News: Digital
Finextra: JP Morgan unveils biometric payment terminals
J.P. Morgan has unveiled two proprietary biometric-enabled in-store payment terminals that will be offered to retailers later this year.
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Finextra: Bank of England to launch Digital Pound Lab
The Bank of England is to launch a Digital Pound Lab as it sets out its blueprint for the design phase of a future Britcoin.
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January 13, 2025 / Blockchain, Digital
PYMNTS: 5 Blockchain Projects the World’s Biggest Banks Are Behind
Blockchain has gone quiet from its peak a few years ago but there are a number of big bank backed projects going on.
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Finextra: 13 Predictions for Retail Banking in 2025 and Beyond
This gives a good overview of retail banking trends in 2025.
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November 21, 2024 / Digital
Finextra: Nationwide migrates onsite IT estate to HPE GreenLake Cloud
Nationwide Building Society has migrated its on-premises IT estate to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) GreenLake Cloud.
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November 4, 2024 / Artificial Intelligence, Digital
CIO Dive: Citi taps Google Cloud for app migration, AI adoption
Citi announced a multiyear modernization partnership with Google Cloud Monday.
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October 29, 2024 / Blockchain, Digital
Finextra: Bank of England presses on with retail CBDC to plug bank innovation gap
The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey has re-affirmed his support for a retail central bank digital currency, arguing that central banks are the "only game in town" as commercial banks lack the incentive to push for innovation.
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October 9, 2024 / Digital
IT Pro: AWS says enterprises are moving back on-prem – but does cloud repatriation really threaten hyperscalers?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has claimed to face competition from on-premises IT while defending the level of competition in the UK cloud market, according to a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) hearing.
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UKTN: Race to build British data centres heats up as AWS commits £8bn over 5 years
The race to become the biggest cloud provider in the UK stepped up a gear today after Amazon Web Services (AWS) vowed to invest as much as £8 billion into British data centres over the next five years.
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September 5, 2024 / Artificial Intelligence, Digital
City AM: ‘There’s little room for caution’: Banks and fintechs gear up for AI revolution
'There’s little room for caution’: Banks and fintechs gear up for AI revolution.
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