Financial Services

Fiserv announces its commitment to offer financial institutions solutions that deliver a compelling "hands on" yet seamless customer experience, supporting Windows Phone, Windows-based tablet devices and Microsoft Surface 2.0.

Together with Microsoft, BNP Paribas envisages the future of the branch at its Concept Store.

Temenos has announced record-breaking results of a T24 performance benchmark measuring the high-end performance and scalability of T24 R12 on a pre-release version of Microsoft SQL Server 2012. At peak performance, the system processed 11,500 transactions per second in online business testing and averaged more than 10,000 interest accrual and capitalizations per second in close of business testing.

Auditors at CME Group have been equipped with Windows 7 slates. CME Group supports the slates with its existing infrastructure and expertise and has found that porting an application to Windows 7 slates takes only 8 percent of the time it would take to port to another tablet. The company estimates that Windows 7 slates can increase auditor productivity by 10 to 20 percent.

Microsoft and Efma have launched the latest Retail Banking Advisory Council report providing recommendations on the development and integration of channels, optimizing the customer experience and transforming the sales process.