As the financial crisis continues, many banks cutting back on spending are targeting their IT budgets. Despite this, IT teams around the globe are performing admirably under great pressure. The Banker's Innovation In Banking Technology Awards recognises those who have excelled in times of unparalleled adversity.
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IT investment outlook
May 5, 2009As the financial crisis forces banks and financial institutions to strip costs out of their budgets, it remains unclear how badly IT will suffer. The Banker surveyed the investment intentions of IT chiefs across the industry. Writer Michelle Price
A marriage of inconvenience?
February 2, 2009The financial crisis has forced many banks into mergers, but consolidation throws up its own problems, such as that of integration. Writer Michelle Price.
Rising to the payment challenges
January 5, 2009The European payments landscape is undergoing a period of dramatic transformation as regulatory, infrastructural and commercial pressures force Europe’s payment providers to invest colossal amounts of human and financial resources in new technological and compliance projects.Faced with SEPA, the PSD and UK Faster Payments, the transaction banking business has rarely been busier or more inflamed by competitive pressure.
Strategy under duress
December 1, 2008Cost-cutting will undoubtedly preoccupy IT decision-makers in coming months, but companies must take a long-term strategic view where IT resources are concerned. By Michelle Price.
Beyond cost savings
December 1, 2008Four distinct spending patterns are emerging from the turmoil: customer centricity; risk management and compliance; business operational efficiencies; and IT operational efficiencies, writes EMC’s marketing director, Ivan Fernandez.
A new breed of bank emerges
November 3, 2008Many emerging market retail banks have overtaken Western rivals in terms of technological capability. But will this allow them to rival the Western players in their home markets? Writer Michelle Price.
Simon Calvert
November 3, 2008Rabobank’s head of IT risk, Simon Calvert, talks about the bank’s project to revamp its credit risk management capability. Writer Michelle Price.
N R Narayana Murthy
October 6, 2008Industrialist and Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy talks about the challenges that confront the Indian IT services sector, and the economy in general.
The birth of a giant: Thomson Reuters
September 1, 2008The world of data distribution was transformed in April 2008 when two of the biggest names in the industry agreed to merge. So what are the implications of the merger on the competitive landscape? Writer Charlie Corbett.