Welcome

 
On behalf of the European Banking Forum, I would like to welcome you to the August Newsletter. This publication is designed to keep you up to speed with the latest developments at EBF, and in the banking industry as a whole.  We welcome all feedback from readers, and if you have information that you think is worthwhile sharing in the newsletter please contact us.

EBF 2009 will bring together two major banking events, The European Retail Banking Forum, now in its very successful seventh year, and The Regulation, Risk & Compliance Forum. We are expecting between 80-100 banking delegates at this years event.

This will give attendees a greater opportunity for networking alongside the opportunity to discuss solutions across both areas.

EBF 2009 will include a series of private business development meetings between banking delegates and vendors, a comprehensive conference programme for each stream covering keynote presentations and interactive seminars, as well as the opportunity to network with European peers and colleagues.

  Rex Pointon   Nadine Placzek   Jane Harding
  Forum Manager
 

Forum Manager

  Head of Business Development


  Supplier Delegate News  

     
  Please see below for more information about the suppliers attending EBF 2009:  
     
  IBM and Cisco are leveraging their independent strengths in the global Retail Banking market by combining forces around a select number of key areas.  The joint IBM/Cisco Front Office Solution is an initiative that provides the platform for banks to achieve their own business objectives within the front office, whether that be multi channel integration, driving revenues, cost containment, or easing internal and external collaboration issues...more  
       
    HP: Up to 80% of IT cost is spent on the maintenance and operation of legacy core banking systems that are often inflexible to the changing needs of the business. Moving to a flexible, scalable and modular core banking framework enables banks to reduce costs and quickly identify and react to changes, managing them for strategic advantage...more  
       
    Avaya Intelligent Communications enables leaders in financial services to capitalize on a broad range of competitive advantages in customer experience, workforce productivity, and process efficiency. Recent technology developments such as IP telephony, Web services, and service-oriented architecture bring Intelligent Communications to a higher and more practical level...more  
       
    Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services...more  
       
    Avaloq: As the first of the three cantonal banks (Luzerner-, St.Galler-, Thurgauer Kantonalbank) that chose the Avaloq Banking System at the end of 2005, St.Galler Kantonalbank successfully went live with the new core-banking system as scheduled on Tuesday, 25 March 2008...more  
       
    Informatica: LONDON, England, - June 25, 2008 — An IDC report on the Single European Payments Area (SEPA) compliance efforts across Europe has found that ‘SEPA fatigue’ is starting to emerge across the financial services community, leading to increasing risk of procrastination...more  
       
  Banking Delegate News  

       
  Please see below for more information about the companies attending EBF 2009:  
       
    RSK: On the first of July the renowned British financial magazine Euromoney held itsannual Award for Excellence reception at the Vienna Hilton. Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) and its CEE subsidiary Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG received once again the prestigious award for Excellence as "Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)"...more  
       
    Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB) was founded in 1976 as the country’s fifth national commercial bank and has successfully evolved in to a major player in the Jordanian banking system over the last few years.  JKB was the first example of improving and expanding economic relations between Jordan and Kuwait and one of the few successful Jordanian enterprises established with inter-Arab interests...more  
       
       
  Programme Update  

       
    We are delighted to announce that Derek Wylde, Head of Group Fraud Risk for HSBC has joined the educational programme at this year’s EBF.  He’ll be discussing how HSBC manages fraud risk around the world and giving an insight into some of their losses.  Derek will also focus on using technology to prevent fraud...more  
       
       
  Latest organisations to join EBF 2009 include:
       
    Banks  
    Allied Irish Bank/ AIB Corporate Banking, Banco Poplare, Banco Santander, Bank of America / MBNA,Bank of Ireland, Bank Pekao, Barclays Bank...see more  
   

 

 
    Suppliers  
    IBM, Cisco, HP, Fiserv, Avaya, Harland Financial, Tietoenator, Pitney Bowes Mapinfo, International Business Wales, Informatica Development Limited...see more  
       
       
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