Northwest Savings Bank has agreed to purchase an employee benefits and property and casualty insurance firm,The Bert Insurance Group,for an undisclosed sum. As part of a definitive agreement signed between both parties,Bert will operate ...
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RSA Group,a UK based commercial insurer,has appointed Martin Scicluna as its new chairman,effective from 01 January 2013. Scicluna,who holds considerable financial services experience,will succeed RSA's out going chairman,John Napier,who ...
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Industrial Investment Trust Ltd(IITL)has emerged to be the preferred bidder among its rivals to acquire the life insurance business of Future Group. Future Group has inked a non-binding agreement with non-banking finance company IITL,to ...
Taipei, Nov. 19, 2012 (CENS)--The offshore banking units (OBUs) and overseas branches of domestic banks are expected to contribute over 30% of domestic banks’ profits this year, a new high in the wake of the global financial tsunami. ...
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CNA has been selected as the endorsed insurance carrier for the Arkansas Bankers Association(ABA),the largest and oldest banking industry organization in Arkansas,from 01 May 2012. According to the company,the selection is based on its ...
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Insurance Linked Securities(ILS)and Life,Pension and Investment(LPI)administration services provider,Kane has appointed named new Head of Business Development and Senior Account Manager in Europe. Kane Group has appointed Damian McNamara ...
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More American adults use their smartphones and other cell phones to take pictures and to send texts than to download apps or do online banking,according to a Pew Research survey. The study,released Sunday,found that 82%of Americans use ...
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Barclays is rolling out 8,500 Apple iPads across branches to improve interaction with customers. Shaygan Kheradpir, COO at Barclays' retail and business banking division, told Computer Weekly earlier this year that the company was ...
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The latest milestone to be reached in Nationwide's GBP1bn five-year IT transformation sees the launch of its mobile banking service as the project moves towards the final straight. The building society launched its mobile banking service ...
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In its November 2012 Blue Coat Mobility Study,the company surveyed 350 respondents and found that most organizations allow employees access to company email(83 percent)and instant messaging(56 percent)on personal devices,but only a fraction ...
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Thailand's apparel companies should focus on overseas markets, mainly Indonesia, to sustain their business, in view of increasing competition in the domestic market, a report by Kasikorn Research has suggested. According to the ...
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IDG News Service - Shifting ANZ Banking Group from an Australian and New Zealand centric bank to a super-regional Asia Pacific financial services entity while implementing new technology is Anne Weatherston's top priority for the next five ...
Barring an economic disaster, the global private sector will increase IT spending in 2013 before a sustained recovery, but government spending will see a continuing decline. Gartner predicted global IT spending by enterprises would rise ...
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CIO - Banking is typically regarded as a boring service, maybe even a necessary evil. So you might be surprised to find out that customers have strong feelings when they perform banking transactions. In a joint project between its IT ...
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Global fraud gang Operation High Roller – which targeted European finance firms earlier this year – has spread in the last three months to countries including the US, according to McAfee's latest threat report. Operation High ...
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