Amazon Web Services

Why some banks still lean on mainframes

09/28/20

Sales of the tried-and-true hardware keep rising despite a global shift to the cloud, and a recent survey found that large companies continue to prefer the performance and security they get from big iron.

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Live Oak outpaces larger rivals in moving core system to public cloud

09/21/20

The North Carolina bank deployed Finxact's new technology, which runs on Amazon Web Services, to make Paycheck Protection Program loans and will use it next to offer business savings accounts and CDs.

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The risks and rewards of partnering with Amazon

08/24/20

Banks can capitalize on Amazon’s ambitions by teaming up to launch financial products and services aimed at coveted customer segments. But they should beware the legal and regulatory pitfalls.

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Capital One fine is latest wake-up call for banks using the cloud

08/07/20

A year-old data breach, which earned the company an $80 million OCC penalty this week, continues to offer lessons to banks as they put more sensitive information in the hands of cloud vendors.

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Capital One to pay $80M in connection with massive data breach

08/06/20

Regulators found fault with the bank’s cloud migration efforts in the years that preceded a 2019 hacking incident.

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SBA computers crash in fresh blow to companies seeking virus aid

04/07/20

The Small Business Administration’s loan processing platform went down Monday for as long as four hours, temporarily halting the ability of lenders to process loans for small business owners seeking relief from the impact of the coronavirus.

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Klarna Bank picks Amazon for expanded cloud services

12/02/19

In a move to aid faster expansion and provide more security and regulatory compliance tools, Klarna Bank in Sweden is strengthening its longtime relationship with Amazon Web Services by making it the bank's preferred cloud provider.

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Does Amazon-Google-Microsoft hold on the cloud pose a risk to banking?

09/30/19

With financial institutions relying more and more on cloud computing services, Washington is increasingly focused on the concentration of industry data in the big three technology giants.

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Unfazed by Capital One breach, KeyBank begins migration to cloud

08/15/19

The bank is moving a large analytics program and a massive amount of data into Google's public cloud, which its tech chief says is more efficient, secure and better able to handle spikes in demand.

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Republican lawmakers target Amazon, Capital One over data breach

08/01/19

Three GOP members of Congress have sent letters to the companies requesting staff-level briefings on the breach in which an ex-employee of Amazon Web Services illegally accessed data of more than 100 million people who have or applied for Capital One credit cards.

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