One of the biggest private banks and ATM deplorers in Turkey has kicked off a pilot of GRG’s ATM location analyzer, F@ST Abacus.

GRGBanking recently launched its first iPhone application “ATM Finder”.

On October 20 the Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) officially rolled out its TV Banking service in Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese bank to launch this kind of service at a headquarters level.

Bank of China recently partnered with UAE-based Mas Territory Bank to set up a “Chinese Desk” in UAE. This is the fourth of its kind after that in Oman, Ghana and Peru.

Santa Clara-based Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd. have confirmed that the two companies will form a joint venture bank in China.

BankMuscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, has become the first Omani bank to enable payments in Chinese currency Remnimbi (RMB) or Yuan (CNY).

Travelex has officially launched an innovative electronic traveler’s cheque named “Cash Passport MasterCard”, in collaboration with the Bank of China (BOC) and MasterCard. This is the first e-traveler’s cheque with MasterCard logo jointly launched by the three parties in mainland China.

Lenovo and financing provider CIT Group have signed a letter of intent to extend the Lenovo Financial Services program (LFS) within Europe.

HSBC has announced the launch of a wide range of Renminbi (RMB) internet banking services for commercial banking customers from 12 July 2010.

MetroBank N.A. has signed an official agreement with the Bank of China-Shanghai to conduct Renminbi (RMB) cross border settlement directly with China on trade related businesses.