CCR World Magazine

In response to the FSA's consultation paper on responsible lending, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) emphasises that the mortgage industry recognises the inevitability of regulatory change - but points out that there may also be unwelcome side effects for consumers from this process.

READING, UK and NORWALK, CT, USA – Adeptra, the recognised leader in automated contact and resolution services to companies, announced it has hosted its Summer 2010 Advisory Round Table for UK and European customers.

Tieto and Aktia Group have signed a co-operation agreement on the development of web services. The Group's entire web portal will be updated in stages. This will provide Aktia's customers with modern and more flexible online banking services.

READING, UK and NORWALK, CT, USA - Adeptra, the recognised leader in automated two way customer communications, has appointed Bill Brown as Director of Worldwide Product Marketing.

Tieto has completed an upgrade of the Summit, part of its Mortgage & Savings Suite (MSS) aimed to manage mortgage lenders relationship with their customers from first contact to final payment. The new release (CSR2) delivers major enhancements to customer view, workflows, security and user experience together with changes to the technical architecture.

Leading European IT services company Tieto has unveiled the Origination Suite, designed to support sales of financial services such as mortgages, savings, loans, cards, insurance and current accounts. Focussing initially on mortgage origination, this highly configurable solution provides business users with an intuitive, easy-to-use system for the complete process, from initial customer engagement to loan fulfilment.

BAHRAIN – Arab Financial Services (AFS), a leading provider of electronic payments and consumer finance outsourcing services in the Middle East, today announced an agreement with First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment solutions, wherein AFS will leverage First Data’s global processing power to support  its regional client base.

Standards International, the UK?s leading certification body for ISO 22222, today confirmed that they will be holding a free evening seminar to explain the benefits of being certified to the only international standard for best practice in financial planning.

ITALY, MILAN, ROME - The Italian infrastructure for clearing and settlement of retail payments (Clearing and Settlement Mechanism – CSM) ICBPI/BI-COMP, operated by Banca d’Italia and Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI), and the international payments specialist VocaLink today announced that they are collaborating to establish a link for the exchange of SEPA payments based on the European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA) interoperability standards.

Bracknell, UK – Webroot, a leading Internet security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced it has appointed Masahiro Morimoto to the new role of vice president, Asia-Japan. A 35-year veteran of sales and management for technology companies with operations in Japan and the Asia Pacific region, Morimoto will be responsible for driving all aspects of Webroot’s success in the consumer and enterprise sales channels in Asia.