Experian, the global information solutions company, announces that it has acquired N4 Solutions, a UK-based mortgage sector and financial services software provider.
Algorithmics has announced today that Nationwide, the largest building society in the UK, has reached a subscription agreement for access to the FIRST (Financial Institutions Risk Scenario Trends) database of case studies, Algorithmics' Operational Risk Case Studies solution.
Nationwide Building Society is for the first time allowing its 6.6 million members to vote in its AGM online at www.nationwide.co.uk in addition to being able to vote by post or at any branch.
Research by Global Reviews published today reveals leading UK banks are missing out on new customers that want to open savings accounts via their website because some of the leading banks only offer online applications to existing customers.
The UK's Nationwide Building Society is using technology supplied by San Francisco-based MarkMonitor to identify and shut down phishing scams and bogus Web sites.
UK bank Halifax has admitted that paper documents containing confidential information on some 13,000 of its mortgage customers have been stolen from an employee's car.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found 11 financial institutions in breach of the Data Protection Act after they dumped customers' personal details in outdoor bins.
Following a successful campaign on ATM:ad two years ago, Comic Relief is to use the medium again to promote this year's event, 'The Big One'.
The Nationwide Building Society has been fined £980,000 by the Financial Services Authority after an investigation into the theft of a company laptop from an employee's home last year exposed failings in its information security.
Following the successful launch of the online mortgage application process in November 2006, Nationwide Building Society has made further improvements to its online facility.
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