1502 Results from 2008
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Australia's Westpac says it will spend A$338 million on information technology-related expenditure as it begins a four-year programme to integrate its operations with St George Bank.
18 December 2008
Microsoft has issued an emergency security patch for its Internet Explorer browser after a flaw that could let hackers access users' computers and steal passwords was discovered.
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Euroclear is to introduce a new set of ISO 200022-compliant messages for the exchange of corporate actions information and instructions between central securities depositories and issuer-appointed agents,
French smart card vendor Gemalto has agreed a deal to buy Allied Technologies' NamITech South Africa business as it looks to expand its presence in the region. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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MF Global is to write off its 48% stake in ailing US Futures Exchange, spurring the mart to a last ditch effort to find a buyer for the business before the year end.
The economic crisis has exposed inherent weaknesses in the risk management practices of banks, but few have a well-defined vision of how to tackle the problems, according to a study by Ernst & Young.
Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the small-cap TSX Venture Exchange is expected to resume Thursday morning after a technical glitch with data feeds shut both down for the whole of Wednesday.
Co-operative Financial Services has contracted with French vendor Xiring for the supply of 300,000 Chip and PIN authentication card readers which it will roll out to online banking customers.
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Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid is overhauling its financial messaging strategy with Sun Microsystems' suite for Swift.
17 December 2008
Chicago-based investment research provider Morningstar has moved into the real-time market data business with the acquisition of Tenfore Systems for around £13.5 million in cash.
Swiss financial infrastructure firm SIX Group has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Luxembourg-based financial IT service provider Cetrel at the end of January 2009. The company says the deal is intended to build up a leading international offering in card-based payment traffic.
Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) has selected a platform from local vendor Yucheng Technologies to revamp its online banking offering.
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