Latest Microsoft Financial Services News: Finextra Research

Valicert extends e-Pay Secure to Microsoft desktop

California-based e-security vendor ValiCert is to offer its business-to-business (B2B) electronic payments family of products, e-Pay Secure, via the Microsoft Office Suite and Internet Explorer environments.

26 October 2001

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Compaq and Microsoft promote m-banking roadmap

UK financial services organisations face a future of 'ever increasing, destabilising customer churn' unless they make mobile banking available to selected customer segments, according to Compaq and Microsoft.

24 October 2001

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Microsoft and Corillian step up alliance programme

Microsoft and Corillian have entered a multi-year agreement spanning technology development, sales and support for Internet banking solutions.

23 October 2001

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Brief: Mosaic inks licensing deal with Microsoft

US-based electronic funds transfer solution provider Mosaic Software has entered into an independent software vendor (ISV) licensing agreement with Microsoft EOC (European operation centre).

19 October 2001

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Egg moves to Windows XP

UK online bank Egg is to implement Microsoft's Windows XP operating platform for the launch of its latest digital customer services.

17 October 2001

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Microsoft exec Maritz takes equity stake in Mosaic Software

Former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz has acquired an undisclosed equity interest in electronic funds transfer (EFT) software company Mosaic Software. He joins the board of directors with immediate effect.

09 October 2001

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OFX Consortium welcomes new members

Five leading financial services providers have joined Open Financial Exchange (OFX), a consortium established by Microsoft, Intuit and CheckFree to facilitate the electronic exchange of financial data via the Internet.

02 October 2001

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NCR to offer ATMs on Microsoft XP

NCR Corporation is to offer Microsoft Windows XP to its self-service customers.

21 September 2001

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ANZ to replace proprietary ATM and POS networks

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is to replace its proprietary ATM and point-of-sale terminal infrastructure with a Windows-based platform supplied by Dallas-based S2 Systems.

06 August 2001

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US banks are losing out by ignoring online customer inquiries

Leading US financial institutions are not using their call centres or Internet channels fully when interacting with customers. These are the findings of an independent research study co-sponsored by Onyx Software and Microsoft.

24 July 2001

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Microsoft alliance with Egg lays bait for online financial products

UK direct bank Egg has announced an alliance with Microsoft to combine the strengths of both brands to provide consumers with online financial products.

19 July 2001

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Raft International wins Icelandic private bank contracts

Component-based financial software house Raft International has won a contract to build a new technology and business solution to support the private banking arms of Heritable Bank and Landsbref hf, subsidiaries of Landsbanki (former National Bank of Iceland), that will integrate with their existing systems in London and Iceland.

11 July 2001

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