VocaLink, the payment transaction specialist, and Bankgirocentralen (BGC), the Swedish Automated Clearing House (ACH), have won the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) Award for Innovation in Outsourcing. 

Talaris, the former De La Rue Cash Systems Division, today announces its launch and new identity, following the completion of its acquisition by The Carlyle Group, the global private equity firm. Talaris cash handling solutions enable 500 million banknotes to be processed globally every day. The worlds leading banks, financial institutions and retailers, in over 60 countries rely on Talaris products. 

MULTIVERSA IBS is the central platform for banks collecting their e-banking and cash-management applications to one middleware application for different target groups and countries. MULTIVERSA IBS acts as a uniform and scalable server system with multi-client capability. It links different channels in the front-and back-end, various access channels for customers, back office systems and access channels to third-party banks.

- 65.2% believe by this time next year, the credit crunch will remain an ongoing worry
- 75.5% expect further bad news to come from the banks in terms of the credit crunch

EuroFinance, the global leader in cash and treasury management research, conferences and training, today announced findings from its Europewide business confidence survey which reveals that Europe's largest corporations expect difficult market conditions to extend for the next 12 months. EuroFinance surveyed over 350 Finance Directors and Treasury Executives from the largest multinational corporations in Europe.

Deutsche Bank announced today that it has been awarded Best at Cash Management - North America, one of the 21 Euromoney 2008 Awards for Excellence that were bestowed upon the Bank. Simon Brady, Managing Director of Euromoney, said, "Deutsche Bank has made impressive progress in North America in terms of the breadth of their offering to corporates as well as financial institutions.

Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Kitty Ussher MP, today launched in Parliament the Money Advice Trust (see notes to editor) new online information hub, which aims to be the most authoritative source of data relating to debt, credit and money advice in the UK. With current debates focusing on the credit crunch and the rise of debt-related problems in the UK, the launch of MAT information hub has been welcomed by Government, the credit industry and the voluntary sector as playing a key role in helping to give a clear picture of issues relating to debt, credit, money advice and debt remedies in the UK. 

Al Salam Bank-Bahrain (ASBB) has announced that it will shortly begin implementing Fermats Integrated Risk Management Solutions at group level for its businesses in and outside Bahrain. Mr. Yousif Taqi, Chief Executive Officer of ASBB, commented that ASBB selected Fermat, which is considered as a leading provider of integrated risk and performance management solutions for the global financial services industry, to implement these solutions.

Accountis Ltd, a Fundtech company (NASDAQ: FNDT) and leading global provider of secure financial document exchange and payment systems, today announced a multi-year agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to provide the bank with an RBS branded e-invoicing solution and service.

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Payment transaction specialist VocaLink has announced that the Faster Payments service has gone live with the first transactions processed successfully.The ground-breaking Faster Payments service is the first application of the VocaLink Real-Time Payments Platform and is generating significant interest from major banks around the world....

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Eskom, South Africas primary electricity supplier, has chosen SunGards AvantGard solution for treasury management. Eskom will use AvantGard to help manage the front- to back-office operations of its treasury business for integrated cash, accounting and risk management. (http://www.sungard.com/avantgard)