FST Financial Sector Technology: a leading business title for IT decision makers in the UK and European financial services sector http://www.fstech.co.uk/ UK banking software outfit Misys has confirmed it is in merger talks with Swiss rival Temenos http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Misys_Temenos_Merger.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Misys_Temenos_Merger.php The first batch of a network of recycle bins has been delivered within the Square Mile. Renew, the company behind the 25 bins, which have screens attached to them, says the daily audience will grow from 750,000 at launch to over three million by the Olympics http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Renew_Street_Pods_Bins.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Renew_Street_Pods_Bins.php New Zealand’s Kiwibank has selected Broadridge's PROactive Reconciliation solution http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Kiwibank_Broadridge.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Kiwibank_Broadridge.php Tata Consultancy Services has concluded a transformation project at Phoenix Group http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/PhoenixGroup_TCS.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/PhoenixGroup_TCS.php BBAC has installed Misys BankFusion Equation across 38 branches http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BBAC_Misys_BankFusionEquation.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BBAC_Misys_BankFusionEquation.php Fujitsu and Natterbox have agreed a partnership re. the latter's recording and retention management solution for mobile devices http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Natterbox_Fujitsu_MobileRecordingSolution.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Natterbox_Fujitsu_MobileRecordingSolution.php Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal are part of a working group aiming to develop standards for reducing the threat of deceptive emails http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/DMARC_BankofAmerica_FidelityInvestments_PayPal.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/DMARC_BankofAmerica_FidelityInvestments_PayPal.php Raiffeisen Bank International is to launch CardMobile in Austria, allowing for payments via smartphones http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/RaiffeisenBankInternational_CardMobile_.SIXCardSolutionsphp.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/RaiffeisenBankInternational_CardMobile_.SIXCardSolutionsphp.php Most Americans are resistant to mixing social media and personal finances, new research finds http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Javelin_SocialMedia_Study.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Javelin_SocialMedia_Study.php Nouvobanq has chosen Oracle FLEXCUBE to help grow its retail and corporate banking operations http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Nouvobanq_OracleFLEXCUBE.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Nouvobanq_OracleFLEXCUBE.php Misys has selected IBM software to help power its BankFusion platform http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Misys_IBM_BankFusion.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Misys_IBM_BankFusion.php The UK Cards Association has published its 2012 Annual Report http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/UKCardsAssociation_2012AnnualReport.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/UKCardsAssociation_2012AnnualReport.php Bluerock Consulting, headline sponsor of Finovate Europe, has chosen seven companies to watch at this year's outing http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FinovateEurope_BluerockConsulting.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FinovateEurope_BluerockConsulting.php Total bank IT spending across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific will grow to $173.3 billion in 2012 http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Celent_ITSpendingInBanking.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Celent_ITSpendingInBanking.php Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper has launched a mobile optimised website http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Prosper_Mobile_Website.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Prosper_Mobile_Website.php Capco has launched an IT Complexity Model project with Commerzbank http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Capco_Commerzbank_Project.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Capco_Commerzbank_Project.php MasterCard, Commonwealth Bank and La Premiere Hoyts cinemas are trialling an m-payments app http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/MasterCard_CommonwealthBank_LaPremiereHoyts.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/MasterCard_CommonwealthBank_LaPremiereHoyts.php Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) is implementing Sequel's Eclipse Broking software http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/CGSC_Sequel_EclipseBroking.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/CGSC_Sequel_EclipseBroking.php The Co-operative Bank has come top in Forrester’s European Bank Customer Advocacy Rankings http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Co-opBank_Forrester.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Co-opBank_Forrester.php IDC Financial Insights has revealed its 2012 top 10 predictions for the EMEA FS industry http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/IDCFinancialInsights_Predictions_2012.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/IDCFinancialInsights_Predictions_2012.php Banco Sabadell has achieved a mobile banking first in Spain http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BancoSabadell_Mobile_App.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BancoSabadell_Mobile_App.php Canada’s BMO has extended its video conferencing service so customers in remote and rural communities can use it http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BMO_Cisco_VideoConferencing.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/BMO_Cisco_VideoConferencing.php UK consumers are more likely to switch banks due to a bad experience than for rewards and incentives http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NCR_Research_Customer-Service.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NCR_Research_Customer-Service.php Strategic Investment Group has selected Sophis VALUE for cross-asset trading and global risk management http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/StrategicInvestmentGroup_Misys.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/StrategicInvestmentGroup_Misys.php PayPal’s m-payments volume reached $4 billion in 2011, more than five times that of the previous year http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/PayPal_2011_M-Payments.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/PayPal_2011_M-Payments.php Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Credit Suisse, Nationwide Building Society and RBS are among those shortlisted for the 2012 FStech Awards http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FStech_Awards_Shortlist.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FStech_Awards_Shortlist.php