All articles by Billy Bambrough

BIAN unveils latest industry standard framework as PRA calls for legacy overhaul

The Banking Industry Architechture (BIAN) has announced its latest release of their industry standard framework, Service Landscape 3.0, designed to ease the industry away from costly and impractical IT systems.

HSBC seek to drive m-banking with phone giveaway

HSBC has announced it will give away 27 smartphones as part of a promotion to get people to preregister for peer to peer (P2P) money sending service Paym.

Maintenance continues to suck up IT budgets

Over a third (34%) of financial services firms’ IT budgets are being taken up with application support and maintenance, according to a survey of 45 CIOs.

Kuwait Finance House scoops top award at the Prepaid Middle East Summit

3rd Annual Prepaid Middle East Awards

The award for Prepaid Innovation of the Year at the annual Cards International Prepaid Middle East Awards sponsored by Visa was picked up by Kuwait Finance House.

Woes continue for Italian banks

Italian banks UniCredit SpA and Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) have both reported a disappointing set of results for fiscal 2013, sparking fresh fears that Italy will fail to achieve its financial turnaround.

Standard Chartered FY13 results end decade of rising profits

Standard Chartered has announced that its pre-tax profit failed to rise for the first time in 10 years in 2013.

RBS reports largest loss since bailout

RBS has reported a loss of net £8.2bn ($13.6bn), falling £3bn further into the red from a loss of £5.2bn in 2012.

HSBC report rise in profit but misses targets

HSBC has reported a net profit of $16.2bn up 15% from $14.03bn in 2012.

CaxiaBank launches wearable banking apps

Spain’s CaxiaBank, the countried third largest bank by assets, has announced the launch of banking applications for smartwatches and Google Glass.

Wincor World 2014 – The ATM reinvented

The annual Wincor World ATM conference, hosted by Wincor at their German headquarters, draws crowds from around the world, keen to see the latest advances in ATM tech. Billy Bambrough attended the conference and sat down with head of UK banking at Wincor Nixdorf, Ian Bryne