Finance on Windows

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY IN BANKING, CAPITAL MARKETS AND INSURANCE

Spring 2013

Editor: Amber Stokes
Cover: Building momentum in a mixed market

The Spring 2013 issue of Finance on Windows is out now, focusing on Microsoft technology in banking, capital markets and insurance. This issue features two major exclusives: best-selling author and founder of US mobile retail bank Moven Brett King discusses the bank of tomorrow and Saxo Bank CIO Mikael Munck explains the benefits of running its trading functions and infrastructure on the Microsoft platform.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we find out how Bank SinoPac is achieving significant cost savings on the Temenos T24 platform on Microsoft SQL Server, hear more about Microsoft and BIAN’s role in cutting costs in core banking and continue our focus on Windows 8.

Cover story

Building momentum in a mixed market

Amber Stokes looks at how Bank SinoPac has harnessed the power of Temenos T24 and SQL Server to help grow its business and bring more products to market

Features

Connected and informed

Karen Cone and Sean Foley of Microsoft discuss the impact that Windows 8 is having on the financial services sector

A bank in your pocket

The pressure is growing for banks to keep up with developments surrounding mobile technology and social media. Amber Stokes reports

Cutting costs in core banking

Karen McCandless explores how Microsoft and BIAN are helping financial services organisations get more from their core banking systems at a lower cost

News

A round up of the latest stories from the financial services industry including Avanade’s Windows Phone 8 partnership with Nokia and new functionality in the Microsoft cloud operating system

Focus

A new approach to compliance

Gerard Gibney of OpenText explains how financial institutions can manage Dodd-Frank, Basel III and FAT CA compliance with OpenText and SharePoint

Viewpoints

Thought leadership from Kestutis Gardziulis of Etronika on the importance of customer relationships and offering the right services for the right customer. Meanwhile Vladislav Dimitrov of Dais Software highlights the importance of choosing the appropriate technology to support banks' online and mobile strategies

In practice

We highlight the latest successful technology implementations at Saxo Bank, American Safety Insurance, Crédit Agricole Centre Est and Denizbank

Signing out

Lindsay James speaks to Brett King of Moven about what banks need to do to stay in touch in the technological age

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About Finance on Windows

For over ten years, Finance on Windows has been the authority on the use of Microsoft technology in the financial services sector. The magazine covers a broad range of topics such as the evolution of financial services delivery channels, core banking, the development of payments systems, the insurance value chain, and enterprise risk management and compliance.