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Company announcement/retail

Microsoft selects Ethoca for digital receipts

Ethoca, a Mastercard company, today announced an expansion of its collaboration with Microsoft that will bring Microsoft customers simple access to their digital purchase receipts through their banks’ mobile applications, enabled with Ethoca’s Digital Receipts service.

15 April 2020

Company announcement/cloud

BlackRock to port Aladin to Microsoft Azure

BlackRock and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to host BlackRock’s Aladdin infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, bringing enhanced capabilities to BlackRock and its Aladdin clients, which include many of the world’s most sophisticated institutional investors and wealth managers.

08 April 2020

News/sustainable

BofA global environmental exec: Addressing climate change goes beyond business-as-usual

Alex Liftman, global environmental executive, Bank of America (BofA), believes “significantly accelerating progress on addressing big global issues like climate change requires going beyond business-as-usual financing to find innovative approaches that can help attract a larger share of capital from a broader set of investors.”

08 April 2020

Company announcement/cloud

Smarsh joins Microsoft’s One Commercial partner programme

Smarsh, helping customers get ahead – and stay ahead – of the risk within their electronic communications, today announced it was selected by Microsoft as a member of its One Commercial Partner (OCP) program.

03 April 2020

News/retail

Microsoft partners Plaid to turn Excel into a fintech app

Microsoft has teamed up with Plaid to let people automatically import their bank and credit card account data into a new personal finance tool called Money in Excel.

30 March 2020

Company announcement/startups

SME banking startup Recognise opts for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Ahead of its highly anticipated launch in 2020, new SME banking entrant Recognise, has partnered with Microsoft Gold Partner City Dynamics to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as the financial backbone for the new bank.

10 March 2020

News/cloud

Standard Bank SA makes SAP and Microsoft Azure cloud move

Standard Bank South Africa is moving its core SAP Cloud Platform services to Microsoft Azure in a move the bank says will have a significant effect on customer experience.

05 March 2020

News

Pope weighs in on AI ethics debate

The Pontiff is the latest public figure to offer an opinion on the ethics of using artificial intelligence (AI), issuing a set of principles on the use of new technology.

28 February 2020

Company announcement/ai

Microsoft and SBI Foundation collaborate on training for staff with disabilities

Microsoft India today announced a collaboration with SBI Foundation to create opportunities for youth living with disabilities in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector.

24 February 2020

News/cloud

Deutsche Bank invites Amazon, Google and Microsoft to pitch for tech overhaul

Deutsche Bank is inviting bids from tech giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft to fix its outmoded technology estate, according to a report from Reuters.

11 February 2020

News

Lloyds goes all in on Microsoft Managed Desktop

Lloyds Banking Group is to roll out the Microsoft Managed Desktop across its entire business, making it the world's largest financial firm to put the technology into production.

16 January 2020

Company announcement/cloud

Yooz forms partnership with Microsoft Azure

Yooz, provider of smart, powerful and easy-to-use cloud-based Purchase-To-Pay (P2P) automation solution, today announced a global partnership with Microsoft.

12 December 2019