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IT jobs to go as major banks cut staff

Angelica Mari — 2008-12-02T17:19:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 2 December 2008 at 17:19:00

Credit Suisse and HSBC lay off hundreds

Banking giants Credit Suisse and HSBC have announced job cuts affecting IT staff in the UK in the latest round of restructuring across the sector....

Case study: HSBC

Martin Courtney — 2008-11-11T12:01:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 12:01:00

HSBC is banking on unified communications to remove its interoperability issues

HSBC is in the first phase of rolling out unified communications (UC) across its entire global business – a project that will eventually encompass 360,000 desktop and laptop PCs, more...

Banking on progress through IT

Tom Young — 2008-11-06T00:30:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 6 November 2008 at 00:30:00

Tom Young talks to Ken Harvey, chief technology and services officer at HSBC, about the bank’s scheme to transfer all its systems to one platform

HSBC recently united the roles of chief operating officer and chief information officer (CIO) into a single chief technology and services officer role....

HSBC banking platform pays for itself

Tom Young — 2008-10-29T10:47:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 10:47:00

"One HSBC" project allows quicker market entry, cuts costs, and provides single customer view

HSBC's $1bn global project to move its disparate banking systems onto one global platform has now paid for itself halfway through the scheme - which is due to finish by...

HSBC to use smart building technology

Tom Young — 2008-10-27T11:53:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 27 October 2008 at 11:53:00

System will monitor individual appliances that can be adjusted remotely

HSBC is hoping to reduce the energy consumption of its retail outlets by 20 per cent using smart building management systems....

HSBC increases IT productivity

Angelica Mari — 2008-10-23T06:30:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 23 October 2008 at 06:30:00

An application portfolio management system has enabled the bank to keep development costs down while freeing up programmers to work on forward-looking projects

Banking giant HSBC has cut the costs of developing and supporting in-house software by using an application portfolio management (APM) system....

City in pressing need of skilled IT matchmakers

Angelica Mari — 2008-10-09T05:15:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 9 October 2008 at 05:15:00

With the financial services sector plunging ever deeper into an M&A maelstrom, IT leaders are having their systems integration skills and due diligence expertise tested as never before

Market turmoil is expected to result in IT budgets in the financial services industry taking a hammering. But many of those under the cosh will face additional pressures, as a...

HSBC IT boss to take over operations

Angelica Mari — 2008-09-29T14:35:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 29 September 2008 at 14:35:00

Ken Harvey's combined role will oversee operations in addition to technology

HSBC has appointed Ken Harvey as chief technology and services officer as the bank merges the roles of chief operating officer (COO) and chief information officer (CIO)....

HSBC cost cuts allow focus on innovation

Lara Williams — 2006-10-05T00:00:00.000Z

Lara Williams, Computing, Thursday 5 October 2006 at 00:00:00

Bank reduces running costs to less than half of overall IT budget

Banking giant HSBC is increasing the amount it spends on IT innovation because of an expected $200m (£106m) reduction in operating costs....

HSBC banks on mobile phones

Lara Williams — 2006-10-05T00:00:00.000Z

Lara Williams, Computing, Thursday 5 October 2006 at 00:00:00

HSBC and first direct launch mobile phone banking service

HSBC and First Direct have launched a mobile phone banking service offering mini-statements and balance enquiries through users’ handsets. The service, developed by the cash machine network Link and partner...

HSBC and First Direct launch mobile phone banking

Lara Williams — 2006-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Lara Williams, Computing, Tuesday 3 October 2006 at 00:00:00

The UK's first transactional mobile phone banking service launched today

HSBC and First Direct go live today with the UK’s first transactional mobile phone banking service over GPRS. Customers can sign up for on-demand, 24-hour access to banking services including...