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Web 2.0 just the next step: iFocus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Web 2.0 may be an 'out of control' broadcast channel, but it's a big opportunity for financial services players brave enough to climb on board, said Theresa Cunnington from the online services consultancy iFocus.

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service.

Cuscal branches outside credit unions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
While becoming a leading player in the wholesale supply of banking style transactional services to credit unions has boosted Cuscal's profit, the powerplay is how it positions them to extend their reach into other institutions and even super funds.

Margin calls on tech watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Margin loan investors have new resources to combat volatile markets with Macquarie Investment Lending revamping their online capabilities.

Big brother in outsourcing: Unisys

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
Many Australians are unaware their personal information is being outsourced as companies and government agencies contract out their business functions, Unisys Security Index research found.

Erste Bank signs SimCorp for fund platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
SimCorp Dimension has scored a major coup after it signed a funds management and administration IT contract with Erste Bank, one of the largest financial services group in Central and Eastern Europe.

Blame it on my Blackberry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
At a time when financial services professionals are clocking up more work hours than their predecessors, yet another study has found that many people are unable to separate their private and work time due to mobile email devices such as the Blackberry.

DMS pioneers fee-for-service technology

Planners dreading the logistical nightmare of providing a fee-for-service option to clients can rest easy after IT services provider DMS developed what it claims is the first ever software solution that fully automates fee-for-service payments.

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
The recent collapse of popular online role-playing game Second Life's largest bank has highlighted the problems an unregulated economy can have, even a virtual one.

Opes Prime challenges Macq

Financial services provider Opes Prime has launched the Opes Prime Wealth Platform, an all-in-one retail prime brokerage service that will compete with a similar offering from Macquarie.