Having sat on the sidelines for years, banks are finally finding their voice in the mobile monetisation conversation, with several signing up to global trade association MEF, whose chairman, Andrew Bud, recently sat down with Finextra.
Chase has topped Forrester Research's mobile banking rankings, with Spain's la Caixa proving Europe's top dog and HSBC trailing badly at the bottom of the table.
The international arm of Dutch bank Rabobank has signed for HP Autonomy's enterprise content management (ECM) technology to help it meet Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements.
Backed by major banks and telcos, the Amsterdam arm of Startupbootcamp has launched an NFC and contactless offering, inviting young firms to pitch for a place on a three month programme with access to funding, workspace and specialist advice.
ING says that it has fixed a problem with its systems that saw Dutch customers given incorrect balance information online and through their mobiles.
MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, has announced the results of its hotly contested 2013 EMEA and Asia Board elections in which 23 candidates representing MEF's diverse mobile ecosystem including banks, device manufacturers, operators and ad networks as well as content, security and legal specialists and service providers, participated.
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank are joining forces with MasterCard and local telco KPN on a contactless mobiles payments pilot in the Dutch city of Leiden.
Cognizant (CTSH) today announced that it has been selected by Rabobank to deliver a broad portfolio of application services to drive operational efficiencies and improve productivity.
ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, announced today that Rabobank Australia and New Zealand, part of the international Rabobank Group - the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness, has selected the TrustDefender™ Client solution to help secure its Internet banking channel and protect its agribusiness clients from malware attacks.
Callataÿ & Wouters, part of Sopra Banking Software - a new Sopra Group company - is a global leader in core banking software and services. The company is proud to announce its second go-live in Germany in less than a year, underlining its ambitious expansion into the German market. It is also the company's sixth core banking implementation for Rabobank's Internet Direct Banking initiative.
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