South Korea's financial regulator on Wednesday approved the banking operations of China Everbright Bank, a unit of the state-owned Everbright Group. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement that it gave a nod to ...
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The Banking Business Service Protocol of the Service Trade of the Free Trade Area between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( herein after referred to as the ...
T-Mobile entered the banking business with a MobileMoney service that provides banking services for subscribers on qualifying rate plans. Mobile Money is positioned as an affordable alternative to checking fees for about 68 million adults ...
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Germany-based reinsurance group Hannover Re is in discussions to acquire a minority stake in Lloyds Banking Group’s German arm, Heidelberger Leben, for approximately €100m ($133.5m). The sale of stake in Heidelberger Leben is ...
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More than 18 months ago, Google Wallet was launched on the Sprint cellular network amid hoopla that payment-by-smart-phone technology at cashiers nationwide would replace your plastic debit and credit cards. Since then, AT&T, T-Mobile, and ...
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More and more banks in Germany are facing declining returns and weak growth. Against the backdrop of the euro crisis, the eleven largest German banks saw their year-on-year earnings before tax drop by one third during the first half of 2012 ...
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Retailers have had another rocky year with more high street closures piling up, while online spend continued to enjoy double digit growth. As consumer spending remained stagnant, companies looked to their digital channels to bolster sales. ...
Increased regulation, reduced profits and changing customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with commercially available alternatives. Simon Paris, head of global banking at SAP, said the strategic change has been ...
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Supermarket chain Tesco is investing £65m in a state-of-the-art datacentre as it gears up to expand its web operations outside the UK. The retailer has signed a 15-year contract with datacentre operator Sentrum, to host the ...
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Allstate has reported that its net income rose by 46.2% to $766m for the first quarter of 2012, or $1.53 per diluted share compared to a net income of $524m, or $0.98 per diluted share in the same period in 2011. Allstate chairman, ...
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Paris based insurer Societe Generale has named Jean-Luc Parer as the head of its international retail banking division, which also makes him the member of the executive committee of the group. Jean-Luc Parer succeeds Jean-Louis ...
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Insurance firm MetLife has inked an agreement to dispose of its nearly $70bn mortgage servicing portfolio to US based JPMorgan Chase Bank, for an undisclosed sum. Subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing ...
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Supermarket chain Tesco is investing £65m in a state-of-the-art datacentre as it gears up to expand its web operations outside the UK. The retailer has signed a 15-year contract with datacentre operator Sentrum, to host the ...
Tags: Tesco, Sentrum, IT Smartphones, in-store software