SIA

157 results about this entity

Period: 19 Nov 2003 - 02 Feb 2022

Swift, SIA and Colt win T2S connectivity licenses

Europe's central banks have awarded the two Target2Securities (T2S) connectivity licenses to Swift and a consortium made up of SIA and Colt.

Italian police to play central role in protecting banking IT assets

Italian payments processor SIA-SSB is partnering with the national police to develop a collaborative plan to prevent and combat criminal and terrorist attacks on critically important banking and finance IT systems.

SIA-SSB looks to slash costs with three year plan

Italy's SIA-SSB is ditching its securities back office and derivatives platforms as it seeks to find EUR65 million in savings as part of a three year strategic plan.

Xchanging to buy 51% stake in SIA-SSB's Kedrios unit

UK business processor Xchanging is set to acquire a 51% stake in Kedrios, a unit of Italian e-payments group SIA-SSB that specialises in securities processing and fund administration services. Financial terms were not disclosed.

SIA-SSB reports Bank of Italy contract win

Bank of Italy has awarded SIA-SSB a five year, EUR23 million, contract to manage its interbank computerised archive of bad cheques and payment cards.

Palestine modernises interbank payments with Perago

Italy-based payments processor Perago has won the contract to supply the technology infrastructure for the Palestine Monetary Authority's overhaul of its interbank payments.

Atos Origin in fresh SIA-SSB takeover talks - report

Paris-listed IT services firm Atos Origin is in advanced discussions over the acquisition of Italian e-payments group SIA-SSB, according to French paper La Tribune.

Volksbank International to centralise European payment card processing with SIA-SSB

SIA-SSB has signed a framework agreement with Volksbank International (VBI), a part of the fourth largest banking group in Austria, to provide issuing and acquiring service for the complete management of payment cards, ATM and POS in nine Central and Eastern European countries.

Telecom Italia, Coop and TSP team on checkout utility bill payment

Telecom Italia has partnered with supermarket chain Coop to enable customers to pay their phone bills at the checkout by scanning a barcode.

Montepaschi Group introduces tax and fine paying option at ATMs

Italy's Montepaschi Group (GMPS) has introduced a service that lets people pay taxes and fines due to Rome City Council at the bank's ATMs.

Management reshuffle for SIA-SSB

Italian financial technology group SIA-SSB has appointed two group executives - Gian Bruno Mazzi and Fabrizio Canedoli - as CEOs for its Kedrios and GBC subsidiaries. It has also given responsibility for the capital markets business unit to long-serving executive Armando Bolzoni.

Atos Origin confirms interest in SIA-SSB acquisition

Atos Origin CEO Philippe Germond has confirmed on an earnings call that the firm is on the short list of bidders for Italian electronic payments group SIA-SSB.

SIA-SSB wins Austrian cards contract; plans Warsaw, Moscow offices

Sinsys, a majority-owned subsidiary of SIA-SSB, has won a five-year card issuing processing contract with Austria's PayLife Bank.

SIA-SSB wins Egyptian RTGS deal

Italy-based SIA-SSB has won a tender to establish a new interbank payment system for the Egyptian market in a deal worth EUR2 million.

SIA launches MiFID best execution verification tool

Italian banking technology vendor SIA is to launch a software tool for verifying and assessing 'best execution' requirements in securities transactions, in line with forthcoming compliance requirements under the Markets in Financial Instruements Directive (MiFID).

SIA buys out Perago

Italy's Società Interbancaria per l'Automazione (SIA) has acquired a 75% stake in Perago Software, a South Africa-based provider of payments infrastructure software and services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cartes Bancaire demos c-Travel reservation and payment system

Following the conclusion of pilot tests in the Summer, Cartes Bancaire is this week offering full-scale demonstrations of the c-Travel system for secure online flight, hotel, car reservations and chip-based payments at the Cartes trade show in France.