesty blended with chutzpah.
Banks Increasingly Are Creating Vendor Management OfficesJuly 28, 2008The vendor management office takes on a greater role as regulators pressure banks to run tighter ships. Doing so while maintaining a climate of collaboration is the key to success.