September 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
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Axway completes €330m acquisition of Sopra Banking Software
SBS CEO Eric Bierry has been named as the new deputy CEO of Axway.
June 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
Student lending start-up Scolaris Finance taps Sopra Banking Software for core platform
Scolaris Finance board chair Dr Simon Aziati cites the adoption of the core platform as “a crucial step”.
Newbury Building Society taps Sopra Banking Software to launch new app
The deal marks the first deployment of SBS’s mobile app solution in the UK market.
Sopra Banking Software names ex-Fiserv exec Andrew Steadman as new CPO
The new CPO will head the French fintech’s SaaS product and innovation strategy.
Tobias Unger joins Sopra Banking Software as new chief operating officer
Unger brings more than two decades of financial services and fintech experience to his new role.
KCB Bank Kenya taps Sopra Banking Software for digital transformation
Sopra Banking Software will design, build and support the bank’s savings and lending products.
Bevan Money taps Sopra Banking Software for core banking tech
Bevan Money will utilise SBS’ Sopra Banking Platform technology to power its offering.
Sopra Banking Software acquires asset risk management provider Luminosity
Sopra says the acquisition will complement its software financing platform.
Leek United Building Society extends Sopra partnership
Building society to shift its Sopra system to the cloud.
Sopra Steria invests in Parisian fintech Particeep
Banking software firm picks up minority stake in SaaS fintech.
Sopra Steria ransomware attack costs group €50m
Sopra reveals details of Ryuk attack from October.
EXCLUSIVE: Bank of Ireland planning UK tech revamp
Irish lender aiming to switch things up for its UK operations.
Sopra Banking Software taps Tink’s data channel
Sopra Banking Software serves roughly 1,500 banks and financial institutions.
Hyundai Capital America goes live with Sopra’s Cassiopae
Californian captive finance firm completes 15-month project.
Sopra Steria completes acquisition of Fidor Solutions
Sopra on the hunt to boost its digital banking product portfolio.
ABN AMRO launches mobile wealth management app
Kendu’s core banking is managed by Sopra Banking Software.
Rabobank IDB works with Sopra for PSD2
The bank has taken a Sopra solution called the Digital Experience Platform (DxP).
Sopra Steria acquires France-based core system vendor SAB
SAB’s SAB AT will be added to the acquisitive French company’s existing range of acquired core offerings.
Charity Bank in core banking tech overhaul with Apak Group
Finastra’s legacy Bankmaster core banking system out, Apak’s Aurius in, at Charity Bank.
Sparda banks turn to Sopra Banking Software for tech overhaul
Sopra Banking Platform to be installed at seven banks of Sparda banking group.
Banking tech and lendtech vendor Sword Apak sold to Sopra Steria
Sword Apak will be merged into the Sopra Banking Software business.
BGFI Bank in group-wide upgrade of core banking software
BGFI Bank, a financial services group in Central Africa, is upgrading its core banking software group-wide. The bank is rolling out a new version of Sopra Banking Software’s Amplitude system, Amplitude Up.
VTB applies for UK banking licence, selects core banking system
EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s second largest banking group, VTB, is looking to launch a retail banking business in the UK, Banking Technology understands. The bank has applied for a UK banking licence, to enable it to take retail deposits.
PCFG has banking licence restriction lifted, goes live with core and digital banking tech
UK-based Private & Commercial Finance Group (PCFG) has had its banking licence restrictions lifted. It has gone live with a new core banking system, Temenos’ T24, a front-end digital platform from Sandstone Technology and the ICS lease and loan administration solution from Sopra Banking Software.
Housing Bank Algeria in tech revamp with Infosys Finacle
Housing Bank Algeria, a subsidiary of Jordan-based Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF), is modernising its front-to-back office technology with Infosys Finacle.
Orabank live with new core banking system, Sopra Banking Amplitude, in 12 countries
Orabank, a retail, SME and corporate banking group based out of Togo, has completed the implementation the Sopra Banking Amplitude core system, supplied by Sopra Banking Software. The new, standardised solution has been rolled out across 12 countries in West and Central Africa.
Banque de France to modernise payments tech with Sopra Banking Software
Banque de France’s banking services department has embarked on a major technology overhaul programme. It will work with a domestic software provider on this project, Sopra Banking Software, which is part of the Sopra Steria group.
Coventry Building Society in technology overhaul, looks for new core banking system
UK-based Coventry Building Society is believed to have embarked on a tech modernisation project and is looking for a new core system.
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New challenger bank, The Services Family, readies for launch in the UK
The Services Family bank will cater for the UK military personnel, veterans and their families. Sopra Steria’s technology will underpin its operations. The digital bank is being created by The Services Family Ltd (TSFL), a financial services firm set up two years ago by two military veterans. It is going through a process of obtaining […]
BPCE implements new core banking system in Vietnam, Sopra Banking Amplitude
Vietnam-based subsidiary of France’s major financial group, BPCE, is implementing a new core banking system, Sopra Banking Amplitude. The new solution will cover front-to-back office operations of the bank, including digital banking functionality. The system is supplied by Sopra Banking Software. The project follows the reorganisation of BPCE’s operations in Vietnam, with the business moved […]
Sopra Steria plans Cassiopae tie-up
Paris-based Sopra Steria plans a tie-up with Cassiopae, a developer of specialised finance management software. Sopra Steria plans to acquire, through its subsidiary Sopra Banking Software, about 75% of KSEOP, Cassiopae’s holding company. The founder and his family, and certain managers including the current chairman of Cassiopae, Emmanuel Gillet, will retain about 25% of the […]
Belgian bank offers real-time tools to mobile users
Belgium’s Record Bank has introduced a new mobile banking platform that it says will help customers better manage their money in real time. The features of the new mobile banking service include SEPA payment abilities and the ability for customers to check the status, transaction history and details of their own account. Established in 2001, […]
Furness Building Society installs core banking platform
Furness Building Society has chosen a mortgage and savings suite from vendor Sopra Banking Software, to act as the society’s core banking platform. The new system is intended to help the society become more flexible and develop new products, especially online products.
