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Bank of England Taps New Tool to Track Returns on Software QA

The Bank of England (BoE) has signed up to use a new quality assurance software tool that measures the performance…

A Central Bank Digital Currency? The Bank of England Ponders Proposal

The BoE (Bank of England) this month released a 57-page discussion paper entitled "Central Bank Digital Currency, Opportunities, challenges and…

Bank of England Turns to the Cloud, in a “Step Change” for Operations

The Bank of England is searching for a cloud build partner as it shifts workloads to the public cloud, in…

Bank of England Fires Warning Shot Over Tardy Libor Transitions

The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have fired a warning shot at the financial services sector over…

Bank of England Seeks Software to Underpin FX, Balance Sheet Risk Management

The Bank of England (BoE) has gone to market this week seeking a software and hardware package to underpin its…

The BoE’s Future of Finance Report: Ludicrous, Elitist, Sycophantic and Vague

A report has been issued under the name Future of Finance – Review on the Outlook for the UK Financial…

Bank of England Must “Embrace the Cloud”: But Fears Still Linger

The Bank of England (BoE) needs to "embrace the cloud", according to the Future of Finance report it commissioned from…

BoE Waves £22m for Data Science Support

A new £21.8 million Bank of England contract reveals the bank is planning a major overhaul of its IT estate,…

New Payments Architecture: “The Mother of All Contracts”

It really is the mother of all contracts. The winner will watched like a hawk by three watchdogs: the Bank…

The Old Lady Roadblock: Bank of England IT “Archaic” and Hindering Payments Innovation

It has been a consistent official policy, since the financial crisis, to open up the UK’s payment systems, not least…