IBM Japan (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has signed agreements with the Chiba Bank Ltd, the Daishi Bank Ltd, and the Hokkoku Bank Ltd to build a Call Center System common for the three banks.

Posted : Sat, Oct 04, 2008

   Challenge asks Canadian students to think globally

Posted : Tue, Sep 23, 2008

   ING Gets 100% in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Seventh Annual Index

Posted : Wed, Sep 03, 2008

   Credit Suisse Group today announced the acquisition on behalf of its Alternative Investments business of a majority interest in Asset Management Finance Corporation (AMF) from National Bank Financial of Canada (NBF).

Posted : Wed, Aug 27, 2008

   Citibank Bahrain today announced that it has received Global Finance magazine’s award as "Best Internet Bank 2008" in Bahrain in the first round of awards.

Posted : Thu, Aug 14, 2008

   Credit Suisse announced today that Sughosh Moharikar and Samita Shah have joined as Managing Directors of its Investment Banking Department, based in Mumbai.

Posted : Mon, Aug 11, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested in PT. Makmur Sejahtera Wisesa, a subsidiary of PT. Adaro Energy Tbk, to help build a power plant that will address energy shortages in Indonesia.

Posted : Tue, Aug 05, 2008

   IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has opened three centers of excellence in China, Mexico and India to provide clients with access to the latest technologies and processes in banking, retail and service management arenas.

Posted : Tue, Jul 29, 2008

   IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ILOG (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced they have signed an agreement regarding a proposed acquisition by IBM of ILOG to be implemented by way of concurrent cash public tender offers in both France and the United States.

Posted : Mon, Jul 28, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Central Asia and Azerbaijan Mortgage Lending Advisory Project, which focuses on serving the banking sector in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

Posted : Mon, Jul 28, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Independent Power Producers’ Association of Nepal, the Nepal Banker’s Association, and the Nepal Hydropower Association today held a workshop on hydropower project financing to help promote investments in the sector.

Posted : Wed, Jul 23, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a new financing transaction that takes its annual investments in Africa’s agribusiness sector in fiscal 2008 to more than $70 million, a five-fold increase over its average for the last three years.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested in the shares of Mixta Africa, a real estate company operating in Africa.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

   Barclays has become the first UK bank to offer all its two million online banking customers free internet security software covering not only anti-virus software but also spyware, adware, firewalls, parental controls and spam filters.

Posted : Wed, Jul 02, 2008

   Beth Cypser, the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) deputy mission director in Haiti is now the mission director.

Posted : Fri, Jun 27, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Bank of Palestine, and the Palestine Education Fund, an initiative of the Paltel Group Foundation, today signed an agreement to introduce a new student loan program in the West Bank and Gaza.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement to help Grupo Monge Holding S.A., a family-owned retailer of household goods and electronics in Central America, expand its operations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, increasing access to consumer credit for low-income customers.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

   The acquisition enhances the mid-Atlantic presence of RBC as part of its national wealth management network in the U.S., and will establish a new seventh region for RBC Wealth Management comprised of FBW locations.

Posted : Sat, Jun 21, 2008

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting Belgrankorm Group, a leading crop and meat producer in Russia, to increase the company's production capacity and introduce best practices in corporate governance and environmental and social sustainability.

Posted : Mon, Jun 02, 2008

   ING and Atos Origin have launched a joint offering of end-to-end services for back-office payment processing to banks and corporations within Europe.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008