Welcome

On behalf of the European Banking Forum, we are delighted to be sending you the latest EBF newsletter.

With just a few months until the event, preparations for the 7th annual EBF are well underway. A whole host of C-level banking delegates and leading industry suppliers are already attending this unique event (see below for updates). If you haven’t yet secured your place contact us now and ensure you don’t miss the chance to be part of the event for the European banking industry.

We are pleased to announce that once again, EBF will feature a conference agenda developed in collaboration with the Financial Services Club (FSC). Chair of the FSC, Chris Skinner is currently developing the programme which promises to be timely, relevant and the place to share best practice. 

Situated at the luxurious Westin Grand Hotel in Frankfurt, next year’s EBF will be your chance to network with other industry professionals and benefit from one-2-one business meetings.

Please find below news from just a few of the companies attending EBF. We welcome all feedback from readers and if you have any news you’d like to submit for inclusion in the next newsletter please do not hesitate to contact us.

For more information and to secure your place at EBF 2009 please contact us.

Supplier Delegate News
Please see below for more information about the suppliers attending EBF 2009:
Cisco: Market risk, credit crunch, liquidity crisis, government bailouts…it has been a busy few months for the Financial Services Industry. Some think the worst is over while others predict more misery to come. more
Avaya: Using Intelligent Communications to Enhance Customer Experience - Avaya solutions enable financial services companies to deliver the superior customer experience that build loyalty, repeat business and lower costs. more
NICE: Customer Service, Compliance and the Competitive Edge - The pressure is on to consistently meet customer service expectations across multiple communication channels (high street branches, website, email and contact centre, etc), as well as conveying and differentiating brand values in this crowded market. more
SAP: Younger consumers’ demands push banks to revolutionize business processes using IT By Julian Johnson - Today’s youth can easily spend 10 hours a day, or more, using technology intimately. This includes the Internet, cell phones, instant messaging, MP3/MP4 players, gaming consoles, satellite TV and a host of other technological devices. more
SecondFloor is a young, dynamic and fast-growing IT company. With comprehensive expertise of the financial industry and ICT worldwide, we level up the effectiveness of your business by managing changes and delivering business solutions based on fixed price and fixed date agreements. more
Cable&Wireless remains at the forefront of security services to protect against the latest generation of fraud threat - Retaining the trust of customers is an absolute must, and is particularly challenging in the current turbulent market environment. more
Card Scanning Solutions is leading the image processing and data collection markets for more than 9 years with over 200,000 installations worldwide. Our flagship technologies are: more
For over three decades Logica has delivered innovations in payments, messaging and settlement, and enhancing the global transactional infrastructure. In payments, we are helping our customers to achieve cost efficiencies and to generate new evenue streams. more
Banking Delegate News
Please see below for more information about the companies attending EBF 2009:
Barclays to open new flagship bank branch at Piccadilly Circus - Barclays is to open a new flagship branch at Piccadilly Circus in London’s West End: The three-storey building – formerly occupied by Burger King – covers more than 10,000 square feet adjacent to the world famous Piccadilly lights. more
The Royal Bank of Scotland rebrands new businesses in landmark day for GCC financial services sector. more
Nationwide is the world's largest building society with over 14 million members and assets of over £186 billion. Nationwide has mutual (as opposed to Public Limited Company) status, which means that it is owned by its members. more
Deutsche Bank launches substantial growth programme in its Private & Business Clients division. more
Santander: Bradford & Bingley's direct channels and retail deposits to transfer to Abbey. more
Organisations Attending EBF:
Banks				Suppliers
Credit Suisse AIB Corporate Banking Banco Poplare HSBC France Bank of America Royal Bank of Scotland Bank Pekao Barclays Bank see more...				UNiQUARE Financial Solutions SecondFloor Hewlett Packard CISCO HCL Technologies Fiserv IBM SafeNet see more...
Banking Delegates include:
Lead Sponsor organisations include:
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