Banking
Visa and Monitise to launch JV in India
Visa, a retail electronic payments network, and Monitise, a provider of mobile financial services, have announced the formation of a joint venture aimed at providing a technology platform for financial institutions and mobile network operators in India to offer a range of mobile financial services to consumers.
The new company will combine Visa’s know-how in enabling [...]
Texas Gulf Bank introduces business and consumer mobile banking
Texas Gulf Bank, a community bank with seven locations along the Texas Gulf Coast, launched its business and consumer mobile banking solution – TGB Mobile. Through its free mobile banking service, Texas Gulf Bank customers will now be able to access real-time banking information through their cell phone, smartphone, PDA, or other mobile devices.
TGB Mobile [...]
Microsoft, Temenos join forces for core banking solutions
Temenos, a provider of integrated core banking systems, and software solutions provider Microsoft have announced an alliance for delivering core banking solutions with TEMENOS T24 and Microsoft SQL Server to increase operational efficiencies of large-scale banks worldwide.
Earlier, the two companies worked with North Shore Credit Union (NSCU), a financial institution in Canada, to deliver a [...]
Accenture launches new Alnova Core Banking Platform
Accenture has introduced a new version of Alnova Financial Solutions, its core banking platform, which is aimed at faster implementation and upgradation through the “broader use of standard software components”.
The company informed the new version can help banks support their changing product and pricing requirements and can be integrated with legacy systems using service-oriented architecture [...]
Metavante, Monitise Americas launch text message banking
Monitise Americas and Metavante have announced the launch of text message banking services.
The service will allow consumers to use text messaging to obtain any-time balance information on their accounts.
It will also enable consumers to set alerts, to notify them when their balance is low or when their payroll deposit has arrived, for example.
Monitise Americas is [...]
Aricent delivers mobile banking application for Pocit
Aricent, a global technology and services company, has announced its role in the joint development of a new mobile banking application for Pocit, a subsidiary of information technology company, Tradebridge, backed by South Africa’s Capitec Bank.
Pocit, a sister division of healthbridge, was formed as a spinoff from healthbridge’s payment solution for healthcare providers.
Developed by Aricent, [...]
TransCard goes live with online bill pay
TransCard, a provider of pre-paid debit card solutions branded with MasterCard, Discover Network and STAR associations, has launched online bill pay for all MasterCard clients and cardholders.
The online bill pay platform is aimed at providing cardholders with an easy way to pay their bills. It has been integrated with the cardholder website. Payments can be [...]
Cisco helps Trust National Bank upgrade its telephony network
Trust National Bank, a commercial banks in Russia, has completed the upgrade of its country-wide communications network with Cisco Unified Communications to offer a secure, multi-functional digital telephony services. The bank now boasts a resilient multiservice network infrastructure that helps reduce management and operational costs.
Trust National Bank selected NVision Group, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, [...]
