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At this year's FinTech 100 breakfast, we recognized all the companies who made it into our FinTech 100 and Enterprise 25 rankings. Here are some highlights.

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The Globalization of FinTech

For financial technology providers, growing markets in Asia and the U.S. are an enticing target. For U.S. tech firms, it would be wise to be on guard.

Why Upgrade Now?

A flurry of core processing upgrades and conversions have taken place around the country. Behind the activity: a drive for efficiency, compliance and competitiveness.

IDC Views

Karen Massey is senior analyst, consumer banking, at IDC Financial Insights.

Pent-Up Merger Activity Builds

After several years of anemic merger and acquisition activity, the pace of acquisitions among the FinTech 100 accelerated significantly in 2011, dominated by providers of IT services, payments, and risk management.

Jeanne Capachin is research vice president with IDC Financial Insights.

How to Manage Vendors in the Public Cloud

In many ways, accessing shared assets through shared networks is same old, same old for banks. But there are some real differences that banks should focus on when they engage with cloud service providers.

Marc DeCastro is research director, Consumer Banking at IDC Financial Insights.

We Are Still Banking in a Physical World

From a technical standpoint, there is some truth to the belief that the branch model is dying. However, year after year, the branch continues to defy the critics and is in fact not going away anytime soon.

Aaron McPherson is practice director, Payments and Security, at IDC Financial Insights.

Why You Should Care About Merchant-Funded Rewards

By acting as a channel for targeted rewards, banks can increase their relevance and leverage in negotiations over fees, sales of core financial products, and participation in emerging mobile payment schemes.

David Potterton is vice president of research for the Global Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets and Risk Management practices of IDC Financial Insights.

How to Change Your Business Model

Change for the financial services industry can no longer be incremental and slow moving while more nimble competitors continue to offer new products and services.

Michael Versace is a research director at IDC Financial Insights.

Can Big Data Become a Big Liability?

Sustainable big data governance has to become part of the DNA of the banking organization and, like quality controls, embedded in every business process.

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Rank					CY 2011 Revenue (Millions)

2012	2011	Company Name		Ownership	Total	Financial Services	% FS
1	1	FIS	Jacksonville, FL	Public	$5,746	$4,999	87%
2	3	Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS)	Mumbai, India	Public	9,767	4,250	44%
3	2	Fiserv, Inc.	Brookfield, WI	Public	4,337	4,120	95%
4	4	SunGard	Wayne, PA	Private	4,499	3,190	71%
5	5	NCR Corporation	Duluth, GA	Public	5,443	2,999	55%

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Rank					CY 2011 Revenue (Millions)

2012	2011	Company Name		Ownership	Total	Financial Services	% FS
1	1	IBM	Armonk, NY	Public	$107,000	$31,030	29%
2	2	Hewlett-Packard	Palo Alto, CA	Public	$127,200	$13,992	11%
3	6	Microsoft	Redmond, WA	Public	$72,001	$8,640	8%
4	3	Dell, Inc.	Round Rock, TX	Public	$62,071	$7,448	12%
5	3	Fujitsu Limited	Tokyo, Japan	Public	$54,000	$7,020	13%

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	Places	Rank

	▲ ▼	2012	2011	Why
Six Payment Services	24	46	70	SIX merged SIX Multipay, SIX Pay and SIX Card Solutions.
Vasco Data Security	19	67	86	Landed several large transactions in the banking market.
Pegasystems	18	49	67	Significant customer wins, including a large U.K. bank.
Virtusa Corporation	15	64	79	Acquired ALaS Consulting LLC, a financial services consulting firm.
MphasiS	-18	41	23	Percentage of financial services revenue dropped from 42% to 36%.

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The Rankings

About the Rankings

The FinTech 100 and the Top 25 Enterprise Companies in FinTech are American Banker and Bank Technology News' annual ranking of the top technology providers to financial services companies worldwide. The ranking is developed in conjunction with IDC Financial Insights and with public relations support from The William Mills Agency.