Latest HBOS News: Finextra Research

Cheques are history says Halifax

UK consumers are shying away from using cheques to pay for goods, according to new research conducted by NOP, on behalf of HBOS banking group.

20 December 2001

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HBOS integrates ATM network with NCR

HBOS, the financial services group formed by the merger of the Halifax and Bank of Scotland, has chosen NCR's Aptra Edge self-service software to run its estate of ATMs.

18 December 2001

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HBOS undercuts Web bottlenecks with Interwoven

HBOS banking group has chosen Interwoven's content infrastructure technology as the content management backbone for its Web and interactive TV-based customer services, including halifax.co.uk, and Halifax Online.

17 December 2001

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HBOS sponsors safe online shopping campaign

UK banking group HBOS is to become one of the main sponsors of the "Internet Shopping is Safe" government campaign Web site. The initiative aims to increase the number of people shopping online by providing advice for businesses and consumers alike.

07 December 2001

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IF selects London Bridge for credit management

Intelligent Finance, the stand-alone telenet banking division of UK banking group HBOS, has implemented software from London Bridge Group for collections processing.

04 December 2001

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IF sounds optimistic note on first year results

Intelligent Finance, the stand-alone telenet banking division of UK banking group HBOS, says it is recording monthly new business growth of £750 million and remains on target to break even in 2003.

28 November 2001

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IT costs savings prominent in HBOS merger deal

Two thousand jobs will be lost as a result of the £28 billion merger between UK high street banks Bank of Scotland and Halifax. Information technology casualties are likely to be high as the banks unveiled plans to consolidate processing systems and run a single, centralised IT function.

04 May 2001