Core Banking System


Top fintech stories this week – 22 July 2016

Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! BBA records dramatic increase in mobile banking usage Digital banking is in a “consumer-led revolution”. MasterCard buys VocaLink for $920 million Current owners Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS will receive a handy windfall. Cidel Bank implementing ERI’S Olympic […]

FIS revamps Bank Leumi USA’s tech platform

Bank Leumi USA, part of the Bank Leumi Group, has replaced its legacy technology platform with FIS’s banking and payments solutions, including core processing, branch, digital and mobile banking, compliance, risk and back office systems. FIS says it was a “big bang” project implementation and large in size and scope for a mid-sized banking institution. […]

Cidel Bank implementing ERI’S Olympic core banking system

Canada-based Cidel Bank & Trust is implementing ERI’s flagship Olympic core banking system. Banking Technology understands that the deal was inked at the start of 2016. The implementation has already begun, and will equip the Cidel group with portfolio management and reporting tools, an automated transaction processing capability and an omni-channel client service architecture. Craig Rimer, […]

Top fintech stories this week – 15 July 2016

Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Swift seeks stronger network security Strikes back after hacks. IBM to open blockchain innovation centre in Singapore Big Blue stays true to blockchain. Starling Bank gets UK banking licence Aims to launch to customers by January 2017. Unibank […]

Unibank revamps core banking with Temenos

Ghana-based Unibank has completed a major upgrade from Temenos’ T24 R8 core banking system to R15. The bank is the first in Africa to be up and running with this version of Temenos’ flagship product, Banking Technology understands. Unibank is a mid-sized universal bank in Ghana, with assets of around $430 million. The project was […]

Thought Machine thinks up new core banking software

UK-based start-up Thought Machine has emerged from two years in stealth mode with a new cloud-based core banking software, VaultOS. The company was founded by a core of ex-Googlers, and VaultOS was built from the ground up. The system was created with private blockchain-style technology and has cryptographic ledgers for “watertight” security. Paul Taylor, CEO […]

Top fintech stories this week – 8 July 2016

Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Brexit: keep calm and carry on We assemble a panel of fintech and law specialists to discuss – with cool heads – the challenges and opportunities. Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up A round-up of key developments to save you […]

Rubik expands in Asia with Bank Alfalah

Pakistan’s Bank Alfalah will implement Australia-based Rubik Financial’s collections platform, CWX. Rubik is joining forces with long-time banking partner Temenos on the project to integrate CWX with Temenos’ core banking system T24. Iain Dunstan, Rubik’s CEO, says CWX will enable its clients to “better evaluate, manage and review their collections strategy, as well as greater […]

APS Bank in Malta live with new core banking system, BML Istisharat’s ICBS

APS Bank in Malta completes its major technology overhaul. The project has been successfully completed on time and on budget, states the bank’s management. The new platform is the ICBS system supplied by a Lebanese banking software vendor BML Istisharat. The solution is delivered on a hosted basis. This is the first project for BML […]

Intrasoft International bullish on Africa banking tech business

Banking software vendor Intrasoft International has launched its African subsidiary. Kenya-based Intrasoft International East Africa will sell and implement the vendor’s flagship core banking system, Profits, as well as auxiliary solutions for AML, call centres, e-signature and fingerprint identification. It will also provide software and services to the public sector. The project has been underway […]

Bank of Khartoum International live on Path Solutions’ iMAL core system

Bank of Khartoum (BOK) has opened its first international branch, underpinned by Path Solutions’ iMAL core banking system. The branch is located in Bahrain. Path Solutions is a long-standing tech supplier to the Sudanese bank, but says that iMAL “was chosen over competitors’ systems” for the BOK International project. BOK International focuses on products and […]

Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild to standardise core ops on Avaloq Banking Suite

Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild (EDR) is implementing a new core banking solution, Avaloq Banking Suite. It will be provided on a hosted basis by Avaloq, supporting EDR’s operations in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Monaco. Banking Technology understands that the contract was signed at the end of last year. EDR specialises in private banking and asset […]

ANZ CIO says old core banking system “not a hindrance”

The CIO of Australia and New Zealand-based banking group, ANZ, says there are no plans to replace its CSC Hogan core banking system, despite the raft of revamps at rival banks. ANZ uses Hogan in Australia and CIO Scott Collary says it is “not a hindrance”. Hogan is now by and large in maintenance mode […]

Standard Chartered revamps wealth management ops with Temenos

Temenos has landed a major deal with Standard Chartered, to modernise the bank’s wealth management software across 30+ countries. The bank signed for Temenos’ WealthSuite, front-to-back office, which incorporates the vendor’s T24 system; Insight BI for analytics; Temenos Connect for channels; and the TripleA portfolio management software that stems from Odyssey Financial Technologies, a wealth […]

Jack Henry unveils JHA Marketplace for collaborative core customisation

US-based banking software heavyweight Jack Henry has launched JHA Marketplace for shared core customisation. The online store enables banks to access and exchange applications related to workflow automation, “flexible” data integration, and other “performance-driving” functions. JHA Marketplace will be filled with a range of PowerOn applications. PowerOn is Jack Henry’s utility allowing a bank’s IT […]

LGT Vestra keeps JHC’s Figaro wealth management system

Following an unsuccessful attempt to implement Third Financial’s Tercero platform and the subsequent market search, LGT Vestra has decided to keep its incumbent solution, JHC Systems’ Figaro. Figaro will continue to support front, middle and back office operations of the UK and Jersey-based wealth manager. The company was known as Vestra Wealth until recently. In […]

Jack Henry and Symitar in core software projects across US

US-based banking software heavyweight Jack Henry & Associates and its Symitar subsidiary are busy with a number of core software projects across the US. Jack Henry converted Georgia-based Bank of Newington and Wisconsin-based Cleveland State Bank to its Windows-based Core Director platform. Both banks decided to replace their previous core systems and multiple third-party vendor […]

Symitar’s Episys core system integrated with Amazon Echo; Baxter CU an early taker

Symitar, a credit union software subsidiary of Jack Henry, has teamed up with a think tank, BIG, for an initiative called Financial Innovations Voice Experience (FIVE). FIVE explores the possibilities that voice-based personal assistants such as Amazon’s Echo and Microsoft’s Cortana can bring to banking. Symitar’s Episys core processing system is being integrated with these […]

Novabase builds customer onboarding platform for Banco CTT

Banco CTT, a new bank recently launched by CTT Correios de Portugal, the Portuguese post office, has developed a new customer onboarding platform. The platform promises to complete the opening of a new account at Banco CTT in just 20 minutes online. It has been developed together with a local software specialist, Novabase. It is […]

Top fintech stories this week – 24 June 2016

Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Visa Inc completes acquisition of Visa Europe Together again. Virgin Money UK in new banking software search Another one of Branson’s ventures. BIL embarks on major technology overhaul with Temenos Second time lucky? MoneyConf 2016: Woe to the […]

Virgin Money UK in new banking software search

Virgin Money UK, a financial services brainchild of Richard Branson, is understood to be looking for new core and digital channels banking software. Virgin Money’s underlying technology in the UK stems from a number of acquisitions, including a small outsource firm, Intelligent Managed Services (IMS), in 2010, and a larger, well-established bank, Northern Rock, in 2012 (the […]

Core banking software vendor Nymbus makes another acquisition

Acquisitive banking software start-up Nymbus takes over yet another fellow vendor, Sharp BancSystems (SBS). SBS is a long-standing fintech provider in the US, having been set up in Texas back in 1987. This is Nymbus’ largest acquisition to date – earlier this year, the company bought R. C. Olmstead (RCO) and KMR. Alex Lopatine, founder and CEO […]

Welch State Bank in tech modernisation with Fiserv

Welch State Bank, a small bank in Oklahoma with assets of $227 million, is implementing a range of Fiserv’s solutions. These include the Precision core processing platform; Source Capture Solutions for image capture; and Director for enterprise content management. The bank will also use Fiserv’s electronic fund transfer and card services. According to Fiserv, Welch […]

Puan Sacco Society issues banking tech RFP

A savings and credit co-operative society (Sacco) in Kenya, Puan Sacco Society, has issued an RFP for new banking solutions. The Sacco is looking for core banking, SMS banking and mobile lending software, and a payroll management system. Provision of point-to-point connectivity services and office internet services, plus hardware maintenance are also included in the […]

State Bank of India merges with associate banks

India’s government has given the green light to the State Bank of India (SBI) to merge with its five associate banks. SBI is already among the largest an India and a sizeable international player, with the total assets of $400 billion and a network of 16,500+ branches (including over 190 international locations across 36 countries). […]

BIL embarks on major technology overhaul with Temenos

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL), the oldest bank in Luxembourg, is embarking on a major tech overhaul. It will replace its legacy software with Temenos’ T24, Banking Technology understands. Founded in 1856, BIL operates in retail, private and corporate banking, treasury and financial markets. The core banking software replacement comes as part of a broader […]

Australian wealth manager Crestone live with Avaloq Banking Suite

Crestone, a wealth management business created out of UBS Wealth Management Australia, is now open for business, underpinned by Avaloq’s flagship core banking system. Avaloq Banking Suite supports front-to-back office operations of Crestone, multi-asset and multi-currency. Peter Scott, the vendor’s GM for Asia Pacific, says that Crestone was among the first users to apply Avaloq Banking […]

New coalition to ensure fair banking software deals for community FIs

A new alliance of US community banks, credit unions and other financial institutions – Golden Contract Coalition (GCC) – launches to stand up to IT providers. GCC’s aim is to ensure fair market deals from the technology suppliers to its members. “GCC is the first alliance of its kind where a group of like-minded institutions […]

Top fintech stories this week – 17 June 2016

Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! UniCredit and Open Bank Project launch fintech start-up competition Top prize is €50,000 and a contract to work with UniCredit. BBA to merge with three trade associations to create major industry body British Bankers Association (BBA), Council of […]

Corezoid takes digital core process engine to Amazon Web Services cloud

Corezoid, a US-based provider of a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution to banks, has announced that its product can now be delivered on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Corezoid’s offering is a process engine for banks to create a digital core. It “allows banks to rethink all of their operations as a set of states and […]

Mambu launches fintech start-up programme

Banking software vendor Mambu has joined forces with a number of accelerators and incubators to launch a new fintech start-up programme. Partners comprise Startupbootcamp FinTech, 500 Startups, Ynext Incubator by Envestnet/Yodlee, Techstars and Citi Accelerator – and those start-ups that are part of these accelerators and incubators are invited to participate in Mambu’s new venture and […]

Copedu searches for new core banking system and consultant

Co-operative of Savings and Credit Duterimbere (Copedu), a non-profit finance organisation in Rwanda, is looking for a consultant to help it select and implement new core banking software. The consultant will be working with Copedu’s technology department and assist the project manager and the company’s senior executives for best practices in project management. From the project […]

Sberbank to overhaul core banking platform

Russia’s largest banking group, Sberbank, is undergoing a major technology overhaul. The bank’s senior MD of technology, Mikhail Khasin, did a presentation on the bank’s new business development platform at a recent conference, TAdviser SummIT. The initiative is a “revolutionary transformation” of all systems that currently form Sberbank’s core banking platform. He said the new […]

Myanmar Oriental Bank in banking software revamp

Myanmar Oriental Bank (MOB Bank) is looking to modernise its core banking software. Banking Technology understands that the new system of choice is Temenos’ T24. Temenos provided a “no comment” response. MOB Bank was set up in 1993 and is privately owned. It has 26 branches and offers savings, remittances and SME financing. The bank […]

Avaloq has a breakthrough in Austria with two new core banking software clients

Private banking software vendor Avaloq is to gain two sites in Austria for its flagship core banking system, Avaloq Banking Suite. These are at the Austrian operations of LGT and Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB). Both banking groups originate from Liechtenstein and both are long-standing users of Avaloq Banking Suite at home and Switzerland. LGT also runs […]

Development Bank of Nigeria plans core banking software revamp

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is planning a core banking system implementation and the bidding process is open. As part of the bank’s ambition, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is inviting vendors to bid for the supply and installation of core banking software and related infrastructure. FGN has received a loan from International Bank […]

Unisys revamps New Zealand’s Co-operative Bank IT infrastructure

Unisys Corporation’s New Zealand subsidiary has revamped the Co-operative Bank’s IT infrastructure using Unisys ClearPath Forward systems. Unisys says ClearPath Forward provides “enhanced security” for client and business information, as well as scalability to support the addition of new services. In addition, it says ClearPath ePortal, an automated application modernisation solution, will support the bank’s […]

Cater Allen Private Bank in major tech overhaul with Temenos

Cater Allen, a London-based private bank and a subsidiary of Santander, is undergoing a major technology overhaul. The bank is going to implement a new core banking system, Temenos’ T24, Banking Technology understands. It is now looking to recruit T24 specialists and project managers to help it with system customisation and implementation, and migration from […]

Temenos eyes Iran’s core banking software market

Temenos is closing in on a core and digital banking software deal in Iran, Banking Technology understands. The vendor is believed to be in talks with Ayandeh Bank (Future Bank). The bank offers retail and commercial banking services. The systems on offer are the T24 core banking platform and Temenos Connect for digital channels. No […]

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