Latest Intesa Sanpaolo News: Finextra Research

Banks sell 59% stake in SIA

The bank owners of Italian payments processor SIA have agreed to sell a 59.3% stake in the venture in a deal valuing it at around EUR765 million.

03 December 2013

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Italian cancer researchers tap into bank computing power

Italian cancer researchers are harnessing the computing power of Intesa Sanpaolo, Unicredit and payments processor SIA to help process and analyse huge quantities of genetic data.

09 May 2013

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Atos Origin confirms interest in SIA-SSB acquisition

Atos Origin CEO Philippe Germond has confirmed on an earnings call that the firm is on the short list of bidders for Italian electronic payments group SIA-SSB.

31 October 2008

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SIA-SSB wins Austrian cards contract; plans Warsaw, Moscow offices

Sinsys, a majority-owned subsidiary of SIA-SSB, has won a five-year card issuing processing contract with Austria's PayLife Bank.

16 September 2008

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Intesa Sanpaolo to standardise on IdenTrust

Intesa Sanpaolo is expecting to see a 223% return on investment following implementation of the IdenTrust platform as a global standard for client authentication.

25 February 2008

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CSC inks Banca Intesa IT outsourcing deal

Banca Intesa, the largest banking group in Italy, has contracted with California-based Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for the supply of outsourced IT services.

04 November 2005

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Thirteen banks to pilot SwiftNet Trade Services Utility

Swift has signed thirteen major trade banks to pilot the SwiftNet Trade Services Utility (TSU) from December 2005.

05 September 2005

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Nextra licenses Charles River compliance technology

Milan-based Nextra Investment Management is implementing the compliance module from Charles River Developments' investment management system to monitor its assets worldwide.

01 August 2005

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Multi-bank portal Centradia reports three-fold growth

Centradia, the e-treasury marketplace created by Sanpaolo IMI, Santander Central Hispano, Société Générale, and The Royal Bank of Scotland, is reporting double the number of clients and a three-fold increase in transaction volume for 2003 versus 2002.

27 February 2004

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Swift names XML fund pilots

Swift has gathered a group of seven pilot banks to trial its new XML message standards for investment fund processing over the IP-based SwiftNet network.

22 October 2003

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Banca Intesa New York automates investigations with Gifts

Banca Intesa (NY) has purchased Gifts' automated investigation and compensation system, Icsweb.

10 September 2003

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Centradia banks talk up anniversary stats

Centradia, the European treasury trading portal established by Sanpaolo IMI, Santander Central Hispano, Société Générale and The Royal Bank of Scotland, is reporting a 40% monthly increase in trading volumes as it celebrates its first anniversary.

05 December 2002

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