UBM Tech Unveils the New Bank Systems & Technology Community

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Tech today unveiled the new community-driven Bank Systems & Technology (banktech.com), an interactive platform for bank technology professionals to connect with peers, editors and industry experts. The redesigned site provides the latest news, commentary, and discussion on the most pressing issues that technology and business leaders face in the financial services market. More than 50 new community contributors involved in banking channel strategies, payments, security, bank core systems, data management and compliance trends will enrich its award-winning editorial coverage.

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Bank Systems & Technology is targeted to members of the financial services community, including technology executives, line-of-business executives, data and analytics specialists, channel/delivery experts, compliance professionals and operations leaders. The site is now optimized for rapid interaction and engagement among these community members through moderated online discussions, blogs and social media. The online community can also connect face-to-face at UBM Tech live events, including Bank Systems & Technology executive roundtables and forums, and at larger events like Interop New York.

"For more than 50 years, Bank Systems & Technology's mission has been to inform financial services executives about the potential of the latest technologies, the evolving omnichannel delivery environment, compliance and regulatory mandates, and transformative systems such as data management and analytics tools," said Katherine Burger, Editorial Director, Bank Systems & Technology. "Now, we are very pleased to expand our reach and deliver an online community that allows for a free-flowing exchange of questions and solutions about the most important issues facing the banking industry today."

Core sections of Bank Systems & Technology include:

• Channels
• Payments
• Security
• Core Systems
• Compliance
• Data & Analytics
• Infrastructure
• Management Strategies

Community contributors include:

• Jamie Armistead, Senior Vice President of Multichannel Banking, Bank of the West
• Christine Barry, Research Director, Wholesale Banking Practice, Aite Group
• Fred Cook, CIO, BlueShore Financial
• Julien Courbe, Asset Management and Technology Consulting Leader, PwC
• Sam Maule, Manager, Carlisle & Gallagher
• Thadi Murali, Principal Consultant, Banking Practice, Capco
• David Saul, Chief Scientist, State Street Bank
• Arjun Sethi, Partner, AT Kearney
• Dominic Venturo, Chief Innovation Officer, Payment Services, US Bank
• Peter Wannemacher, Senior Analyst, eBusiness & Channel Strategy, Forrester Research

Bank Systems & Technology is the latest in a series of groundbreaking online community-platform launches from UBM Tech. The InformationWeek community platform launched in November 2013, and has seen a significant lift in engagement with a 40 percent increase in comments, and a 22 percent increase in page views. EE Times' site launched in July 2013, and has experienced similar increases, attesting to UBM Tech's unique community-based online model. UBM Tech launched the Dark Reading information security community in March; the Network Computing infrastructure community in April and the Wall Street & Technology community in May.

The Bank Systems & Technology editorial team is led by Katherine Burger. Other editorial team members include:

• Bryan Yurcan, Associate Editor
• Jonathan Camhi, Associate Editor

Bank Systems & Technology invites bank technology professionals to help shape the future of financial services technology on its site, Bank Systems & Technology and on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+.

For Bank Systems & Technology editorial inquiries, contact Katherine Burger at katherine.burger@ubm.com. For marketing partnerships and other general inquires, contact Hilary Jansen at hilary.jansen@ubm.com. For advertising opportunities, visit CreateYourNextCustomer.com.

About UBM Tech
UBM Tech is a global media business that brings together the world's technology communities through live events, online properties and custom services. UBM Tech's community-focused approach provides its users and clients with expertly curated research, education, training, community advocacy, user-generated content and peer-to-peer engagement opportunities that serve the Electronics, Security, Enterprise IT and Communications, Network Infrastructure and Applications, Game and App Developers, and Tech Marketing communities. UBM Tech's brands include Black Hat, DesignCon, EE Times, Enterprise Connect, Game Developers Conference (GDC), HDI, InformationWeek, and Interop. Create, a UBM Tech full range marketing services division, includes custom events, content marketing solutions, community development and demand generation programs based on its content and technology market expertise. UBM Tech is a part of UBM (UBM.L), a global provider of media and information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. For more information, go to http://tech.ubm.com/.

For more information on UBM Tech please contact:
Hilary Jansen
Marketing Specialist
T: (415) 947-6205, E: hilary.jansen@ubm.com

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