04/16/2012

DIB launches Arabic online interface

In addition to a complete Arabic portal, Al Islami Online Banking now offers additional innovative features including opening of investment deposits in multiple currencies, instant salary in advance (Tayseer), automatic Salik recharge, and cash on cards,

04/11/2012

First Derivatives wins contract with major Australian bank

Delta Stream has been customized to meet client needs by interfacing with the bank's existing pricing and aggregation engines and will be able to send orders back for execution. The system also provides a Matlab interface for analytics for both quant

04/04/2012

WealthSure selects OneVue UMA platform

"The OneVue UMA platform can administer more products than most, which enables our advisers to differentiate their service and provide clients with a complete view of their total wealth position as all assets and liabilities can be viewed in the one

04/03/2012

SunGard Platform Helps Firms Detect Insider Trading

Customers around the world can now choose from 11 different language interfaces, including English, Dutch, French, French Canadian, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean and Japanese.

04/02/2012

Vietnam’s ACB ranked 2nd in banking website speed

In banking and finance, OCBC Bank in Singapore and Bank of Ayudhya in Thailand were ranked for the fastest response time of 1.3 seconds. Ho Chi Minh City-based ACB was the second fastest at 2.8 seconds. The worst performer came from Indonesia where Bank R

03/30/2012

Citi Goes Live on SMX as General Clearing Member

Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), the first pan-Asian multiproduct commodity and currency derivatives exchange, today announced that Citi has become active on SMX as a General Clearing Member.

03/29/2012

Are Private Banks Social Media Shy?

A survey conducted by assentium.com, an independent financial information portal for investors reveals that the attitude for most private banks to be on social media is rather reluctant.

03/28/2012

Fraud costs Asian banks $1 billion a year: Progress Software

Fraud cases include bank card skimming or copying of card data, security issues in Internet banking and theft of credit card details, Progress Software's deputy chief technology officer Giles Nelson told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.

03/26/2012

Syarikat Takaful invests in new IT system

The infrastructure called Document Management System is designed to streamline operating procedures, increase productivity and help the company expand its business through improved efficiency.

03/20/2012

Singapore To Tighten Banking Security

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of MAS said all banks must act promptly to any reported breach and make sure the problems are resolved and should never happen again.