Africa/Middle East

  • Barclays Pingit – hip, hype or hope?

    27 Feb 2012

    For years now, we have seen mobile operators take the lead over banks in terms of mobile payments.  With the launch of Barclay's Pingit, is this the start of a new trend for mobile banking in the UK?

  • Solving The Data Security Dilemma

    15 Nov 2011 [2 likes]

    Client confidentiality and data security are implicit within any banking relationship. From a bank perspective, data security is critical but it is seldom a source of competitive advantage. When data security appears in the spotlight it is often for the wrong reasons. Several high profile private client data thefts have served as a wake-up call for the industry to elevate data security on the corporate agenda.  Is the industry doing enough?

    Lynne Landau, Product Manager of Temenos Private Wealth Management puts the case for collaboration.

  • When Legacy Is Not Enough

    14 Sep 2011

    This report explores the growing need to move away from legacy core banking systems to ensure flexibility for growth and market responsiveness.

  • Banking On The Cloud To Better The Unbanked

    17 Aug 2011

    With all eyes focused on the future of the world’s economic state, people often forget that many in this world are completely excluded from the global economy.

  • Making Compliance A Positive

    15 Aug 2011

    Implementing a risk-based approach to AML and CFT compliance and containing costs by adopting appropriate business processes and IT solutions.

  • The Time For Biometrics Has Come

    15 Aug 2011

    For many years, banks have toyed with the idea of using biometric information for customer authentication, validation and verification. Yet, after decades of trials, the actual use of biometrics in financial services is still sparse, particularly in a customer context.

  • Tackling The Productivity Paradox

    10 Aug 2011 [2 likes]

    There's increasing evidence that incremental IT investments do not produce positive changes in productivity - but the reverse. They provide negative returns. That's what we call the Productivity Paradox.

  • Building A Mobile Strategy

    29 Jul 2011 [1 like]

    The concept and application of mobile banking is not new to the banking community, indeed the first WAP banking application was launched in 1998 by Merita bank in Finland (now part of Nordea). 12 years on, what has changed?

  • Which Way For Mortgages?

    15 May 2011

    The economic crisis has forced the implementation of tougher lending policies around the world, a situation that is highly evident in the UK mortgage market and replicated at different levels in a vast number of geographies.

  • Innovating For Differentiation

    15 May 2011

    Mark Gunning, Global Business Solutions Director at Temenos, looks at what sets top banks apart from the competition.

  • Workflow-Centric Origination

    15 May 2011

    There are a number of good reasons why banks focus on improving origination processes. On the one hand it is one of the most effective and measurable ways to reduce the cost of complex processes and ensure compliance, both from a regulatory perspective and in line with performance targets set by management.

  • Banking For The Next Generation

    15 Feb 2011

    This Temenos study explores youth attitudes, behaviours and preferences related to managing personal financial management. It is important for banks to understand this important segment and to maximise the effectiveness and appeal of retail banking services in the future.

  • Moving To The Cloud

    19 Jan 2011

    For the financial services industry, the cloud provides customer reach, cost savings, a faster time to market, dynamic scale, and a platform for innovating, writes Joe Pagano, Managing Director of Banking & Capital Markets - Microsoft.

  • Anticipating Basel III

    19 Jan 2011

    A new regulatory framework is an opportunity to introduce better risk practices and to apply advanced risk pricing methods, writes Shawn Doumy - Insight Risk Intelligence Product Director - Temenos.

  • The Future Of Wealth

    19 Jan 2011

    The private wealth management (PWM) market has always been a highly demanding environment for banks. Now the demands are shifting, as the sector experiences significant change. Celent Research Director Isabella Fonseca explores important new trends.

  • The People’s Bank

    19 Jan 2011

    As the first new bank in the UK in more than 150 years, Metro Bank is changing the face of retail banking by offering unprecedented customer service and easy-to-use products.  Metro’s CEO, Craig Donaldson spoke to us about the bank’s strategy.

  • Tackling Today’s Threats To Payment Processing

    19 Oct 2010

    Transaction processing and compliance managers are seeking ways to cut through the regulatory red tape while keeping risk to a minimum.

  • Payments: A Clear Path

    17 Oct 2010

    In a market of stringent regulation and fierce competition, we discover how automation can can clear the way for providing effective, profitable payments services, writes Amanda Gilmour - Product Director -Temenos.

  • Just-In-Time Financing

    17 Oct 2010

    Darryl Proctor - Product Manager, Corporate Banking - Temenos examines the challenges banks face in providing supply chain finance services to their clients.

  • A Platform For Retail Banking Transformation

    17 Oct 2010

    Lonny Kaplan, US Business Consulting Head, Cards & Payments, Cognizant, and Hemant Kulkarni, Practice Lead, Banking & Financial Services, Cognizant Business Consulting, suggest strategies for meeting the challenges of the transformed retail banking sector.

  • The Road Ahead For Retail Banking

    17 May 2010

    There are testing times ahead as retail banks get to grips with fundamental changes to their working environment following the economic crisis, writes Gareth Jones - Retail Business Development Director - Temenos.

  • The New Retail Banking Market

    17 May 2010

    A more realistic approach to risk on the part of retail banks is just one of the factors that will shape the market this year and beyond. Tim Walker, Partner at Deloitte, looks at how the industry is changing.

  • The Rise Of Dematerialisation: ‘Cost Reduction 2.0’

    17 May 2010

    ‘Dematerialisation’ is essentially ‘doing more with less’ and we are seeing it increasingly in the banking sector. In the last two years, 5.5 trillion dollars has been wiped off capitalisation of the global banking sector (a fall to 60 per cent of peak levels), writes Adrian Hadley - Retail Business Development Director - Temenos.

  • Creating Value For Customers

    17 May 2010

    What sets profitable banks apart? Ben Robinson of Temenos examines the key factors that make a difference.

  • Global Insight

    22 Nov 2009

    In the wake of the financial downturn, banks around the world are feeling the effects. While some financial institutions have fallen altogether, others have been forced to go back to basics and address internal issues. Temenos' regional directors discuss the latest trends across financial markets around the world.

  • An Integrated Future

    22 Nov 2009

    Anirvan Saha, Consulting Manager at Cognizant Business Consulting, looks at the growing complexity of system integration and how banks can get the most from their IT investments Systems integration (SI) has been traditionally considered as the process of linking together different computing systems and software applications physically or functionally.

  • The Changing Face Of Private Banking

    19 Nov 2009

    Private bankers must adapt their role from investment selector to strategic advisor, writes Lynne Landau - Product Manager For Private Wealth  - Temenos.

  • Cashing In On The Essentials

    19 Nov 2009

    Cash management has always been at the centre of the corporate offering. But how and why has the attitude towards this crucial service changed of late? By Koen Van den Brande - Innovation Director - Temenos.

  • Analyse To Optimise

    19 Nov 2009

    Business activity monitoring can make a significant and far reaching contribution to any bank’s cash management lifecycle, writes Gilles LeFlambe - Head of Sales, EMEA - Systar.

  • Empowering The Managers

    22 May 2009

    With information as the lifeblood of a successful business, putting easy to use business intelligence tools in the hands of key managers is a great way for banks to improve their performance.

  • Globalisation Of Microfinance

    19 May 2009

    The world of finance for the poor has changed immeasurably since economics professor Muhummad Yunus put his theories of improving the lives of the poor into practice 30 years ago, writes Murray Gardiner - Temenos.

  • Can The Adviser Desktop Deliver?

    19 May 2009

    There exists a large variety of organisations that are all ready and willing to help look after your money. In particular, banks are ramping up their private banking and wealth management services, bidding to take care of wealthy clients’ every financial need, writes Lynne Landau - Private Wealth Management Product Manager - Temenos.

  • BIAN – A Standard For The Future

    22 Nov 2008

    BIAN, an independent body committed to the promotion and development of industry standards suitable for service oriented architecture (SOA), helps banks to move towards SOA.

  • Risky Business

    22 Nov 2008

    Tackling risk has risen in prominence for many markets, and tackling operational risk has moved to the top of the list for many banks.

  • Youthful Mobility

    22 Nov 2008

    With growing movement towards differentiation through channels amongst retail banks, mobile banking is a hot industry topic where innovation can be the key to success with a carefully thought out approach.

  • The Three Pillars Of Islamic Private Banking

    18 Nov 2008

    With the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals in Southeast Asia and the Middle East booming, and investors seeking to put their wealth in domestic markets, Islamic banks are turning their thoughts to private banking.

  • The Future Of Retail Banking Operations

    17 Nov 2008

    This article investigates three alternative perspectives on banking operations in the Retail Banking sector, by Robin Hunt, Senior Research Director specialising in core banking and transaction processing systems for TowerGroup.

  • Against The Grain

    17 Nov 2008

    With the march towards globalisation and the pursuit of greater efficiency and reduced costs, this article looks at consolidation in banking relationships.

  • Wishes, Buses And Wise Men

    15 Nov 2008

    The microfinance market, as with so many things in life, can be divided into different elements – social microfinance, mutual societies and banks - all with unique business demands and challenges.

  • Online Challenges

    01 Nov 2008

    In the past, private banking was a heady haze of golf, dinners and bi-annual meetings. Now, with budgets shrinking and customers demanding more online services, this cost-heavy, face-to-face operating model is becoming a thing of the past. In short, it’s time for private banking to go online.

  • A Fresh Focus On Analytics

    22 May 2008

    Darryl Proctor - Corporate Banking Product Manager - Temenos, writes on the growing interest in analytcis in the banking sector.

  • SOA: A Strategy For Growth

    22 May 2008

    SOA remains one of the IT industry’s hottest topics. To reap the greatest benefits from SOA, banks need to start making decisions now, to secure a successful future.

  • Making The Right Moves In A Cross-Over Market

    22 May 2008

    Fadi Yazbeck explores the implications of the movement away from traditional financial institutions to newcomers to the market. 

  • Automating Asset Management

    22 May 2008

    This article explores the benefits for insitutions today of automating asset management, such as greater agility and efficiency.

  • SOA: Believe The Hype?

    19 May 2008

    Everybody’s talking about it, but is anybody doing it? Last autumn, we polled a sample of retail and universal banks, members of our Temenos Client Advisory Group, to identify their approaches to service oriented architecture (SOA).

  • Everything But The Complexity

    19 May 2008

    Universal banks often find that to continue meeting the needs of their diverse customer base, they feel that they have to invest in multiple technologies rather than a single, scalable, flexible solution.

  • Bridging The Gap

    19 May 2008

    With banks poised to enter the microfinance market, traditional providers – that have developed from social mission cultures – cannot expect to thrive on a social development ethos alone. They must adapt and develop a commercial culture.

  • Growing Pains

    19 May 2008

    With the rapid expansion of the Islamic banking sector, specialist systems designed to support a limited operation are failing to keep pace.


     

  • Customer Centricity

    01 Mar 2008

    It has never been more crucial for banks to engage with customers.  Good customer service is crucial to help banks attract new customers, retain existing customers and cross-sell those customers more profitable and higher value products, writes Adrian Hadley, Product Strategy Director - Temenos.

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