Research Documents By Alex Kwiatkowski

EMEA Banking 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Laying the Foundations for a Next-Generation Banking Platform in the New Macroprudential Era
Rachel Hunt, Alex Kwiatkowski, Matt Sauer, Bijen Ramdas
January, 2013 - Doc # FIBA01V      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Financial Insights report presents our predictions for the EMEA banking sector in 2013. With continuing macroeconomic weakness as the backdrop in Europe, the longed-for recovery of the indust...

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Worldwide Financial Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Leveraging Technology Disruptors Is Path for Success
David Potterton, Marc DeCastro, Michael Araneta, Jeanne Capachin, Li-May Chew, Roberto Gutierrez, Rachel Hunt, Alex Kwiatkowski, Karen Massey, Aaron McPherson, Bijen Ramdas, Matt Sauer, Ho Sui-Jon, Michael Versace, Michael Yeo
December, 2012 - Doc # FIN237980      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Financial Insights report presents our top 10 predictions for global financial services. As we entered 2012, the theme seemed to be focused on surviving rather than thriving. Despite the reco...

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Best Practices: Bank Leumi Embraces a More Integral Risk Function
Alex Kwiatkowski, Matthew Clay
November, 2012 - Doc # WWRM01U      Best Practices
Bank Leumi has significantly improved its credit-risk management capabilities through the implementation of new analytics technologies from SAS. This report examines the activities performed by Bank L...

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IT Integration Issues Torpedo RBS' Branch Disposal Plans as Santander Calls it Quits
Alex Kwiatkowski, Rachel Hunt
October, 2012 - Doc # lcUK23737212      IDC Link
Santander's recent decision to withdraw from the process to acquire a tranche of RBS' branch network has come as a big surprise for the market, but is the culmination of a long-drawn process and a det...

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Perspective: The Oracle Banking Platform Announcement from Oracle's OpenWorld — It's All About Execution Now
Alex Kwiatkowski, Jeanne Capachin, Karen Massey, Michael Araneta, Michael Versace
October, 2012 - Doc # FIN237299      Perspective
This IDC Financial Insights Perspective reviews a recent IDC Financial Insights link on the Oracle Banking Platform (OBP) announcement published earlier this month in the United States, Europe, and As...

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NatWest's Suspension of the Get Cash Mobile Service Serves as a Warning to Other Banks
Alex Kwiatkowski, Rachel Hunt
October, 2012 - Doc # lcUK23728812      IDC Link
On October 6 the BBC reported that NatWest had suspended its Get Cash emergency money service after reports of fraudulent activity on individual consumer accounts running into hundreds of pounds. Get ...

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The Oracle Banking Platform: It's All About Execution Now
Alex Kwiatkowski, Jeanne Capachin, Karen Massey, Michael Araneta, Michael Versace
October, 2012 - Doc # lcUK23724112      IDC Link
The recently announced Oracle Banking Platform ('OBP') was on display at OpenWorld this week, with demonstrations and lighthouse client presentations from NAB and Suncorp. OBP represents Oracle's firs...

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Perspective: In-Memory Computing and Its Impact on Banking
Alex Kwiatkowski
September, 2012 - Doc # FIBA56U      Perspective
Among our top 10 predictions for the EMEA financial services industry in 2012, we highlighted that in-memory computing, in conjunction with improving business intelligence (BI) and analytics capabilit...

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Debunking the Mobile Banking Myths
Rachel Hunt, Alex Kwiatkowski
September, 2012 - Doc # FIBA55U      Insights Presentation
Following the preliminary results of its European Channel Preference Survey 2012, IDC Financial Insights presented some of the results relating to the adoption of mobile banking in Western Euro...

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Is It Too Late for Bank System Renewal in the UK?
Rachel Hunt, Alex Kwiatkowski
September, 2012 - Doc # lcUK23679412      IDC Link
The FSA is said to be considering potential measures to ensure that banks prevent IT software failures, following the crippling outages at RBS this summer. Industry pundits are quick to point out that...

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