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Company announcement/cloud

Pan Asia bank recruits IBM for digital bank infrastructure upgrade

IBM announces its collaboration with Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC of Sri Lanka to modernize the bank’s digital infrastructure and deliver faster, more secure banking services across Sri Lanka.

21 May 2025

News/cloud

BNP Paribas aims for improved resilience with new IBM Cloud deal

BNP Paribas is to dedicate a new area in its data centres for IBM Cloud services as part of an effort to strengthen resilience and meet new laws under the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (Dora).

30 April 2025

News/security

IBM, BillGo on securing payments against quantum computing threats

At Nacha event Smarter Faster Payments 2025 in New Orleans, a weekend panel session explored how financial institutions must establish an internal risk committee that assesses and mitigates future quantum-related threats.

28 April 2025

Company announcement/cloud

Alinma Bank signs with IBM for hybrid cloud and AI integration

IBM and Alinma Bank announce that Alinma Bank, a leading financial institution in Saudi Arabia, has adopted IBM’s advanced hybrid cloud and AI integration technologies.

19 February 2025

News/wholesale

BMO joins IBM Quantum Network

Canada's BMO has joined the IBM Quantum Network, gaining access to Big Blue's advanced quantum infrastructure.

07 February 2025

Company announcement/ai

IBM publishes study on uptake of GenAI in financial markets

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released its annual expectations for technology and transformation in the global financial services industry in the year ahead in the IBM Institute for Business Value 2025 Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets.

05 February 2025

News/payments

Payments Canada makes 'substantial progress' on Real-Time Rail

Payments Canada says it has made “substantial progress” on its Real-Time Rail (RTR) payments system since bringing in new technology partners.

03 February 2025

Finextra TV/ai

The Three Barriers to Successful AI Deployment

At Finextra’s inaugural ‘NextGenAI’ event, one topic kept coming up: what is stopping successful deployment? While in the FinextraTV studio, Prashant Jajodia, Managing Partner and Financial Services Sector Lead at IBM offered his expert insights and view on the subject. Using statistics and examples from IBM’s AI Adoption Index, Jajodia explains what he sees as the three barriers to deployment: trust, data and skills

02 December 2024

News/ai

NextGen: AI: 2025 will be the year of AI deployment

At Finextra’s first NextGen: AI event, Roberto Napolitano, chief marketing officer at Innovate Finance, moderated the panel session: ‘How do we deploy?’ in conversation with speakers Sandra Blaga, strategy and innovation manager of AI delivery at NatWest, and Prashant Jajodia, managing partner and financial services sector lead at IBM.

26 November 2024