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Dan Jones
Nationwide chooses SAP for upgrade
Germanys SAP has won a major contract from the UKs largest mutual banking group, Nationwide The deal is part of a wider £300 million technology-led transformation project that the £180-billion-asset building society is hoping will beef up its market share in savings and loans
Keeping an eye on the ball
Absa, South Africas second-largest bank, has followed the model of parent group Barclays and sponsored its countrys leading football league The move is another sign of the banking worlds strong links with football, none more so than in South Africa which is hosting the World Cup in 2010 Dan Jones reports.Absa, the second-largest banking group in South Africa, has stepped up its marketing activity by securing a deal to sponsor the countrys Premier Soccer League (PSL) for the next five years
The best of both worlds
Dan Jones talks to Popke Rein Munniksma, 3D experience team leader at ABN AMRO, about the groups extensive involvement in the online world Second Life ABN AMRO, recently acquired for $103 billion by the Royal Bank of Scotland-Santander-Fortis consortium, is to fine-tune its foray into the online virtual world Second Life (SL) following a year of exploration and experimentation within the social networking community.The bank set up a virtual advice centre within SL in December 2006