Sun Microsystems announced late yesterday that Allied Irish Bank would migrate 7,500 of its users to the Java Desktop System software. The deal signals that Sun has finally received the seal of ...

ME Bank has gone live with the latest version of Cadencie card management software and will use the Java platform to help reduce the time it takes to issue new cards and payment products.

Australia's St. George Bank confirmed that until customers using Windows XP or Explorer 6 download Java, the bank would be closed to them.

Deutsche Bank London helped create a new application self-defense tool to lock down and virtually patch its Java-based enterprise applications -- even the oldest ones.

Java desktop wins over major bank Deal with Allied Irish Bank gives Sun seal of approval from a big private client for its version of desktop Linux.

The move follows two years of experiments the BOJ has been conducting to decide whether to issue a so-called central bank digital currency.