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08.03.2013 MyCustomer.com Risks vs rewards: Can social media be a game changer for financial institutions?: Banks need to wake up and realise that social media means more than a presence on Facebook, says Helen Thomas. Read full article

07.03.2013 Global Banking & Finance Review Social Media Must Mean More To Banks Than Facebook Channel, Says Report: Consumer use of social media continues to grow with over 1.5 billion social network users globally, so it is no-longer an area that can be ignored Read full article

24.02.2013 TechBubbles Managing Risks Arising from Social Networks: In 2012 we saw many cases where public companies were hit by social networks causing major headaches and even impacting their business decisions and forced them to make changes. Read full article

11.12.2012 Banking Technology Banks must do more to embrace social media says study: Financial institutions are still not using social media to its full potential and are missing out as a result, according to a new report by German IT firm GFT. Read full article

11.12.2012 Finextra Banks failing to fully exploit social media: GFT's recent study, Impact of Social Media on the Financial Services Sector reveals that only a minority of financial service providers exploit the potential of web 2.0 tools. Read full article

04.12.2012 Banking Technology Homage to Catalonia: Back in May, I chaired the 2012 Future of Mobile Banking conference held in London, writes Karl Rieder, delivery manager, GFT. Read full article

23.11.2012 Finextra Mobility - Social Networking is Unavoidable: We all know the statistics about the incredible growth of social media in the last years: there are now 1.5 billion social network users globally. Read full article

11.07.2012 bobsguide GFT Launches Innovation House Process: The GFT Group, in collaboration with specialist consultancy firm Bax & Willems, has created Innovation House, open dialogue sessions aimed at developing a new tailored set of Read full article

02.07.2012 Finextra GFT Group invests in Brazilian Google Web toolkit centre of competence: International, strategic IT partner The GFT Group, has announced its investment in its Brazilian Centre of Competence. Read full article

30.05.2012 Mobile Banking Blog Where Does the Future of Mobile Banking Lie?: "Karl Rieder, Director of Research & Development at The GFT Group, is chairing the Marketforce and the IEA Annual Future of Mobile Banking Conference 2012 Read full article

29.05.2012 FStech GFT AppStore unveiled: The GFT Group has launched GFT AppStore, a multi-platform, enterprise application storefront Read full article

25.05.2012 Banking Technology GFT AppStore Enables IT Consumerisation in Investment Banks: GFT offers banks the capability to build, test and share apps Read full article

26.04.2012 bobsguide GFT supports banks adopting Web 2.0 interaction models partnering with Backbase: Focusing on the European market, GFT will implement Backbase’s Bank 2.0 Portal Software at multiple financial services customers. Read full article

02.03.2012 Finextra GFT unveils m-banking app; posts FY revenue rise: Printed bank transfer slips are still remarkably widespread as a bill insert - despite numerous digital developments. Read full article

12.02.2012 Sunday Telegraph A Personal Touch From Around The Globe: An intimate knowledge of the financial sector is being exploited by one company to drive efficiencies and create a competitive edge Read full article

14.11.2011 Banking Technology GFT acquires G2: GFT Technologies has acquired G2 Systems' consulting services division, a specialist in the provision of IT consulting services for Alternative Investment companies Read full article

09.11.2011 Reuters GFT Technologies AG Confirms FY 2011 Revenue and Pre-Tax Earnings Guidance: GFT announced that the Company has confirmed its forecast for fiscal year 2011. Read full article

10.10.2011 Finextra GFT promotes Ortiz and Underwood: GFT today announces two promotions at the top of its UK business. Read full article

29.09.2011 SC Magazine Call for mobile developers in #CeBIT competition: Programmers with an eye on a mobile solution can win a cash prize, training and a starring role at next year's CeBIT exhibition. Read full article

20.06.2011 Financal Tech Sportlight GFT Strengthens Bank Process Consulting Expertise with Asymo: GFT is to acquire Asymo AG one of Switzerland' s leading IT consulting companies for the core banking solution Avaloq. Read full article

14.06.2011 BobsGuide GFT Celebrates Ten Years in the City: GFT UK, is celebrating ten years in business in the financial services sector in London. Read full article

04.05.2011 Banking Business Review Temenos signs partnership agreement with GFT Group: Temenos, a provider of banking software, has signed a partnership agreement with GFT Read full article

22.02.2011 Banking Technology Is Finance IT Prepared?: Regulation is becoming a key business driver in 2011, but our recent research suggests that Finance IT sections of investment banks are not matching levels of ambition to funding and staffing Read full article

21.01.2011 eFinancial Careers Regulatory tech spend will limit front office hiring this year: The increasing amounts of money banks are being forced to spend on regulatory IT projects is stretching budgets to the extent that they’re both struggling to Read full article

11.01.2011 eFinancial Careers Banks at risk of underfunding IT regulation changes : Banks are at risk of underfunding the implementation of regulatory changes in Finance IT, reports GFT. Read full article

16.06.2009 Bobsguide Europe-wide research reveals demand for innovation to combat 3Cs: Large retail banks expect more innovation from IT in this time of crisis. Research calls for IT to move from an operational to an innovative role within further information at www.bobsguide.com

09.04.2009 Bobsguide “Be afraid, be very afraid” - Liquidity Management Comment by Paul Thomas: FSA: many institutions will need to reshape their business model significantly. further information at www.bobsguide.com

19.03.2009 Bobsguide Outsourcing Is Spain plus Brazil, more effective than India?: GFT Technologies AG suggests that Europe and Latin America can be a successful alternative to India. further information at www.bobsguide.com

30.01.2009 Bobsguide CIOs Face Challenge of 3Rs in 2009: GFT expects the CIOs in financial institutions to face three main challenges in 2009: risk, regulation and resourcefulness. further information at www.bobsguide.com