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Oracle Financial Services has expanded its Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Risk Management suite to include a new model risk management solution, as well as enhanced offerings for regulatory capital management and credit risk management. Oracle's Enterprise Risk Management suite, part of the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications family, provides a single, unified platform that helps today's financial institutions meet increasingly complex compliance requirements and performance objectives. The end-to-end platform enables financial services organizations to effectively identify and manage risk to support their risk-adjusted performance objectives, promote a proactive risk management culture and mitigate the costs of compliance. Model Risk Management To meet evolving regulatory mandates, financial institutions require a comprehensive view of risks associated with inaccurate or improperly applied financial and business models. Many firms are struggling to achieve this transparency because they continue to manage their models in siloed environments. Oracle Financial Services Model Risk Management provides a common environment to manage all risks associated with the use of models, including risks arising due to poor data quality, incorrect or inappropriate use, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution delivers a single repository for all model information across the enterprise, includes pre-built dashboards to jump start benefits and provides drill-down capabilities for in-depth insight. This application provides a common environment to manage risks associated with the use of models including risks arising due to data quality, incorrect or inappropriate usage, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution helps firms to improve governance around the use of models through a comprehensive, structured and consistent framework for periodic assessment and validation of models ac

The July 12 issue of eCampus News includes an article discussing recent changes in colleges students' financial aid packages caused by Congress's sequestration talks. The article includes comment from Oracle customer, Marquette University in which Tara O'Neill, Associate Director of the Office of Finance and Student Financial Aid noted that if this would have happened in the mid-2000s, schools would not be able to make the proper adjustments needed. However, with technological advancements in its financial aid office, Marquette was able to notify students of possible aid changes within 30 minutes of getting word from the federal government. The article notes that Marquette uses PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financing system which provides constant updates to federal rules and regulations surrounding financial aid.

Accenture and Oracle have developed a new cloud-based financial solution designed to help hospitality companies improve business management by giving them better access to real-time financial data. The Accenture Oracle business group's new hospitality finance cloud solution enables companies to access financial data in real-time from multiple data sources, such as internal property management systems and external financial institutions, and connects to existing on-property systems to automate workflow approvals and establish standardized operations processes.

The March 21 edition of ExecutiveBiz includes the following blog post highlighting that California State University (CSU) is implementing Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications in its efforts to standardize financial management processes and systems across its 23 campuses.  The blog post notes that the integrated financial management solutions will provide a consolidated platform for the school to complete financial operations including general ledger, billing and purchasing.  The blog post also notes that CSU will use Oracle's PeopleSoft Human Capital Management and Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions.

The August 7 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting Montclair State University's adoption of Oracle's PeopleSoft Financial Management System (FMS).  PeopleSoft FMS will enable Montclair to make optimal financial decisions, develop effective short- and long-term strategies to support the university's growth and emerging needs, and to integrate and streamline financial processes across departments.  The university plans to complete the first phase of implementation by July 2015, and the full implementation by January 2016.

The March 23 edition of TMCnet Financial Tech Spotlight includes the following article highlighting that California State University (CSU) has standardized its financial, human resources, student administration and alumni development systems across all 23 of its campuses and the Office of the Chancellor on Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications. The article notes that this move is part of the university's strategic plan, Access to Excellence, through which CSU has committed to take advantage of technology to meet the future educational needs of students, faculty and staff.

The Oct. 22 edition of GCN includes the following article highlighting the Pennsylvania's Treasury Department financial system upgrade. The article notes that the Treasury uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Financials to handle cost-payable processes and Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance for audit analytics and forensic analysis on payment processes. The article also quotes Sid Sinha, Oracle's senior director of application development, who discusses how auditors can adapt the technology.

The Oct. 22 edition of GCN includes the following article highlighting the Pennsylvania's Treasury Department financial system upgrade. The article notes that the Treasury uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Financials to handle cost-payable processes and Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance for audit analytics and forensic analysis on payment processes. The article also quotes Sid Sinha, Oracle's senior director of application development, who discusses how auditors can adapt the technology.

The September issue of University Business includes the following article highlighting how financial aid offices are drowning in a sea of reports, but the right software and strategies can make it possible to handle the increase in reports. The article highlights how universities, such as California State University (CSU), and software providers are handling the data deluge. The article includes comment from Dean Kulju, director of student financial services and programs, California State University, who notes that he likes the flexibility of CSU's software (Oracle PeopleSoft for the majority of campuses) and the ability it gives CSU to customize but he would like to see more movement towards providing universally accepted or required reports being used by institutions nationally. The article also includes comment by Gary Allen, senior strategy manager, Oracle Higher Education, who notes that financial aid offices can manage better outcomes by knowing their audience and what will make most sense to them.

The November 7 issue of The Financial includes an article announcing that University of Akron has implemented Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management hosted on Oracle Cloud Solutions for Education and Research.   The article also notes that the university also deployed PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management solutions including Financial Analytics, Human Capital Management Warehouse and Supply Chain Analytics.  The article notes that University of Akron will leverage Oracle solutions as a part of its Vision 2020 - a strategic plan designed to grow enrollment, improve the learning experience and increase funding for student programs, faculty, research, campus and community. 

The April 2 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 2 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The Sept. 8 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting the University of Berkeley's implementation of Oracle Grant Management and upgrade to Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.2. The article notes that UC Berkeley successfully upgraded ahead of schedule and under budget, and is looking to add even more functionality through 2015.

The Sept. 8 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting the University of Berkeley's implementation of Oracle Grant Management and upgrade to Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.2. The article notes that UC Berkeley successfully upgraded ahead of schedule and under budget, and is looking to add even more functionality through 2015.

The March 22 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting that California State University (CSU) has standardized its financial, human resources, student administration and alumni development systems across all 23 of its campuses and the Office of the Chancellor.  The article notes that the university is using Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications hosted on the Unisys Hosted Secure Private Cloud Solution.  The article also notes that Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO, has expanded its implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications to include PeopleSoft Human Resources, Payroll for North America, Benefits, Campus Solutions and Financial Management, in addition to PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) and PeopleTools.

The March 23 edition of eCampus News includes the following article highlighting that California State University (CSU) is currently standardizing its 23-campus system and the Chancellor's Office on Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications.  The article notes that as part of the university's strategic plan, Access to Excellence, CSU has made a commitment to take advantage of technology to meet future educational needs and has created the Common Management Systems (CMS).  The article also notes that in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce costs system wide, CSU has consolidated its financial management processes and systems onto PeopleSoft Financial Management. 

Highlighting that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has selected Global Computer Enterprises to provide comprehensive Federal financial management services. The article notes that other Federal agencies are upgrading to cloud-based enterpr

SYSTIME, an Oracle Platinum partner of Oracle® PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced that SYSTIME has achieved OPN Advanced Specialization status for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management.