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  • Temenos Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for North America Retail Digital Banking Solutions

    Temenos Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for North America Retail Digital Banking Solutions

    GRAND-LANCY, Switzerland – NOVEMBER 18, 2025 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: North America Retail Digital Banking Solutions 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment (doc # US52039425, November 2025).

    The IDC MarketScape evaluation analyzed 10 vendors that provide self-service digital banking solutions to the North American market. The study quantitatively and qualitatively assesses multiple characteristics that help explain a vendor’s success and position in the marketplace.

    According to the report, “Temenos Digital is well suited for midsize to large banks, credit unions, direct banks, and neobanks seeking a core-agnostic, modern digital banking platform deployable across multiple environments.”

    “IDC’s 2025/2026 North America Retail Digital Banking Solutions Vendor Assessment includes providers that support North American banks and credit unions and would be on financial institutions’ short lists for digital banking solutions,” said Marc DeCasto, Research Director at IDC. “Temenos was positioned as a Leader in that assessment, supporting retail banking, SME, corporate banking, and wealth banking across mobile, web, and branch channels, based on the organization’s scale, reliability, flexible architecture, and integration with partners that extend and strengthen the Temenos digital platform.”

    Barb Morgan, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Temenos, added:

    “We’re proud to be recognized in this IDC MarketScape as a Leader in North America retail digital banking solutions. We believe this reflects the advanced functionality, flexibility and proven track record of Temenos Digital, as well as our strategic investment in our product and go-to-market capabilities in the US. As North American financial institutions adapt to consumer expectations of more seamless, conversational and personalized banking, Temenos Digital can help them get to market fast with outstanding omnichannel experiences that drive increased efficiency and higher customer engagement.”

    Temenos Digital empowers financial institutions to deliver efficient, consistent, and secure services to customers, driving long-term loyalty. The solution provides a complete digital platform that spans the end-to-end customer lifecycle from onboarding and account opening to servicing accounts.

    According to data from the Temenos Value Benchmark, an industry-leading program with insights from approximately 170 financial institutions globally, banks that run Temenos Digital have a 52% faster customer onboarding time and a 68% higher cross-sell rate.

    Investing around 20% of revenues in R&D annually, Temenos continues to lead the way in banking innovation globally. In 2025, Temenos launched its Innovation Hub in Central Florida to fuel cutting-edge research and development for US-specific banking solutions and bring innovation closer to its North American customers. This modern, collaborative space enables financial institutions to work side-by-side with Temenos product experts to develop real-world banking solutions powered by transformative technologies such as Generative AI.

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  • iOS 26.2 will allow iPhone users to share files with strangers via AirDrop for up to 30 days

    iOS 26.2 will allow iPhone users to share files with strangers via AirDrop for up to 30 days

    Earlier on Monday we told you that Apple had released iOS 26.2 Beta 3, which included code that seemed to hint at an upcoming option that would allow those in…

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  • Jamie Oliver Podcast ‘Reset Your Health’ Coming To Audible

    Jamie Oliver Podcast ‘Reset Your Health’ Coming To Audible

    EXCLUSIVE: British TV chef Jamie Oliver is moving into the podcast game.

    The cook and campaigner is hosting his first pod, Reset Your Health with Jamie Oliver, in which he will tackle a health topic each ep with the help of a…

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  • We could still close the year with a rally despite AI slump

    We could still close the year with a rally despite AI slump

    The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.84% Monday stateside as technology stocks were under pressure, with Apple, Meta and Oracle retreating more than 1% each.

    Artificial intelligence lynchpin Nvidia performed worse, losing almost 2%. CEO Jensen Huang in October said the chipmaker had "half a trillion dollars" of business on the books for 2025 and 2026. When Nvidia reports its third-quarter earnings Wednesday stateside, investors will be combing through Huang's comments for signs of strong 2026 growth, as suggested by that data point.

    The problem with promises or expectations, especially for a company that is one of the two around which the artificial intelligence universe orbits (OpenAI being the other), is that any disappointment will be disproportionately painful.

    "If they offer any even slightly muted guidance or forecast for demand for their chips, the market would take that poorly," Baird investment strategist Ross Mayfield said.

    Despite the recent sell-off in tech over concerns about high valuations and capital expenditure, some analysts think we could still end the year with a rally.

     "We continue to see a balance of bullish and bearish signals heading into year-end, but our stance remains that a year-end rally is likely," Michael Graham, analyst at Canaccord Genuity, wrote in a Monday note.

    Likewise, HSBC's chief multi-asset strategist Max Kettner on Monday said the bank thinks "the probability of a melt-up into year-end – particularly in equities – is much greater" than a potential AI bubble popping.

    If their predictions prove true, investors will have much to celebrate during the festive season — and we can worry about AI in the new year.

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    And finally...

    Gold bars at the precious metal dealer Pro Aurum.

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    The rich are ‘renting’ out their idle gold bars for income as prices remain at historic highs

    Gold prices have been smashing new records this year, and a growing cadre of wealthy investors and family offices are no longer content to let their gold bars sit idle in vaults. They are leasing their bullion to refiners, jewelers, and fabricators for interest, defying gold's reputation as a non-yielding asset.

    Industry veterans whom CNBC spoke to said the appeal is intuitive: investors who already plan to hold gold can earn yields paid in gold through lease payments, while jewelers and fabricators use those leases to fund the gold they need for day-to-day production. 

    — Lee Ying Shan


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  • Military says 15 militants killed in counterterror operations in northwestern Pakistan – Arab News

    1. Military says 15 militants killed in counterterror operations in northwestern Pakistan  Arab News
    2. 4 terrorists killed in KP operations  Dawn
    3. Aalam Mehsud among 10 terrorists killed in Dera Ismail Khan security operation  Dunya News
    4. Pakistani forces…

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  • Amazon scorpion venom shows stunning power against breast cancer

    Amazon scorpion venom shows stunning power against breast cancer

    The venom of an Amazonian scorpion species may contain a compound capable of helping treat breast cancer, a disease that remains one of the top causes of death among women.

    Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto School of…

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  • Amazon scorpion venom shows stunning power against breast cancer

    Amazon scorpion venom shows stunning power against breast cancer

    The venom of an Amazonian scorpion species may contain a compound capable of helping treat breast cancer, a disease that remains one of the top causes of death among women.

    Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto School of…

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  • Ireland v South Africa: Springboks are the ‘talk of world rugby’ – Robbie Henshaw

    Ireland v South Africa: Springboks are the ‘talk of world rugby’ – Robbie Henshaw

    Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw believes their final autumn nations series fixture against world champions South Africa will be a “proper test” in terms of assessing where the squad is at.

    Ireland suffered a dispiriting loss to New Zealand before a…

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  • Retrospective Study of Platelet-Rich Plasma and Its Uses in Knee Pain in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom

    Retrospective Study of Platelet-Rich Plasma and Its Uses in Knee Pain in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom

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