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SAP jumps aboard IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

German software giant SAP is onboarding two of its finance and data management solutions to IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

30 July 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Irish credit scoring startup Finclude joins IBM financial cloud ecosystem

Finclude, an Ireland-based start-up that provides credit scoring and affordability profiles using machine learning technology, today announced it has joined IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) growing ecosystem of more than 100 Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), SaaS providers, and FinTechs supporting the IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

30 June 2021

News/cloud

IBM and EY build centre of excellence to help FIs transition to the cloud

IBM and EY have joined forces to create a centre of excellence dedicated to helping financial institutions accelerate their digital transformations with hybrid cloud solutions.

11 May 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Sopra chooses IBM Cloud via Red Hat OpenShift

Sopra Banking Software, the partner of choice for more than 1,500 financial institutions worldwide, announced that it will join the IBM Cloud for Financial Services Ecosystem. The IBM Cloud for Financial Services, which recently became generally available, is designed to help financial institutions transact with technology vendors, such as Sopra Banking Software, who have met the platform's stringent security and compliance requirements.

27 April 2021

Company announcement

Saudi Payments switches on instant payment system

Saudi Payments, under the supervision of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the launch of Saudi Arabia's instant payments system 'sarie' in cooperation with IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA), the leading technology company in the global payments industry.

21 April 2021

Company announcement/security

Santander and IBM to award 1,000 Digital Experience scholarships in AI and cybersecurity

Banco Santander has launched a new scholarship programme with IBM to boost the employability of job seekers and those looking to make a career change.

14 April 2021

Company announcement/cloud

IBM Cloud for Financial Services to support Red Hat OpenShift; SAP joins programme

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the general availability of the industry's first financial services-ready cloud platform, IBM Cloud for Financial Services, now including the support for Red Hat OpenShift and other cloud-native services.

07 April 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Metaco turns to IBM Cloud to secure digital asset platform

Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure that helps large banks manage digital assets, announced that METACO will leverage confidential computing capabilities through IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services for their digital asset orchestration system.

25 March 2021

News/payments

Oz lenders ready to put bank guarantees on a blockchain

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, IBM and Scentre Group are to formally launch a blockchain-based platform that reduces the time to issue a bank guarantee from one month to one day.

10 February 2021

Company announcement/markets

Poland records Treasury Bonds on a blockchain

A joint partnership of institutions has launched a blockchain-based reporting system for Poland’s treasury saving bonds transactions in a European first.

04 February 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Luminor to migrate IT infrastructure to IBM Financial Cloud

Luminor Bank and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a new five year agreement was signed in December under which IBM Services will support Luminor to help accelerate its digital transformation while continuously strengthening security and regulatory compliance processes by migrating its IT infrastructure to IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

26 January 2021

Company announcement/cloud

DIA leverages IBM tech to secure its decentralised financial data platform

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and DIA announced today that DIA migrated its platform to IBM Cloud and is leveraging IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services to manage how financial data is sourced, stored, processed and published.

26 January 2021