TAS Group http://www.tasgroup.eu/ TAS Group latest news en Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on CWI http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2010/tas-group-on-cwi TAS torna a respirare: primi sei mesi in utile (italian version) 2010 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT Bilateral Fail and Netting Management: new features for TeleClearing http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/bilateral-fail-and-netting-management-new-features-for-teleclearing TAS upgrades and enriches its solution <h1 class="titolopagina">Bilateral Fail and Netting Management: new features for TeleClearing</h1> <p>Since June 28 is in effect the <strong>new regulation on EuroTLX</strong>, drafted according to the Consob guidelines on <strong>Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)</strong>, with amendments related to the new management of <strong>Fail</strong> flows and to the <strong>Bilateral Netting</strong> project, which allows the aggregation of settlement instructions corresponding to contracts executed on EuroTLX segment, characterized by regulation on Euroclear and Clearstream..</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The new model of Netting allows for the communication of the individual EuroTLX market contracts to Monte Titoli, which carries on the merger and the transactions reporting to CSD's and members, respectively by sending SWIFT MT541/MT543messages and requests of ROM.</p> <p><br /> The CSD&rsquo;s's communicate status updates (settled / fail) to EuroTLX and members, which, in agreement with counterparties, delete the old operation and include two or more new instructions in order to settle part of the original transaction. In addition, the member receives a stream of FAIL transactions by EuroTLX, marked as critical (where the settlement date is equal to or less than 2 days from the date of receipt). For each FAIL transaction reported by EuroTLX the member must notify the information about the new transactions created (OTC) and their settlement state in the return flow.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>TAS integrates <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/markets-and-finance/securities-back-office-custody/securities-clearing-settlement">TeleClearing</a> platform</strong> with all the new features designed to:<br /> &bull; link the information from X-TRM service on the operations to be settled (merged contracts)<br /> &bull; manage the Fails flow from EuroTLX containing the list of operations considered critical ( the status of critical operation is attributed by EuroTLX on the base of an algorithm that takes into account some factors that determine systemic risk in terms of settlement)<br /> &bull; aggregate reports of settlement / fail of CDS's.<br /> <br /></p> <p>TeleClearing also allows to link together chains of transactions originated from an original (Fail) and immediately check that the transactions created are consistent in terms of quantity and equivalent with that to which they refer, thus simplifying the management of the whole chain of processes linked to the reduction of the risk of infection</p> 2010 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT FASHION BUSINESS INNOVATION - Creativity, new styles, smart ideas http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/fashion-business-innovation-creativity-new-styles-smart-ideas TAS in the Fashion Alliance <h1 class="titolopagina">FASHION BUSINESS INNOVATION - Creativity, new styles, smart ideas</h1> <p>TAS Group is ready to put in service of fashion its experience and technological know-how through the <strong>Fashion Alliance</strong> signed with IBM and a group of companies from different sectors. On July 20th, an event took place in Milan, as the result of collaboration of IBM and the Chamber of Fashion; it was a chance of meeting between the industry's needs and solutions, ideas, opportunities provided by technology. TAS presented the added value offered by <strong>mobile POS</strong> and <strong>smart card</strong> applied to the business of fashion.</p> 2010 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT Newsletter TAS Group http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/newsletter/2010/newsletter-tas-group-jul10 July 2010 <h1 style="font-size: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #f18e00; padding: 0px;">Newsletter TAS Group - July 2010</h1> <p><em>Summary:</em></p> <ul> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="#1">UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010 - Thanks to everyone who visited our stand</a></li> <li><a href="#2">FASHION BUSINESS INNOVATION - Creativity, new styles, smart ideas</a></li> <li><a href="#3">TAS Group @ SIBOS 2010 - Amsterdam 25-29 October 2010</a></li> <li><a href="#4">TAS Group with DigitPA at ForumPA 2010</a></li> <li><a href="#5">Bilateral Fail and Netting Management: new features for TeleClearing</a></li> </ul> <ul> </ul> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="1"></a>UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010 - Thanks to everyone who visited our stand</h3> <p>TAS Group thanks all visitors, customers and partners who met us at<strong> UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010</strong> (Milan, June 23, 2010), the largest annual event dedicated to companies interested in understanding the benefits of the SWIFT network. In particular, TAS Group presented the benefits of <strong>SWIFT Service Bureau for corporates</strong>.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-universwiftnet-thanks">Further information</a></div> <p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="2"></a>FASHION BUSINESS INNOVATION - Creativity, new styles, smart ideas</h3> TAS Group is ready to put in service of fashion its experience and technological know-how through the <strong>Fashion Alliance</strong> signed with IBM and a group of companies from different sectors. On July 20th, an event took place in Milan, as the result of collaboration of IBM and the Chamber of Fashion; it was a chance of meeting between the industry's needs and solutions, ideas, opportunities provided by technology. TAS presented the added value offered by <strong>mobile POS</strong> and <strong>smart card applied to the business of fashion</strong>.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;">For further information write to <a href="mailto:solutions@tasgroup.eu">solutions@tasgroup.eu</a></div> <p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="3"></a>TAS Group @ SIBOS 2010 - Amsterdam 25-29 October 2010</h3> TAS Group will be at SIBOS 2010 to present its solutions for <strong>Financial Messaging, Liquidity Management, Markets and Finance, SWIFT Related Applications and Services</strong>.</div> <p style="text-align: right;"><br />Visit: <a href="/sibos">www.tasgroup.eu/sibos</a></p> <p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news" style="text-align: left;"><a name="4"></a>TAS Group with DigitPA at ForumPA 2010</h3> Once again TAS Group took part in the ForumPA 2010, guest at the stand of DigitPA (ex CNIPA). TAS presented <strong>dsTAXI Public Governance</strong>, the solution which has won the Cnipa 4 / 2006 tender alongside Telecom Italy and Value Team and thanks to which the PA can implement an effective and uniform <strong>system of planning and control</strong> and manage easily the performance measurement system (Brunetta Law). <p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-with-digitpa-at-forumpa-pa2010-">Further information</a></div> <p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news" style="text-align: left;"><a name="5"></a>Bilateral Fail and Netting Management: new features for TeleClearing</h3> Since June 28 is in effect the <strong>new regulation on EuroTLX</strong>, drafted according to the Consob guidelines on <strong>Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)</strong>, with amendments related to the new management of <strong>Fail </strong>flows and to the <strong>Bilateral Netting</strong> project, which allows the aggregation of settlement instructions corresponding to contracts executed on EuroTLX segment, characterized by regulation on Euroclear and Clearstream.<br /><br /><strong>TAS integrates TeleClearing</strong> <strong>platform </strong>with all the new features designed to:<br /> <ul> <li>link the information from X-TRM service on the operations to be settled (merged contracts)</li> <li>manage the Fails flow from EuroTLX containing the list of operations considered critical</li> <li>aggregate reports of settlement / fail of CDS's.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/bilateral-fail-and-netting-management-new-features-for-teleclearing">Further information</a></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> 2010 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group with DigitPA at ForumPA PA2010 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-with-digitpa-at-forumpa-pa2010- TAS shows its experience on Public Governance solutions <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group with DigitPA at ForumPA PA2010</h1> <p>Once again TAS Group took part in the Forum PA2010.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As in the previous edition TAS joined the Province of Rome, organizing a conference with the General Director, on this occasion TAS was hosted at the DigitPA (ex CNIPA) stand, during all the exhibition.</p> <p>Here TAS experts could explain to visitors, with the aid of a jointly made presentation (link), the product dsTaxiPG, used in the DigitPA agreement currently in force in terms of Public Governance.</p> <p><br /> Strategic control, business control, accounting and economic analysis, measurement and evaluation of performance, defining and measuring indicators and objectives, survey results, identifying and defining the objects and parameters for structuring organizations and business sectors of the PA: these were the issues in the spotlight, in fact the same issues promoted by the so-called 'Brunetta reform', aimed at the identification and sponsorship of the most valid ways for the correct use of governance in Public Administration.</p> <p><br /> This is where TAS has gained a solid experience as the supplier of the dsTAXI Public Governance solution, at the base of the service provided in ASP mode to Public Administration by Telecom Italia and Value Team for strategic control, business control and support (in the Cnipa 4 / 2006 tender, and framework agreement of 30.12.2008).</p> <p>The solution devised by TAS enables a service that provides the PA with a global, effective and uniform system of planning and control and can easily manage the performance measurement system (Brunetta Law).</p> <p>Currently, institutions such as the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, the Ministry of Arts and Culture, the Ministry of Health use dsTaxi Public Governance.</p> <p>Other important central and local authorities are interested in buying this solution and the ongoing talks hint at new positive developments.<br /> <br /></p> <br /> 2010 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ Sibos 2010 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-sibos-2010 TAS team looks forward to seeing you in Amsterdam! 2010 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ UNIVERSWIFTNET – Thanks! http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-universwiftnet-thanks Thank you for meeting us! <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ UNIVERSWIFTNET &ndash; Thanks</h1> <p><strong>UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010 - The right time to go</strong></p> <p><strong>Wednesday 23rd June 2010, Fondazione Metropolitan - Milan</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;<br /> TAS Group, sponsor and exhibitor at UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010, the largest annual event dedicated to companies</p> <p>interested in understanding the benefits of the SWIFT network, thanks all visitors, customers and partners who visited and met us.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Download the documentation related to <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/payments/swift-applications-and-services/tas-swift-service-bureau" target="_blank">TAS Group SWIFT Service Bureau for Corporates (Italian version)</a>.</p> 2010 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ ELUS 2010 – Thanks! http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-elus-2010-thanks- Thank you for meeting us! <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ ELUS 2010 &ndash; Thanks!</h1> <p><strong>Santiago, Chile - June 14 to 16</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2 class="novita">Thank you for meeting us!</h2> <p>We would like to thank all visitors, clients and partners who shared ELUS 2010 with us.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img title="TAS Group @ ELUS 2010" src="/media/image/events/2010/Elus2010.jpg" alt="TAS Group @ ELUS 2010" width="570" height="268" /></p> 2010 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010- The right time to go http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-universwiftnet-2010-the-right-time-to-go Tas Group is sponsor and exhibitor <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010</h1> <strong>UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010 - The right time to go</strong><br /><em>Wednesday 23rd June 2010</em>, Fondazione Metropolitan - Milano<br /><br /><strong>TAS Group is sponsor and exhibitor</strong> at UNIVERSWIFTNET 2010, the largest annual event dedicated to companies<br />interested in understanding the benefits of the SWIFT network, organized by UTSIT in collaboration with BNL and SWIFT Italia.<br /> <ul> <li><strong>Think</strong>: Why Corporates use SWIFT? What's in the box? Is it for you? Make your own business case. </li> <li><strong>Implement</strong>: How to connect to SWIFT network? How to connect your ERP Systems? How to manage the security?</li> <li><strong>Deploy</strong>: How to engage multiple banking partners. Roll-out accross affiliated and group entities.</li> </ul> We look forward to discuss opinions and perspectives with you. <br /><br />Subscription is free: <a href="http://www.universwiftnet.com/milano" target="_blank">www.universwiftnet.com/milano</a> 2010 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT Market Abuse - TAS Telemonitor adapts to the new Consob indications http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/market-abuse-tas-telemonitor-adapts-to-the-new-consob-indications- TAS Telemonitor integrates new features <h1 class="titolopagina">Market Abuse - TAS Telemonitor adapts to the new Consob indications</h1> <h1></h1> With the <a href="http://www.consob.it/main/documenti/bollettino2010/c10039224.htm" target="_blank">Communication of 30-04-2010</a>, in addition to the foregoing in the DME/5078692 29/11/2005 (reproduction of the examples of market manipulation and suspicious transactions specified by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) in the <em>Market Abuse Directive. Level 3 - First set of CESR guidance and information on the common operation of the Directive</em>), <strong>Consob </strong>aims to <strong>provide additional functional guidance to identify manipulative behaviors</strong> implemented by the input and subsequent cancellation of orders in place during the auction.<br /><br />To meet the needs of <strong>Compliance </strong>with the new functionalities, <strong>TAS integrates Telemonitor</strong>, the current platform for the screening of the operations to identify possible cases of <strong>insider trading</strong> and <strong>market manipulation</strong>, with its middleware for&nbsp; the real time management of market information <strong>TeleFeed</strong>.<br /><br />The integration process has led to:<br />&bull; Implementation of <strong>new controls for the analysis of books</strong> to be used in the composition of the Rules of Analysis<br />&bull; <strong>Store </strong>in Market Abuse of <strong>synthetic data</strong> and occurrence of the book that has helped to produce suspicious reports<br />&bull; Implementation of <strong>new&nbsp; IOS features</strong>: storing, historicizing, postprocessing and visualization of data stored (for a fixed maximum number of days, tied to the size of storage for saving data).<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/markets-and-finance/securities-back-office-custody/market-abuse-identification">Read More</a></div> 2010 Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ ELUS 2010 – the largest conference of Latin American SWIFT Users http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-elus-2010-the-largest-conference-of-latin-american-swift-users TAS Group is sponsor and exhibitor <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group is sponsor of ELUS 2010 &ndash; the largest conference of Latin American SWIFT Users</h1> TAS Group, <strong>SWIFT Regional Partner for Latin America</strong> through its subsidiary Tasamericas, is <strong>sponsor and exhibitor</strong> at ELUS 2010. The event will be held in Santiago, Chile June 14 to 16. The main themes of the conference focused on new technology trends and directions of innovation in Latin America.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.elus2010.cl/" target="_blank">Further information</a></div> 2010 Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT Newsletter TAS Group http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/newsletter/2010/newsletter-tas-group-may10 May 2010 <h1 class="titolopagina">Newsletter TAS Group - May 2010</h1> <p><em>Summary:</em></p> <ul> <li><a href="#1">Assinform Agreement - Access to favourable credit conditions for TAS Group customers</a></li> <li><a href="#2">Electronic Invoicing and Dematerialization - TAS supports the 2010 Research of Politecnico di Milano</a></li> <li><a href="#3">Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) confirms its partnership with APIA</a></li> <li><a href="#4">TAS Group is sponsor of ELUS 2010 &ndash; the largest conference of Latin American SWIFT Users</a></li> <li><a href="#5">Market Abuse - TAS Telemonitor adapts to the new Consob indications</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="1"></a>Assinform Agreement - Access to favourable credit conditions for TAS Group customers</h3> <p>TAS Group takes part in the agreement signed by <strong>Intesa Sanpaolo - Mediocredito Italiano</strong> and <strong>Assinform </strong>last 15th April. The agreements has the aim <strong>to provide finance for companies investing in Information Technology</strong>. <strong>Member companies and their customers will have access to a fund of 1 Billion Euro </strong>for research and technological innovation investment programs. The facility may cover up to 100% of the value of the project.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/agreement-assinform-intesa-sanpaolo-and-mediocredito-italiano">Further information</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="2"></a>Electronic Invoicing and Dematerialization - TAS supports the 2010 Research of Politecnico di Milano</h3> <p>TAS Group supports the 2010 Research of the <strong>Observatories of Information Technology &amp; Management</strong> of the <em>School of Management </em>of Politecnico di Milano. TAS is indeed committed to develop <strong>solutions that direct changes in business processes related to the dematerialization of the proceedings</strong>, both for banks and companies.<br /><br />On May 19, 2010 a <strong>conference </strong>will be held in Milan to <strong>present the results of the 2010 Research</strong>.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/electronic-invoicing-and-dematerialization-field-work-results">Further information and subscription</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="3"></a>Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) confirms its partnership with APIA</h3> <p>APIA, a TAS Group company, and BLKB have been working together for more than a decade in <strong>credit management</strong>. This fruitful collaboration is confirmed by the decision of BLKB to <strong>implement ABS Real Estate</strong>, one of the modules part of APIA Banking Suite, with reference to the on going migration project from the IT platform IBIS from RTC to AVALOQ.<br /><br /><strong>APIA Banking Suite</strong> (ABS), is the modular suite, adaptable to every single reality, which<strong> optimizes the bank&rsquo;s front and back office processes</strong>. The ABS modules, highly parameterizable, are all based on a common structure which allows to manage users, accesses, workplaces and shared information.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2010/basellandschaftliche-kantonalbank-blkb-confirms-its-partnership-with-apia">Further information</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="4"></a>TAS Group is sponsor of ELUS 2010 &ndash; the largest conference of Latin American SWIFT Users</h3> <p>TAS Group, <strong>SWIFT Regional Partner for Latin America </strong>through its subsidiary Tasamericas, is <strong>sponsor and exhibitor</strong> at <strong>ELUS 2010</strong>. The event will be held in Santiago, Chile June 14 to 16. The main themes of the conference will be focused on new technology trends and directions of innovation in Latin America.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-elus-2010-the-largest-conference-of-latin-american-swift-users">Further information</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="5"></a>Market Abuse - TAS TeleMonitor adapts to the new Consob indications</h3> <p>With the Communication of 30-04-2010, in addition to the foregoing in the DME/5078692 29/11/2005, <strong>Consob </strong>aims to <strong>provide additional functional guidance to identify manipulative behaviors </strong>implemented by the input and subsequent cancellation of orders in place during the auction.<br /><br />To meet the needs of <strong>Compliance </strong>with the new functionalities, <strong>TAS integrates TeleMonitor</strong>, the current platform for the screening of the operations to identify possible cases of <strong>insider trading</strong> and <strong>market manipulation</strong>, with its middleware for the real time management of market information <strong>TeleFeed</strong>.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/market-abuse-tas-telemonitor-adapts-to-the-new-consob-indications-">Further information</a></div> 2010 Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT Agreement Assinform - Intesa Sanpaolo and Mediocredito Italiano http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/agreement-assinform-intesa-sanpaolo-and-mediocredito-italiano Access to favourable credit conditions for TAS Group customers <h1 class="titolopagina">Agreement Assinform - Intesa Sanpaolo and Mediocredito Italiano</h1> <h2 class="novita">Access to favourable credit conditions for TAS Group customers</h2> <p>On April 15th, <strong>Intesa Sanpaolo</strong> and <strong>Mediocredito Italiano</strong>, an Intesa Sanpaolo Group bank specialised in the development of SMEs, together with <strong>Assinform</strong>, signed a framework agreement <strong>to provide finance for companies investing in Information Technology</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Member companies and their customers will have access to a fund of 1 Billion Euro for research and technological innovation investment programs</strong> with the aim of: promoting competitive growth, reducing the technological gap with other major European economies, and developing new software and IT services.<br /><br />TAS Group is participating in the initiative, <strong>providing a concessional finance service to its Customers for projects related to technological innovation</strong>. The facility may cover up to 100% of the value of the project (both material and non-material parts).<br /><br />For further information <a href="http://www.assinform.it/aree_sx/informazioni/comunicati/comunicato_intesasanpaolo.htm" target="_blank">visit Assinform web site</a></p> 2010 Wed, 05 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT Electronic Invoicing and Dematerialization: field work results http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/electronic-invoicing-and-dematerialization-field-work-results TAS supports the 2010 Research of the Politecnico di Milano. <h1 class="titolopagina">Electronic Invoicing and Dematerialization: field work results</h1> <p><strong>TAS supports the 2010 Research of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano.</strong><br /><br />Since 2009 TAS Group supports the activities of the <strong>Observatories of Information Technology &amp; Management </strong>of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, who want to offer an accurate and continuously updated picture on the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Italy on business, government, markets, etc..<br /><br />In particular, TAS Group supports the 2010 Research of the <strong>Observatory for Electronic Invoicing and Dematerialization</strong>. TAS is indeed committed to developing solutions that direct changes in business processes related to the <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/financial-value-chain/trade-services">dematerialization of the proceedings</a>, both for banks and companies.<br /><br />On <strong>May 19</strong>, 2010 a conference will be held in Milan to <strong>present the results of the 2010 Research</strong>.</p> <p><br />Further information: <a href="http://www.osservatori.net" target="_blank">www.osservatori.net</a></p> 2010 Mon, 03 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) confirms its partnership with APIA http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2010/basellandschaftliche-kantonalbank-blkb-confirms-its-partnership-with-apia APIA and BLKB are working together in credit management 2010 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group confirms and extends the Quality Certification http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-confirms-and-extends-the-quality-certification Renewed the certificate ISO 9001:2008 <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group confirms and extends the Quality Certification</h1> <p>Compliance with international quality standards has long been a strategic factor for the success of the Group. The company has been certified ISO for the "<strong>Information Technology</strong>" field of application for many years. This year the ISO 9001:2008 certification has been extended to the "<strong>Professional Services</strong>" field of application too.</p> <p><br />To learn more, visit the <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/company/quality">Quality section</a></p> 2010 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ Planet Card 2010 – Thanks! http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-planet-card-2010-thanks- Download the presentation <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ Planet Card 2010 &ndash; Thanks</h1> <p class="novita">Thank you for meeting us!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2 class="novita">We would like to thank all visitors, clients and partners who shared the event with us.</h2> <p>On Tuesday, March 23, during the session A, TAS Group made a speech titled &ldquo;<strong>Electronic Money Solutions: International and Italian payment schemes</strong>&rdquo;.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="border: 0pt none;" src="/media/image/icons/pdf.gif" alt="" width="32" height="32" /><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/news-events-rep-2009/planet-card-2010" target="_blank">Download the presentation</a></p> 2010 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT Newsletter TAS Group http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/newsletter/2010/newsletter-tas-group-march10 March 2010 <h1 class="titolopagina">Newsletter TAS Group</h1> <p><em>Summary:</em></p> <ul> <li><a href="#1">TAS Group with SafeNet at Planet Card 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/2">Electronic Money and Security: a new strategic partnership between TAS and SafeNet</a></li> <li><a href="#3">The market rewards posOpen</a></li> <li><a href="#4">New milestones in the PSD implementation process</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="1"></a>TAS Group with SafeNet at Planet Card 2010</h3> TAS Group will be present at Planet Card 2010, an event organized by Istituto Internazionale di Ricerca which will be focused mainly on the new scenario of payment services with the entry into force of EU directives <strong>PSD - Payment Services Directive and EMD - eMoney Directive</strong>.<br /><br />On March 23, during session A "Multichannel Security and Strong Authentication", TAS Group and SafeNet will make a joint speech.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-with-safenet-at-planet-card-2010">Further information<br /><br /></a></div> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="2"></a>Electronic Money and Security: a new strategic partnership between TAS and SafeNet</h3> A new prestigious partnership that enriches the TAS offering: an important deal has been signed between our company and SafeNet, world leader in the protection of high-value information and software rights management. The SafeNet partnership will allow TAS to enhance its electronic money offerings, initially by integration of a new server crypto-device in its terminal manager applications. This is in line with an evolution that TAS has been pursuing for some time; moving from mainframe settings to new technology solutions.<br /><br />At the same time TAS is supporting SafeNet in the development of security components for Italian payments protocols; in particular for the new ABI2 protocol.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;">For further information find out our <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/partner">partnership</a></div> &nbsp;<br /> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="3"></a>The market rewards posOpen</h3> <strong>Five of the major Italian banks have already chosen posOpen</strong>, TAS new application for the census and management of POS terminals, a solution conceived and designed to meet the market requirements in terms of:<br /> <ul> <li>Migration to a new generation of server products, able to offer <strong>better performance, cost reductions, improved timeliness in the release of new services</strong>; </li> <li>Integration with existing settings, with <strong>minimized technology and performance impacts</strong>. </li> </ul> TAS solution provides all the necessary functionalities to modularly, flexibly and proactively manage POS terminals, both physical and virtual, by combining different methods of payment in a single multi-channel gateway.<br /><br />The customer who chooses posOpen has the opportunity to avail of a number of significant advantages:<br /> <ul> <li>Multilingual, multi-bank and multi-centre system; </li> <li>User friendly web interface with user-led operations; </li> <li>Reduced costs by reducing the consumption of CPU;</li> <li>Multiplatform system installable on departmental machines as well as host settings;</li> <li>Possibility of using relational databases residing on the server rather than the traditional DB2 on host;</li> <li>Easier interfacing with new products / protocols that are emerging on the market (XML messaging SEPA, SWIFT).</li> </ul> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;">For further information write to <a href="mailto:solutions@tasgroup.eu">solutions@tasgroup.eu</a></div> &nbsp;<br /> <h3 class="titolo_news"><a name="4"></a>New milestones in the PSD implementation process</h3> March 1st 2010 marked two important milestones in the implementation process of payment service regulations introduced by the PSD. Following publication in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic <strong>Legislative Decree 2007/64/EC - PSD Payment Services Directive</strong> and the <strong>Supervision provisions for payment institutions</strong> enter into force from March 1st.<br /><br />Through its solutions and professional services, TAS Group preserves competitiveness and continues to guide banks and financial institutions in responding to the complex demands of compliance and control.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/topics/psd">Further information<br /></a></div> 2010 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group with SafeNet at Planet Card 2010 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/tas-group-with-safenet-at-planet-card-2010 TAS and SafeNet at Planet Card <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group with SafeNet at Planet Card 2010</h1> <p><strong>Milan, Atahotel Executive, 23-24 March</strong><br /><br />TAS Group will be present at Planet Card 2010, an event organized by Istituto Internazionale di Ricerca since 1995, to illustrate and deepen the technological and business innovations on cards and payment services.<br />The event, now in its 15th edition, proposes an agenda focused mainly on the new scenario of payment services with the entry into force of EU directives <strong>PSD - Payment Services Directive</strong> and <strong>EMD - eMoney Directive</strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>TAS Group will join SafeNet, our new major partner supporting us in evolving security components on electronic money solutions.</p> <p><br />On&nbsp; March 23, during session A "Multichannel Security and Strong Authentication", TAS Group will make a speech titled &ldquo;Electronic Money Solutions: International and Italian payment schemes&rdquo;.</p> <p><br />We look forward to meet you in Milan, at Atahotel Executive, to share business perspectives and solutions. <br /><br /><img title="Go" src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="Go" width="9" height="8" /> For further information please visit <a href="http://www.planetcard.biz/" target="_blank">Planet Card 2010</a> website.</p> 2010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT Electronic Money and Security: a new strategic partnership between TAS and SafeNet http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/electronic-money-and-security-a-new-strategic-partnership-between-tas-and-safenet A new partnership that enriches and renew TAS offer’s security <h1 class="titolopagina">Electronic Money and Security: a new strategic partnership between TAS and SafeNet</h1> <p>A new prestigious partnership that enriches the TAS offering: an important deal has been signed between our company and <strong>SafeNet, world leader in the protection of high-value information and software rights management</strong>. The SafeNet partnership will allow TAS to enhance its electronic money offerings, initially by <strong>integration of a new server crypto-device in its terminal manager applications</strong>. This is in line with an evolution that TAS has been pursuing for some time; moving from mainframe settings to new technology solutions.</p> <p><br />At the same time TAS is supporting SafeNet in the development of security components for Italian payments protocols; in particular for the new <strong>ABI2 protocol</strong>.<br /><br /></p> 2010 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT The market rewards posOpen http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2010/the-market-rewards-posopen Five of the major Italian banks have already chosen posOpen, TAS new application for POS management <h1 class="titolopagina">The market rewards posOpen</h1> <strong>Five of the major Italian banks have already chosen posOpen</strong>, TAS new application for the census and management of POS terminals, a solution conceived and designed to meet the market requirements in terms of: <br /> <ul> <li>Migration to a new generation of server products, able to offer <strong>better performance, cost reductions, improved timeliness in the release of new services</strong>; </li> <li>Integration with existing settings, with <strong>minimized technology and performance impacts</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>TAS solution provides all the necessary functionalities to modularly, flexibly and proactively manage POS terminals, both physical and virtual, by combining different methods of payment in a single multi-channel gateway.</p> <p><br />The customer who chooses posOpen has the opportunity to avail of a number of significant advantages:</p> <ul> <li>Multilingual, multi-bank and multi-centre system; </li> <li>User friendly web interface with user-led operations; </li> <li>Reduced costs by reducing the consumption of CPU; </li> <li>Multiplatform system installable on departmental machines as well as host settings; </li> <li>Possibility of using relational databases residing on the server rather than the traditional DB2 on host; </li> <li>Easier interfacing with new products / protocols that are emerging on the market (XML messaging SEPA, SWIFT).</li> </ul> <br /> 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on FARE: The ICT District in Bologna http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2010/tas-group-on-fare-the-ict-district-in-bologna TAS in a dossier about local ICT companies, taken from FARE no.8, the Unindustria Bologna quarterly magazine (italian version). 2010 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group joins the "MasterCard Mobile Program" http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/tas-group-joins-the-mastercard-mobile-program- An opportunity of growth on Mobile technology <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group joins the "MasterCard Mobile Program"</h1> <h2 class="novita">An opportunity of growth on Mobile technology</h2> TAS Group joins the "MasterCard Mobile Program" and collaborates with other international players to increase its skills and develop its range of products to fully manage easy and secure financial services on Mobile Channel, in line with market needs and technology &amp; security standards. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="" width="9" height="8" /> More: <a href="http://www.mastercard-mobilepartner.com/index.html" target="_blank">www.mastercard-mobilepartner.com/index.html</a></p> 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT TOP 100 Software and IT Services http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/top-100-software-and-it-services TAS Group in the Data Manager and Computerworld rankings <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group in the TOP100 2009 rankings by Data Manager and Computerworld</h1> The monthly <strong>Data Manager</strong>, in collaboration with IDC Italy, released the XXIII edition of the TOP 100 ranking of the Software and IT Services companies operating in Italy.<br /><br />TAS Group is ranked <strong>39th</strong> in "Software and IT Services in Italy 2007-2008 TOP100 Ranking ", <strong>14th</strong> in the "Software and IT Services 2008 revenue in the financial area Ranking&rdquo;, while occupying the <strong>16th</strong> place in the "2008 Software revenue in Italy Ranking&rdquo;.<br /><br /><img src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="" width="9" height="8" /> <a href="http://www.datamanager.it/cms/view/s1282" target="_blank">Visit the Data Manager TOP100 2009 Ranking</a> (Italian version)<br /><br />The monthly <strong>Computerworld Italy</strong>, published the XVII edition of the "TOP100 Ranking" of the Software and Services Italian leading providers.<br /><br />TAS Group reached the<strong> 32nd</strong> place in the TOP100.<br /><br /><img src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="" width="9" height="8" /> <a href="http://www.cwi.it/top100" target="_blank">Visit the Computerworld Italy TOP100 2009 Ranking</a> (Italian version)<br /><br /> 2009 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group in the FinTech 100 ranking http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/tas-group-in-the-fintech-100-ranking TAS among the top global technology providers to the financial services industry <p><strong>11/17/2009</strong></p> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group in the FinTech 100 ranking of the top global technology providers to the financial services industry</h1> <p>TAS Group has been included by Financial Insights and American Banker among the 100 leading companies in the implementation of technology solutions for the financial industry making up the 2009 FinTech 100 ranking, the prestigious review, now in its sixth edition, which selects and rewards the best suppliers in this sector world -wide.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="" width="9" height="8" />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.idc-fi.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22062709&amp;sessionId" target="_blank">See the official ranking</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="" width="9" height="8" /> <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/news-events-rep-2009/computerworld-top100" target="_blank">Read the ComputerWorld article</a> (italian version)</p> 2009 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT SEPA Direct Debit http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/sepa-direct-debit The new system of services for SEPA Direct Debit becomes effective <strong>11/09/2009</strong> <p class="titolopagina">&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">SEPA Direct Debit</h1> <h2 class="novita">The new system of services for SEPA Direct Debit becomes effective</h2> On November 2, 2009 starts the new system of services for SEPA Direct Debit (SDD - SEPA Direct Debit). <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From now, two different direct debit standards, provided by the European Payments Council, become effective. The&nbsp; &ldquo;basic"&nbsp; Direct Debit - <em>SEPA Core Direct Debit Scheme</em> - which involves company and consumer (B2C) &ndash; and the corporate-oriented Direct Debit - <em>SEPA Business to Business Direct Debit Scheme</em> - which concerns Corporates (B2B).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From today, all the European commercial banks served by TAS Group can offer their customers the new services of pre-authorized takings in euros within the SEPA.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In compliance with the new rules, TAS Group has promptly updated and adapted its suites, including:</p> <ul> <li><strong>GARI GOLD Transaction Flow Manager for SEPA Direct Debit</strong> (GG TFM for SDD), the TAS Group proposal that fits in the GGTFM architecture, the network middleware for the management of the ISO UNIFI XML 20022nd standard</li> <li><strong>MIXER 2.0 SDD</strong>, the TAS Group solution which extends the operational and business functionalities of the product to the SEPA SDD messaging. </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bancamatica http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-bancamatica-11-2009 CSE chooses TAS for order management with TeleTRADING (italian version) <p><strong>11/02/2009</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group on Bancamatica</h1> <h2 class="novita">CSE chooses TAS for order management with TeleTRADING</h2> <p>CSE chooses&nbsp; TAS Group to manage orders. A solution which can be integrated with any system of orders collection and back office.<br /><br /><img title="More Information" src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="More Information" width="9" height="8" /> <a href="http://www.bancamatica.it" target="_blank">www.bancamatica.it</a><br /><br /><img title="PDF" src="/media/image/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" width="32" height="32" />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/rassegna-stampa-repository-2009/tas-group-on-bancamatica">Read more</a> (italian version)</p> 2009 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ Franchising & Trade 2009 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/tas-var-new-partnership-presented-franchising-exhibition TAS Group - VAR Retail: new partnership presented at the Franchising Exhibition <p><strong>10/20/2009</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group - VAR Retail new partnership presented at the Franchising Exhibition</h1> <p><strong>Rho - Fiera Milano, October 23-26</strong><br /><br /><img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" title="Franchising &amp; Trade 2009" src="/media/image/events/2009/Franchising-Trade-2009.gif" alt="Franchising &amp; Trade 2009" width="147" height="120" />Together with Quadrante and VAR Retail, TAS Group will take part in the 24th edition of Franchising &amp; Trade, the important meeting related to the franchising&rsquo;s topics and its evolution.<br /><br />TAS Group and VAR Retail have just signed a partnership for the trade of a multi-channel platform based on smart cards, which combines fidelity and promotional services with the potential of gift cards and prepaid cards.<br /><br />We look forward to meet you at Fiera Milano, in Hall 16, Stand H48, to illustrate this platform and share business perspectives and solutions.<br /><br />For further information please visit&nbsp; the <a href="http://www.franchising.fieramilanoexpocts.it/?id=Mi16LXotRU5HICAg" target="_blank">Franchising &amp; Trade 2009</a> web site.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img title="vai" src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="vai" width="9" height="8" /> See also: <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/cards/value-added-services/loyalty-programs-tickets-vouchers-and-gift-cards">Loyalty Programs, Tickets, Vouchers and Gift Cards</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT New SWIFT certifications for TAS http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2009/new-swift-certifications-for-tas TAS Group has obtained new SWIFT certifications for GARI GOLD Transaction Flow Manager (TFM GG) 2009 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Affari Finanza http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-affari-finanza E-banking, recycling and Basilea II new perspectives for Ict investments (italian version) 2009 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Golf & Turismo http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-golf-turismo TAS Group sponsors of the trophy AIBG (italian version) 2009 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bancamatica http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-bancamatica Akros Bank with TAS Group for TradElect access (italian version) 2009 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Il Sole 24 Ore .com http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-son-il-sole-24-ore-com It is on-line on the IlSole24ore.com site an article related to a new projetc that involves TAs Group and Tuscany Region <p class="titolopagina"><strong>07/29/2009</strong></p> <p class="titolopagina">&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS on Il Sole 24 ore .com</h1> <p>It is on-line on the IlSole24ore.com site an article titled "Services and Payments Infrastructures" related to a new projetc that involves TAs Group and Tuscany Region<br /><br /><img title="More Information" src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="More Information" width="9" height="8" /> <a href="http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/dossier/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/ict-business/casi-di-successo/tas-group-infrastrutture-regione-toscana.shtml?uuid=2d3c19da-7b7e-11de-a7a1-aa747b6300f6&amp;DocRulesView=Libero" target="_blank">Read the article</a> (italian version)</p> 2009 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bancamatica http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-bancamatica-2009-07-01 Issuing processes, management of security activities and fraud prevention (italian version) 2009 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ EBAday 2009 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/tas-group-ebaday-2009 TAS Group @ EBAday 2009: “Taking a fresh approach to payments and risk management” <p><strong>06/17/2009</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ EBAday 2009</h1> <h2 class="novita">TAS Group @ EBAday 2009: &ldquo;Taking a fresh approach to payments and risk management&rdquo;</h2> <p><strong>Hofburg, Vienna, Austria<br />June 30 - July 1</strong><br /><br />EBAday is a major event for international payment services and systems, organised by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra Research.<br />This conference, which has arrived to its fourth edition, represents an important opportunity for networking and debate around new challenges for the transaction business, SEPA and PSD.<br /><br />TAS Group will be present at this year's event as a sponsor. Visit us at our stand where our team of experts will be at your disposal to help find the best solutions for your business needs.<br />On Wednesday, July 1, Maria Adele Di Comite, TAS Group&rsquo;s Director of International Sales, will speak during the panel session, "<strong>PSD: Four months to go</strong>".</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img title="Approfondimento" src="/media/image/arrow.jpg" alt="Approfondimento" width="9" height="8" /> For further information please visit <strong><a href="http://www.ebaday.com/Default.aspx" target="_blank">EBAday</a></strong>&nbsp;website</p> 2009 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on PubblicA http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-pubblica A card to speak with the Tuscan Entities (italian version) 2009 Wed, 06 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bancamatica http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-su-bancamatica-2009-05-07 TAS will provide an infrastructure for the payments to Tuscany (italian version) 2009 Wed, 06 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on ABsette http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-absette Volksbank Malta chooses Tas to access to Swift (italian version) 2009 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group empowers its presence in Spain http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-goup-empowers-its-presence-in-spain The General Director of TAS Group in Spain, explains the reasons of the empowering of the presence of the italian group in Spain (spanish version) <p class="titolopagina"><strong>03/11/2009</strong></p> <p class="titolopagina"><strong><br /></strong></p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group empowers its presence in Spain</h1> In an interview published by Cinco Dias, the General Director of TAS Group in Spain, <strong>Gonzalo Landaluce</strong>, explains the reasons of the empowering of the presence of the italian group in Spain by means of its subsidiary RT.<br /><br />Landaluce says that the main objectives of TAS Group on the Spanish market are: consolidating the leadership in the issuing of EMV cards for financial institutions and approaching new businesses in the large-scale retail trade and public administration sectors.<br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="border: 0pt none;" title="PDF" src="/media/image/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" width="32" height="32" />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/rassegna-stampa-repository-2009/tas-group-potenzia-la-sua-presenza-in-spagna">Read the article</a> (spanish version)</p> 2009 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT Volskbank Malta chooses TAS as its SWIFT Service Bureau http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2009/volskbank-malta-chooses-tas-group-as-its-swift-service-bureau TAS Group was choosen by Volksbank Malta to provide them with SWIFTNet connectivity and support services <strong>03/09/2009</strong> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">Volskbank Malta chooses TAS Group as its SWIFT Service Bureau</h1> <strong>&nbsp;</strong>TAS Group, specialising in software solutions for electronic money, payment systems and financial markets, was chosen by <strong>Volksbank Malta (Volksbank Group)</strong> to provide them with SWIFTNet connectivity and support services through its SWIFT SERVICE BUREAU.<br /><br />TAS SWIFT SERVICE BUREAU will provide Volksbank Malta with a highly resilient and secure connection to SWIFTNet operated by certified SWIFT technicians that will enable the bank to make substantial infrastructure and operational cost savings.<br /><br /><img title="PDF" src="/media/image/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" width="32" height="32" /><a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/comunicati-stampa-repository-2009/volksbankmalta-tasgroup">Read the Press Release</a><br /><br />The press review has been published by:<br /><strong>GTnews</strong> (<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-gtnews">read</a>)<br /><strong>di-ve.com</strong> (<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-di-ve-com">read</a>)<br /><strong>ABSette</strong> (<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-absette">read</a> - Italian version)<br /> 2009 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on GTnews http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-gtnews Volksbank Malta Picks TAS for SWIFT Service Bureau 2009 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on di-ve.com http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-di-ve-com Volksbank Malta picks TAS Group 2009 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ CIT 2009 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2009/tas-group-cit-2009 Tas Group - RT Spain will attend CIT 2009, the Spanish meeting regarding Smart Cards, Identification and Payment Instruments <p><strong>03/05/2009</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ CIT</h1> <h2 class="novita">Tas Group - RT Spain will attend CIT 2009, the Spanish meeting regarding Smart Cards, Identification and Payment Instruments</h2> <p><strong>Tas Group - RT Spain</strong> will attend <a href="http://www.iir-cit.com/cit2009/" target="_blank">CIT 2009</a>, the 12th Meeting regarding Smart Cards, Identification and Payment Instruments, which will take place in Madrid, Spain, <strong>on March 10 &amp; 11</strong> at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos - Campo de las Naciones.<br /><br />TAS Group (RT&rsquo; s owner), a leading company in the technology of smart cards and electronic transactions, will be present at the <strong>Stand 16</strong>, introducing our products: Net Acquired, Net IPos, e&middot;mission and SWIFT solutions, SEPA Direct Debit, Target 2.<br /><br />CIT 2009 offers an overview of new technologies related to smart cards as well as being the essential meeting point for analyzing the impact of the crisis in the field of payment ways and evaluate the next direction of this market.<br /><br /><br /></p> 2009 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Borsa & Finanza http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-borsa-finanza Giuseppe Caruso interview (italian version) 2009 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Nòva24 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-nova24 E-GOV - Less queues in Tuscany 2009 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bancamatica http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-bancamatica-2009-02-09 Cariparma with TAS Group, for treasury and payments (italian version) 2009 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Azienda Banca http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/tas-group-on-azienda-banca Clearing and settlement "turn-key" (italian version) 2009 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT Contract with the Region of Tuscany: Press Review http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2009/contratto-con-regione-toscana-rassegna-stampa Press coverage of the contract between TAS Group and Region of Tuscany (italian version) 2009 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS to Provide Tuscany with Payments Infrastructure http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2009/tas-group-to-provide-tuscany-with-payments-infrastructure TAS Group has signed a contract with the Tuscany region to supply an infrastructure for payment and collection services. <p class="titolopagina"><strong>02/02/2009</strong></p> <p class="titolopagina"><strong><br /></strong></p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group to Provide Tuscany with Payments Infrastructure</h1> <h2 class="novita">TAS Group has signed a contract with the Tuscany region to supply an infrastructure for payment and collection services.</h2> The platform will enable individuals and companies to pay some 80 types of duties and taxes for public services (e.g., kindergarten, student transport, school meals), fines, and healthcare contributions. Users can also consult their accounts to see how much they owe the local government for the fees and taxes mentioned. The service can be accessed through cash machines (ATMs), the Internet, or digital land line.<br /><br />The infrastructure will become operational in 2009 through a pilot project, while full operation is projected for 2010. The supply and service contract, won by TAS following a public tendering procedure, has a duration of eight years and a value of around &euro; 14 million for TAS Group. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img title="PDF" src="/media/image/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" />&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/news-repository/comunicati-stampa-repository-2009/contratto-con-regione-toscana">Read the Press Release</a></p> 2009 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group is awarded the "Value Creators" price 2008 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2008/tas-group-is-awarded-the-value-creators-price-in-the-circuits-technology-awards-2008 Tas Group has been awarded the “Circuits Technology Awards” innovation prize, promoted by Class Editori and rewarding the best companies in the ICT sector. <p><strong>12/05/2008</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">Tas Group is awarded the "Value Creators" price in the Circuits Technology Awards 2008</h1> <p>Tas Group has been awarded the &ldquo;<em>Circuits Technology Awards</em>&rdquo; innovation prize, promoted by Class Editori and rewarding the best companies in the ICT sector.<br /><br />In particular, TAS Group earned the &ldquo;<strong>Value Creators</strong>&rdquo; prestigious prize, dedicated to companies investing in innovation to help clients enhance their efficiency and costs profile. Our company ranked first among Italian software producers, on the basis of the economic parameters that proved its excellent profitability and growth.<br /><br /></p> 2008 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Milano Finanza http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-group-on-milano-finanza Assignement of the Technology Awards 2008 (italian version) 2008 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:00 GMT Cariparma chooses TAS for Treasury and Payment Systems http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2008/cariparma-chooses-tas-group-for-treasury-and-payment-systems-italian-version- TAS Group was chosen by Gruppo Cariparma- Friuladria (Crédit Agricole) to integrate their payment platform and empower the Treasury management 2008 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:00:00 GMT Tas Group jumps up to 37th position in the 2008 TOP100 ranking by Data Manager http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2008/tas-group-jumps-up-to-37th-position-in-the-2008-top100-ranking-by-data-manager The list of the 100 best companies in software and IT services for 2008. <p class="titolopagina"><strong>11/28/2008</strong></p> <p class="titolopagina"><strong><br /></strong></p> <h1 class="titolopagina">Tas Group jumps up to 37th position in the 2008 TOP100 ranking by Data Manager</h1> <em>Data Manager</em> monthly magazine, focused on the IT sector, in cooperation with IDC research company, has issued the list of the 100 best companies in software and IT services, in Italy, for 2008.<br /><br />Tas Group ranks 37th in the general list, 13th in terms of software revenues and 18th among the 100 best companies, as to revenues, working in the financial sector.<br /><br /> 2008 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Bluerating.com http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-groupbluerating-com Riccardo De Marsanich's interview (italian version) 2008 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Datamanager http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-group-on-datamanager Profit and loss (italian version) 2008 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Milano Finanza http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/milano-finanza-plug-go-service-version The Plug&Go service starts (italian version) 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Economy http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-group-on-economy Caruso's interview (italian version) 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ Sibos 2008 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2008/tas-sibos-2008-thankyou Thank you for having visited our stand! <p><strong>09/29/2008</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">Tas Group @ Sibos 2008</h1> <h2 class="novita">Thank you for having visited our stand!</h2> <p>We would like to thank all visitors, clients and partners who visited us at our stand at SIBOS.<br /><br />See you in Hong Kong in 2009!<br /><br /></p> <p><img src="/media/image/events/2008/SIBOS/sibos08-stand.jpg" alt="" width="574" height="431" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <span style="color: #1c3f94; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"> <h1 style="font-size: 14px; color: #f78f1e; font-weight: bold;">The drawing winners</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> </span> <div style="text-align: center;">From the left top:<br /><strong>Maria Antonietta Picco - <em>Intesa Sanpaolo</em><br />Venky Sadagopan - <em>Cambridge Solutions</em><br />Edison Antonelli - <em>Banco Bradesco</em></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><img src="/media/image/events/2008/SIBOS/sibos08-drawing.jpg" alt="" width="574" height="431" /></em></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3f94; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"> <h1 style="font-size: 14px; color: #f78f1e; font-weight: bold;">The cocktail facing St. Stephen Cathedral</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/media/image/events/2008/SIBOS/sibos08-cocktail.jpg" alt="" width="574" height="216" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/media/image/general/Tas_tagline.gif" alt="" width="361" height="136" /></p> </span></div> 2008 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS - BIt SYSTEMS agreement http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-releases/2008/tas-bit-systems-agreement TAS and Bit Systems to launch a turnkey system to cover the outsourcing of technological platforms for trading, clearing and settlement 2008 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on finextra.com http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-group-on-finextra-com Swift extends E&I service to corporates 2008 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group on Borsa e Finanza http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/press-review/2008/tas-group-on-borsa-e-finanza Caruso's interview (italian version) 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT New SWIFT Labels for TAS Solutions http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2008/new-swift-labels-for-tas-solutions TAS, the SWIFT Regional Partner and Expertise Centre for Italy, obtains new SWIFT labels for GARI GOLD Transaction Flow Manager. <p><strong>09/01/2008</strong></p> <br /> <h1 class="titolopagina">New SWIFT Labels for TAS Solutions</h1> <p>TAS, the SWIFT Regional Partner and Expertise Centre for Italy, obtains new SWIFT labels for GARI GOLD Transaction Flow Manager.<br /><br />TAS solutions have been certified SWIFTReady for Cash Reporting &ndash; both Provider and User, and for SEPA Credit Transfers. Certification of Exceptions and Investigations is in progress and has already obtained technical and functional validation. The new labels will be presented at SIBOS 2008.<br /><br />TAS is continuing to implement SWIFT certification for its solutions and will soon deliver SWIFT readiness for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and for Funds.<br /><br />Please check <a href="http://www.tasgroup.eu/solutions/payments/swift-applications-and-services">TAS SWIFT Solution</a> page for further information.</p> 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT TAS Group @ SIBOS 2008 http://www.tasgroup.eu/news/news-and-events/2008/tas-sibos-2008 TAS participates at SIBOS 2008 <p><strong>08/28/2008</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="titolopagina">TAS Group @ SIBOS 2008</h1> <p>For the seventh consecutive year, TAS Group will be participating in the <a href="http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=58178">SIBOS exhibition</a>, the world's premier financial services event<br /><br /><strong>Come and see us on stand C412</strong><br /><br />Visit our team of experts or schedule a meeting to find out how we can help you find a business solution for <strong>Payment</strong> <strong>Systems</strong>, <strong>Markets and Finance</strong> or <strong>Electronic Money</strong>.<strong><span class="colorato">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span class="colorato">CONTACTS</span></strong><br />If you wish to receive further information about any of our products or you would like to fix an appointment with one of our stand representatives, please contact us at:<br /><br />Phone: +39 051 458011<br />Fax: +39 051 4580248<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:solutions@tasgroup.it">solutions@tasgroup.it</a><br /><br />We look forward to seeing you in Vienna.<br />Best wishes,<br /><br /><strong>Mario Mendia</strong> - Director of Business Developement<br /><strong>Fabrizio Molina</strong> - International Sales Manager<br /><strong>Luigi Paris</strong> - Director of International Sales<br /><strong>Guido Pozzoni</strong> - Director of Payment Systems<br /><strong>Massimiliano Quattrocchi</strong> - Swift Production Unit Director</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/media/image/events/2008/SIBOS/TAS_gift.gif" alt="" width="102" height="102" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>An Exhibition Gift from TAS Group at our stand for you!</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src="/media/image/general/Tas_tagline.gif" alt="" width="361" height="136" /><br /></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <span style="color: #1c3f94; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;"> <br /></span> 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT