DB and DC corporate pensions news and more http://www.fstech.co.uk/ Margaret Cole has been appointed as managing director of enforcement and financial crime at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Board. Cole joined the FSA in 2005, and will manage a division of 450 people. She is responsible for enforcement policy, intelligence gathering, forensic investigations and civil and criminal proceedings in areas including market abuse and financial crime http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cole-appointed-to-FSA-Board.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cole-appointed-to-FSA-Board.php John Varley is to step down as group chief executive of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC, and also from the Barclays Boards and the Group Executive Committee on 31 March 2011 http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Barclays-group-chief-exec-steps-down.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Barclays-group-chief-exec-steps-down.php Despite a rise in online fraud, with last month’s Zeus Trojan stealing banking information from 100,000 Brits, consumer confidence remains high in online banking sites, finds eDigitalResearch and IMRG http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Consumers-confident-to-bank-online.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Consumers-confident-to-bank-online.php A round-up by FST http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/products-Sept-2010.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/products-Sept-2010.php A round-up by FST http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs-Sept-2010.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs-Sept-2010.php The Government Board of the Cloud Industry Forum is calling on industry figures interested in bringing greater transparency and trust to doing business in the Cloud to join them http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cloud-Industry-Forum-looking-for-Board-Members.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cloud-Industry-Forum-looking-for-Board-Members.php The industry is only now beginning to get to grips with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) regulations and implementation, according to DataFlux http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/UK-financial-services-struggle-to-deliver-Single-Customer-View-regulation.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/UK-financial-services-struggle-to-deliver-Single-Customer-View-regulation.php Hitachi Europe and GREEN DATA SYSTEMS (GDS) are to open a highly energy efficient data centre in the Netherlands, following a strategic partnership for the collaboration and deployment of energy efficient data centres http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Hitachi-and-GDS-open-efficient-data-centre.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Hitachi-and-GDS-open-efficient-data-centre.php Verisoft and Metro Bank have formed a partnership that will see the provider of EMV Card Issuance solutions issue Bank Cards in store http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Metro-Bank-issues-cards-in-store.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Metro-Bank-issues-cards-in-store.php Despite the installation of 740 new free-to-use ATMs in the UK’s most deprived areas, four million consumers who are eligible to withdraw benefits are still unable to use them, reveals LINK http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cash-machines-still-inaccessible-to-4m-in-UK.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Cash-machines-still-inaccessible-to-4m-in-UK.php The industry’s first unlimited scalability call recording software has been launched by CyberTech http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Unlimited-call-recording-software-released.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Unlimited-call-recording-software-released.php Banks in Asia/Pacific are exploring how service-oriented architecture (SOA) platforms can be adopted to align with their vision of a modern core system, says IDC Financial http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/SOA-platforms-on-AsiaPacific-radar.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/SOA-platforms-on-AsiaPacific-radar.php A round-up by FST http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs-Sept2010.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs-Sept2010.php Increased regulatory demands and the rise of organised financial crime are the biggest challenges for anti-money laundering (AML) experts at banks in Europe and North and South America, says Logica. According to a survey carried out by the business and technology service company, 87 per cent of compliance professionals agree that these are huge issues for the industry, although ambiguity of sanctions regulations was a huge challenge for Europe as well (73 per cent) http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AML-experts-fear-regulatory-demands-and-organised-crime.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AML-experts-fear-regulatory-demands-and-organised-crime.php A newly patented technology will ensure safe transactions on online banking sites by protecting personal information, says AhnLab http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AhnLab-enhances-online-banking-security.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AhnLab-enhances-online-banking-security.php A round-up by FST http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/NIBs.php A round-up by FST http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/products.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/products.php Asda Financial Services is using the TagMan monitoring solution to manage and track its online marketing campaigns http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AsdaFS-TagMan_TrackingOnlineMarketing.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AsdaFS-TagMan_TrackingOnlineMarketing.php The London branch of Société Générale has been fined £1.575m by the Financial Services Authority for failing to provide accurate transaction reports http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FSAfineSocGen1.575m_4badTansactionReporting.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FSAfineSocGen1.575m_4badTansactionReporting.php The FXall foreign exchange platform is appointing Quito Zuba as a senior director and head of its global trade support services http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AppointmentFXall.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/AppointmentFXall.php The UK branch of Zurich Insurance has been fined £2,275,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for losing the personal details of 46,000 customers http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FSAfineZurich2.3m4DataLoss.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/FSAfineZurich2.3m4DataLoss.php The recent rash of acquisitions shows no signs of abating with Intel to buy security firm McAfee for £4.95bn http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/M-A_IntelMcAfee_MCard-DataCash.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/M-A_IntelMcAfee_MCard-DataCash.php The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the country’s largest bank with more than two million customers, is specifying Temenos core banking software to improve its operational infrastructure across more than 200 branches http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/CBE-Temenos_CoreBankingOverhaul.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/CBE-Temenos_CoreBankingOverhaul.php Following the management buy-out from LloydsBG, eSure is finalising the migration of its IT platforms and hardware on to a new architecture provided by Capgemini on an outsourced basis for five years http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/eSure-Capgemini_NewManServicesITarchitecture.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/eSure-Capgemini_NewManServicesITarchitecture.php General Electric’s financial arm, GE Capital, is to launch a new UK online bank within the next year and half http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/GEtoLaunchUKonlineBank.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/GEtoLaunchUKonlineBank.php The Interbank co-operative, Swift, is to buy SunGard’s Ambit Messaging Hub, renaming it the Advanced Messaging Hub (AMH) http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/SWIFTbuysSungardAmbitMessHub.php http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/SWIFTbuysSungardAmbitMessHub.php