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Bankhaus Main has implemented Temenos’ Triple’A Plus portfolio management system back to front-office in under 12 months
Barclays has launched its new Scan and Send system, aimed at speeding up the mortgage application process
Guggenheim Investments has selected pControl to automate the management and control of its NAV production and validation processes

Managing Agency Partners has become the latest insurer to sign up to ClusterSeven’s solution for governance and insight into unstructured financial data
SEPA will survive even if the Euro doesn’t, according to a new survey
New research has identified the rise of a new group of consumers who are driving the demand for mobile payments and banking
Endsleigh is to utilise IBM's Coremetrics Web Analytics offering, delivered as a cloud service
Spending is on the rise across Europe for surveillance programmes covering equities and derivatives
Seventy five per cent of European banks are still using outdated core banking systems

Researchers at the MIT have released research on social trading behaviour within the eToro investment network
Ithmaar Bank is to implement SunGard’s Ambit Risk & Performance Management solution
US web-based banking venture, Simple, has released an iPhone app

Scott Thompson reviews the first ever FStech/Retail Systems Payments Technology Conference
With more and more customers banking online and showing an interest in mobile banking and social media, what does the immediate future hold for FS technology vendors? Liz Morrell reports
Smartphone uptake is continuing at a blistering rate and these devices are now shaping the way we behave. Yet mobile banking adoption has stalled. As Scott Thompson finds, fraud and security concerns underpin the stalemate

Mobile has the potential to revolutionise the customer experience in retail banking and banks across Europe are gearing up to respond to this growing opportunity. But, as Liz Morrell highlights, problems and issues remain
Liz Morrell asks: what does it mean to the highly regulated banking world when millions of people are using Facebook etc to communicate, share, network and entertain? And who are the pioneers in this field?
So, how was it for you? Scott Thompson looks back at 2011 and asks those in the know: how did the financial services sector fare and what were the key technology developments?
Maeña Twomey, programme manager, Lloyds Banking Group, looks at the issue of enhancing assurance on large cross divisional change programmes
Glynn Davis looks at the latest mobile payments developments and the challenges facing banks as the m-payments/NFC bandwagon picks up pace
With the Solvency II deadline approaching, financial services organisations will be able to reap the benefits of a well-designed cross-functional technology platform. But challenges remain. Dave Howell reports