Financial services resources
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IBM's $20 billion Software Man Steve Mills on sustaining growth through innovation
Financial institutions have turned to innovation and technology for advantage in today’s highly commoditized and competitive industry. In an interview with Steve Mills, SVP and group executive of IBM’s software business, we asked about IBM’s impact on the financial services industry. |
05 Jun 2008 |
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Executive perspective: The IBM-ACI Alliance
Phillip Heasley, CEO & President of ACI Worldwide, discusses ACI's decision to base its next generation payment application portfolio on IBM middleware running on the IBM Mainframe, System z. He spoke about the impact of fast growth on an agent payment infrastructure. |
05 Jun 2008 |
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IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA appliances
Many enterprises today seek greater productivity, agility and responsiveness by embracing open standards and moving to a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This paper details how IBM can help you simplify, accelerate and secure your SOA deployments to increase flexibility and help you achieve your business goals. |
22 May 2008 |
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Taking the wraps off retirement annuities and why, for insurers, STP may be the gift that keeps on giving
Sales of annuities and income payouts are expected to increase dramatically as baby boomers retire. This paper from IBM Global Business Services describes one avenue for insurance companies determined to take advantage of this opportunity—straight through processing (STP) enabled by a services-oriented architecture. |
21 May 2008 |
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White paper: Develop high-volume, low-latency financial markets solutions with IBM WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging
Financial services organizations need to speed transactions with extremely low latency and very high throughput. To achieve this, they need to automate, integrate and optimize their messaging systems. This white paper addresses the messaging challenges they face and how WebSphere® MQ Low Latency Messaging can help. |
21 May 2008 |
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IBM and ACI Worldwide: leading the transformation of payment systems
Financial institutions face rising pressures—such as the need to reduce time-to-market for news products and services, the need to support growing transaction volumes and new mandates or the need to contain costs. This brochure describes how IBM and ACI are helping institutions transform their payments systems in response. |
02 May 2008 |
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One hub or two? Implementation approaches for enterprise payment hubs
This paper explores why TowerGroup sees banks moving from the conceptualization of “enterprise payments” to implementation during 2008 and 2009. Their point of view is that leading banks will implement service-oriented architecture (SOA) models that combine expert processing capability and open, standards-based integration. |
29 Apr 2008 |
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Insurance & Technology video: Driving insurance industry innovation
What does innovation mean to insurance companies? Innovative products and services are a necessity, but true innovation also requires a shift in business models. Watch this video to learn more. |
23 Apr 2008 |
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Insurance and technology video: The business of being green
Is your insurance company ready to go green? And what does going green mean to insurers? Bob Hoey, Worldwide Vice President of Hardware Sales for IBM, cuts through the hype associated with going green in this video and shares insights on how green technology impacts the insurance industry. |
22 Apr 2008 |
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Front office and agent: how innovation and collaboration can make insurance carriers more competitive
In the insurance industry, everyone benefits from more effective communication and collaboration. Employees improve productivity with easy access to client data. Clients receive better, more personalized service. This paper shows how embracing innovative business models can deliver immediate, solid results for insurers. |
22 Apr 2008 |
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Reduce operational risk, enable compliance, protect privacy with IBM System z
This white paper explores the risk management and compliance challenges facing banks today and highlights how IBM System z™ can help align IT with the business, increase business resiliency and enhance your security and privacy capabilities to lessen operational risk while improving compliance and efficiency. |
18 Apr 2008 |
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IBM and ACI offer unparalleled expertise in designing and optimizing wholesale payment systems
Financial institutions face mounting competitive and regulatory pressures and are looking for ways to reduce risk, enhance ROI and improve time-to-market for new services. This brochure describes what IBM and ACI Worldwide, working together as a payments transformation team, offer in the wholesale payments space. |
16 Apr 2008 |
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IBM and ACI offer unparalleled expertise in designing and optimizing retail payment systems
In response to pressures on financial institutions, from rising electronic payment transaction volumes to an increasing need to protect data, IBM and ACI Worldwide have built some of the most sophisticated, comprehensive payment systems in use today. This brochure looks at our collaboration in the retail payment space. |
16 Apr 2008 |
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Innovation man video
A business guy is tasked with “firing up” the troops for innovation. Innovation is good. But what about implementation? |
09 Apr 2008 |
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Risk appetite: A multifaceted approach to risk management
The financial crisis that started in the summer of 2007 with a sharp devaluation of U.S. sub-prime mortgage assets has raised concerns about the effectiveness of financial firms’ risk management. |
04 Apr 2008 |
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System z—an enabler for best-of-breed payment platforms
The payments industry is changing as competitive pressures, regulatory burdens and customer entitlements increase. This white paper explores how IBM innovative solutions and technology, and in particular IBM System z™, can help financial institutions succeed in the face of these increasingly difficult market conditions. |
27 Feb 2008 |
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Building client advocacy: New opportunities for wealth management
The key to standing out in a marketplace flooded with similar wealth management products is becoming a customer focused enterprises. This brochure explores how you can promote client advocacy throughout your organization and start building a compelling client experience. |
27 Feb 2008 |
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No bank is an island
Banks’ perennial quest for growth can lead them astray—witness the recent sub-prime debacle in the U.S. Yet even against the backdrop of large write-downs, firms are continuing their search for significant, sustainable bottom-line improvement. |
26 Feb 2008 |
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Data convergence in the financial services sector
As business risk, customer and regulatory data converge in massive quantities to fulfill compliance mandates, many financial institutions are seeking ways to turn compliance cost into an investment, and use the same data to deliver greater business value. |
26 Feb 2008 |
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From CBM to SOA: The "how to" for transforming the insurance business
To help introduce products more quickly, decrease operational costs and manage compliance, IBM offers insurers an approach that can help transform agencies using Component Business Modeling (CBM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA). |
26 Feb 2008 |
