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Verdict Staff

ANZ launches new flagship branch in Sydney

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has set up a new flagship branch in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales.

Credit Agricole Q1 income plummets 71%

French lender Credit Agricole has reported a net income of EUR227m for the first quarter of 2016, a slump of 71% from EUR784m in the year-ago quarter.

Metro Bank to deploy Glory Global Solutions’ cash recycling machines

British challenger bank Metro Bank is set to deploy Glory Global Solutions’ Vertera 6G teller cash recyclers across its new stores and replace older technology in its existing locations.

UniCredit net profit slumps 21% in Q1

Italian banking group UniCredit has reported an attributable net profit of EUR406m for the first quarter of 2016, a plunge of 20.8% from EUR512m in the year-ago quarter.

ABN AMRO retail banking arm underlying profit slides 18% in Q1

The retail banking unit of Dutch lender ABN AMRO has reported an underlying profit of EUR276m for the first quarter of 2016, down 18% from EUR338m a year ago.

KCB Bank, GoSwiff launch mobile payments in Rwanda

Kenya-based KCB Bank and GoSwiff, a Singapore-based payment acceptance solutions provider, have launched a mobile payment solution (mPOS) for Rwandan merchants.

Canada’s five major lenders sign up for Apple Pay

Interac Association/Acxsys Corporation (Interac), a domestic debit network in Canada, has announced that the customers with Interac debit cards issued by RBC and CIBC can now make purchases with Apple Pay.

HSBC Singapore transfers retail, wealth units to locally incorporated subsidiary

HSBC has completed the transfer of its retail banking and wealth management operation in Singapore to a locally incorporated subsidiary, HSBC Bank (Singapore).

Ecobank licenses TSYS’ PRIME payments solution platform

Ecobank, a pan-African banking group, has deployed the latest version of TSYS’ PRIME payments solution platform, PRIME 4.

PostFinance taps Splunk to combat fraud and security threats

Swiss retail bank PostFinance has selected Splunk, a provider of software platform for real-time operational intelligence, to protect its customers, online banking portal and payments processing solutions from fraud.