The announcement comes as the Halifax prepares to give more details of its internet-led banking venture, Greenfield.co.
Customer resistance to Internet-only banking has slowed revenue growth.
The slower Bacs payment system - which underlies telephone and internet banking services - has also failed to show any trend of savers shifting their money.
Indeed, Minitel is now proving a barrier to the take-up of Internet banking.
Others say fixed-line operators, especially those that have a strong fiber optic backbone in place, are better bets because they are players in the broadband services game -- offering pay TV, video-on-demand, home shopping and banking as well high-speed Internet access.
Flexcube lets back-office operations support retail banking, Internet banking, corporate banking, asset management and investor services.
The Newcastle-based lender also reassured that its internet banking services had been virtually restored after running slowly over the weekend as a huge number of anxious online customers tried to log on.
This is in sharp contrast to the banking industry when it comes to offering Internet-based services.
Most Finns have settled their bills via Internet banking for years, while Americans stick to hand-written cheques.
The break-in follows a string of security concerns about Internet banking in Britain.
Unlike Morgan, Goldman is not rushing into high-street banking, though it plans to set up an internet bank to help gather deposits.
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Many of us depend on the Internet and digital tools in our daily lives -- from shopping at home and banking on our mobile devices to sharing information with friends across the globe.
But a banking transaction over the internet costs a mere 1% of an over-the-counter transaction at a branch.
"We have gone from mobile as an experiment to mobile banking being a core experience that is just as important as the branches, call centers and the Internet, " said Ryan McInerney, who runs the New York bank's consumer-banking operations.
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