Banking stories - Page 87
IBM announces global payments blockchain solution live in ANZ, Pacific Islands & UK
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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The solution is run from the IBM Blockchain Platform on Hyperledger Fabric and was built in collaboration with Stellar.org.
Vend partners with Commonwealth Bank to be on SMB payments tablets
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Vend joins forces with Australia's top bank, elevating SMBs with high-tech point-of-sale solutions on CBA's Albert tablets.
Robo-advisors, chatbots & NZ's artificially intelligent future
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand encourages Kiwis to embrace AI benefits and warns of potential impacts on economy and society.
Cisco dominates resurgent Indian networking market
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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Cisco has snapped up the WLAN market lead in India, adding to its dominant position in the Ethernet switch and router markets.
DoubleLocker ransomware encrypts Android files and changes your PIN
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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New Android ransomware DoubleLocker hijacks PINs and encrypts data, posing serious threats to mobile security.
Intel and BNZ use AI to detect money laundering
Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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In 2016 alone, approximately 15.4 million consumers were victims of identity theft or fraud, resulting in $16 billion in losses.
MYOB tackles gender inequality with Male Champions of Change STEM
Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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MYOB celebrates one year of membership in Male Champions of Change, aiming to increase women's representation in STEM leadership.
MYOB CEO Tim Reed joins Business Council of Australia board
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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Reed says it was a unique opportunity to provide input on the key public policy issues which will drive Australia's future economic prosperity.
Xero launches machine learning automation to improve coding accuracy for SMBs
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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50% of businesses use 10 or more expense codes, while others create their own codes, which means that information is often entered incorrect.
Reckon announces partnership with VIP Home Services franchise
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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As part of the agreement, Reckon will offer ongoing financial management software training and support for the cleaning and gardening franchise.
Interview: Know your enemy - MapR talks big data and DDoS prevention
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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We spoke to Steve Nunez about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and how big data is helping to fend them off.
SMBs in regions showing steady growth – MYOB
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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44% of operators in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty saw their revenue improve in the last 12 months, with similar levels of growth seen in Southland.
Xero announces integrated new feature for requesting client documents
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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Xero unveils 'Ask', an innovative feature to streamline document collection for accountants, ending the chase for client papers.
Reckon's new feature simplifies data collection
Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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SyncDirect allows accountants to collect clients' accounting data regardless of which desktop or cloud-based accounting package they use.
Xero passes quarter of a million subscriber milestone in UK
Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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Cloud accounting leader Xero celebrates surpassing 250k UK subscribers amid digital tax shift and banking partnerships growth.
Hills new appointments target enterprise and channel growth
Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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Hills boosts leadership team, Garde and Kubsch join focussing on security growth in enterprise and channel sectors across ANZ.
Oracle NetSuite unveils host of new products, partner wins at SuiteConnect
Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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A new data centre, increased functionality, more products, and enhancements to the partner programme were announced.
Salesforce cloud tech helps banks fix customer loyalty problem
Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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Banks face loyalty problem with one-third of customers defecting to competitors, says Salesforce. New cloud service aims to change that.
Fintech disrupting international payments industry by ditching SWIFT network
Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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InstaREM's service differentiates itself in two ways: it's transparent about the cost, and doesn't take a cut of the money transferred as fees.
Ever wanted to know how Xero does incident management?
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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DevOpsDays Auckland commenced yesterday, featuring a packed schedule of talks on incident management and the use of chatbots.