Latest Cloud News: Finextra Research

Cloud scaling and the challenges seen by IBM

On the 8th of February 2023, the US Department of the Treasury launched a report addressing regulatory guidance on the use of cloud in the private sector. Speaking on digital transformation in relation to concerns raised in the report, Prakash Pattni, managing director for financial services digital transformation at IBM, observes how financial institutions are adapting to the guidelines put forward by the US Treasury.

10 March 2023

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HMBradley signs for Thought Machine platform

HMBradley, a US digital banking platform promising to reward people for saving and positive financial behaviour, has deployed Thought Machine's cloud-native core banking platform.

08 March 2023

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Nationwide overhauls payment processing with Accenture and Form3

Nationwide Building Society is working with Accenture and A2A platform provider Form3 to transform its digital payments infrastructure through the adoption of a cloud native platform.

07 March 2023

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Starling on scalability and being cut from the cloud

Finextra spoke with Starling Bank to understand how being ‘born in the cloud’ allows them to accelerate development and scale-up at a fast pace.

07 March 2023

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Financial Cloud Summit 2023: BaaS and IT talent - the backbone of future business

During the Financial Cloud Summit’s afternoon Optimise session, titled ‘BaaS: Entering new and niche markets,’ Finextra reporter Niamh Curran guided panellists through a technical discussion that explored how embedded finance and BaaS can help to transform the backbone of business operations.

03 March 2023

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UK government announces delay to Pension Dashboard initiative

The UK's wealth management and pensions industry has expressed its disappointment at the announcement of a delay to the much anticipated Pensions Dashboard project

03 March 2023

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Financial Cloud Summit 2023: ChatGPT says banks should be multi-cloud

Cloud migration is a major part of the financial industry today; traditional banks and emerging fintechs are in process of transitioning online to cloud services to become scalable, agile, and operate at a higher level.

02 March 2023

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Financial Cloud Summit 2023: Strategising digital transformation and balancing trust with partners

To successfully engage in digital transformation in the transition to the cloud, financial firms are looking for creative methods to approach their cloud strategy. In doing so, companies are dealing with issues of cost, security, and scalability. The first stage of the conference explores how companies are making strategic on visibility, data ownership, cloud providers, and more.

02 March 2023

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Financial Cloud Summit 2023: Exponential change is coming

Kicking off Finextra’s inaugural Financial Cloud Summit, former Dragon’s Den dragon Piers Linney, entrepreneur and investor, founder and CEO of Moblox, set the scene for the day, focusing on cloud strategy, migration and optimisation.

02 March 2023

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Intesa Sanpaolo signs strategic deal with IBM

Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has signed a strategic deal with IBM to modernise its infrastructure.

01 March 2023

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Thought Machine goes global with latest hiring spree

UK cloud-native core banking vendor Thought Machine is gearing up for growth by boosting its global headcount by more than 20% - 125 people - as it makes its first hires in India, Japan and South Africa.

01 March 2023

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Westpac signs five-year cloud deal with Amazon Web Services

Westpac has signed a five-year deal with Amazon Web Services to bolster its hybrid cloud strategy.

27 February 2023

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