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UBS to have 50% of applications running in Microsoft Azure cloud

UBS is stepping up its migration to the cloud, setting out plans to have more than 50% of its applications, including critical workloads, running on Microsoft Azure within five years.

21 October 2022

Company announcement/retail

Emirates NBD extends co-operation with Microsoft

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region is to venture on a new wave of digital and technology initiatives in collaboration with Microsoft.

12 October 2022

News/cloud

UK communications watchdog launches cloud competition probe

Ofcom has announced its probe into cloud service providers Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The investigation will look into these providers, which generate around 81% of revenues in UK public cloud, to ensure the market is working properly and not limiting innovation or growth.

23 September 2022

Company announcement/cloud

Bambu releases predictive planner for Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services

Bambu, a global wealth technology provider, today announced the launch of their Wealth Management Predictive Planning solution for Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales.

22 September 2022

News/startups

Emirates NBD to run metaverse startup accelerator

Emirates NBD, in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive and Microsoft, is to run an accelerator programme for metaverse startups.

18 August 2022

News/cloud

Microsoft and Nexi collaborate to innovate across the European payments landscape

Nexi has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to digitise payments solutions and secure cloud-based infrastructures across the European market.

29 July 2022

Company announcement/cloud

Sage and Microsoft expand partnership

Today, Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft.

20 July 2022

News/retail

CaixaBank and Microsoft explore the metaverse

Spain's CaixaBank is teaming up with Microsoft on an AI innovation laboratory that will, among other things, focus on building a work environment in the metaverse.

13 June 2022

Finextra TV/payments

EBAday 2022: The power of data insights within payment flows

Pankaj Gudimella, Director, Global Treasury & Financial Services & Christian Sarafidis, Senior Director of Business Strategy, Financial Services, Microsoft, speak at EBAday 2022 in Vienna explain how data is the real value in payment flows and how this is changing financial services, the transformation journey of Microsoft's treasury and how it pertains to payments, and what the future holds for the payments landscape with data at its heart.

10 June 2022

Company announcement/retail

FintechOS selected for PwC and Microsoft digital banking ecosystem

FintechOS, the global leader in high-productivity fintech infrastructure for the banking, insurance, and retail industries, has today announced it is an accredited fintech for PwC and Microsoft’s state-of-the-art digital banking solution, designed to empower financial institutions to innovate, adapt, and modernise.

31 May 2022

News/retail

Natwest works with Accenture and Microsoft to replace legacy frontline architecture

NatWest is working with Accenture and Microsoft to build a new customer engagement platform that will replace its multi-system, legacy frontline architecture.

26 May 2022

Company announcement/identity

Mastercard launches new 'trust' tool with Microsoft

Mastercard on Monday announced the launch of an enhanced identity solution designed to improve the online shopping experience and tackle digital fraud in a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp.

25 April 2022