Latest Unisys News: Finextra Research

UK consumers shunning m-payments

Just one per cent of UK adults use their mobile phones to conduct banking, bill payments or shopping transactions, according to research commissioned by IT services firm Unisys which found that a hefty 80% are not even interested in using m-payments services.

21 May 2008

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Nationwide switches to SAP for Banking

The UK's Nationwide Building Society is migrating its banking, savings and mortgage operations to the SAP for Banking platform as part of a £300 million business transformation programme.

17 March 2008

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Goldleaf buys Alogent

Tennessee-based Goldleaf Financial Solutions has acquired Alogent Corporation, a provider of deposit automation technology to financial institutions, for a total consideration of $42.5 million.

17 January 2008

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Unisys refutes security cover-up allegations over Homeland Security hack

The FBI is investigating allegations that Unisys failed to detect hack attacks on computers at the US Department of Homeland Security and then tried to cover up the lax oversight, according to a report by The Washington Post.

24 September 2007

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Brits don't trust banks

Consumer confidence in the retail banking industry has "eroded significantly", with an overwhelming majority of UK customers - 71% - saying they do not trust their banks, according to research released by Unisys.

21 June 2007

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Unisys to develop new cheque payments system for Fed banks

Unisys will design and help implement a new electronic cheque and image processing system for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, acting on behalf of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks.

30 May 2007

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UK and US consumers ready for biometrics, says Unisys

The majority of consumers in the UK and the US believe financial services firms should adopt biometric authentication technology to combat identity theft and protect their personal data, according to research released by Unisys.

07 February 2007

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UK retailers miss out on £1.6 billion in online seasonal sales due to consumer security fears

Online retailers in the UK could be missing out on £1.6 billion in Christmas sales as one in three consumers shy away from Internet shopping because of security worries, according to research commissioned by Unisys.

21 December 2006

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Taiwan's Jih Sun live on Temenos T24 Microsoft platform

Taiwanese bank Jih Sun has gone live with Temenos T24 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to support some 2.4 million accounts and 1.4 million customers across 49 branches.

14 November 2006

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Barclays names Neil Wilks senior technology officer

The UK's Barclays Bank has appointed UBS's Neil Wilks as senior technology officer for central support.

25 August 2006

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Unisys inks People's Bank of China contract

Unisys has won a deal to implement its cheque processing technology at The People's Bank of China (PBOC).

10 August 2006

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Unisys wins Unibanco IT services deal

Brazilian private bank Unibanco has signed a five year outsourcing contract worth $47 million with Unisys that covers maintenance of its retail banking infrastructure and ATMs.

21 June 2006

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