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NEW YORK and LONDON; Dec. 18, 2020 – Three out of four consumers (76%) would welcome assistance from their insurer in dealing with cybersecurity threats as the pandemic drives more consumers online, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).  

ARLINGTON, Va.; Dec. 16, 2020 – Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been awarded a task order to help the U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) drive an enterprise transformation strategy to redesign its future plans and practices related to data, cloud, cybersecurity, architecture, investments, and talent to achieve greater advantage and readiness.

NEW YORK; Dec. 16, 2020 – Medable has been named the  Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge – Life Sciences  Innovation Champion for providing patients with an integrated digital and physical experience during clinical trials, allowing them to access clinical care sites and clinical trial teams from their mobile phones. Medable was one of five finalists invited to pitch their innovative solutions to a panel of life sciences leaders during a virtual event held earlier this week.

NEW YORK; Dec. 16, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST tomorrow, Dec. 17, to discuss its first-quarter fiscal year 2021 financial results. A news release containing these results will be issued before the call.

MILAN; Dec. 16, 2020 – Generali Group and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have created a joint venture — Group Operations Service Platform (GOSP) — that will leverage cloud technologies and shared technology platforms to accelerate the insurance group’s innovation and digital strategy.

NEW YORK; Dec. 16, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader for application and digital services in capital markets by consulting and research firm Everest Group.

NEW YORK and EDINBURGH, Scotland; Dec. 16, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) collaborated with CereProc, a text-to-speech technology provider, to create Sam, the world’s first comprehensive non-binary voice solution for the fast-growing global digital assistant market. To encourage adoption, the companies have released all the materials used to generate the voice to the Open Source community.

PARIS; Dec. 15, 2020 – Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics (UGAP), the national public procurement agency in France, has selected a consortium including Accenture, CGI and INOP’s to serve as providers of data intelligence services to government departments in France.  

NEW YORK and TOKYO; Dec. 14, 2020 ‒ Accenture  (NYSE: ACN) has helped Rakuten Mobile launch its fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network, from business model design to development and operation.

NEW YORK; Dec. 10, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a “Leader” in Everest Group’s inaugural report, “ PEAK Matrix® for ServiceNow Services 2021 .” This recognition follows the formation of  Accenture Cloud First , which provides the full stack of cloud services to help clients across every industry become "cloud-first" businesses so they can accelerate their digital transformation, innovate faster, and create differentiated, sustainable value.

PARIS; Dec. 10, 2020 – Efma and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are now accepting applications for the sixth annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards, which recognize insurers and insurtechs that are transforming the insurance industry.

NEW YORK; Dec. 9, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a leading provider of financial improvement consulting services to healthcare organizations in a recent report from industry analyst firm KLAS Research, receiving a ranking of 94.7 out of 100.

ABU DHABI; Dec. 9, 2020 – Louvre Abu Dhabi signed a one-year agreement with Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to help deliver its aggressive digital programme. The global professional services company with leading capabilities across more than 40 industries, including major international museums, will support Louvre Abu Dhabi in the transformation and integration of the museum’s digital ecosystem, including the development and implementation of an Extended Reality (XR) strategy, the enhancement of the museum’s immersive experience in the galleries, and improved digital access to the museum’s collection.

ARLINGTON, Va.; Dec. 7, 2020 – Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to modernize the client case-management system of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services (PPS) system.

NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG; Dec. 7, 2020 – The replacement of in-person branch interactions with impersonal digital transactions through online and mobile channels during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the ongoing erosion of consumer trust in banks, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

NEW YORK CITY; Dec. 3, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of End-to-End Analytics , a boutique applied analytics and data science consultancy. Accenture announced its intent to acquire End-to-End Analytics on November 23, 2020. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

BANGALORE, India; Dec. 1, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), one of India’s largest private art museums, have collaborated to create an immersive digital experience to engage art enthusiasts. 

NEW YORK; Dec. 2, 2020 – While six in seven North American wealth managers (84%) believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will transform their industry in the next five years, less than one-third (28%) are already scaling it today across their businesses, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

NEW YORK; Dec. 2, 2020 – Remote workers comprise nearly two-thirds (60%) of the workforce, and yet fewer than half of the organizations they work for have company-wide remote work policies in place and only 14% are considered digitally mature within their industry, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

HOUSTON; Dec. 2, 2020 – Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced they have teamed to accelerate Halliburton’s digital supply chain transformation and support digitalization within the Company’s manufacturing function.

TORONTO; Dec. 1, 2020 – nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have supported Vancity , Canada’s largest community credit union, in evolving its commercial lending business through the implementation of the nCino Bank Operating System® .

NEW YORK; Dec. 1, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has delivered a new cloud-based internet of things (IoT) platform and digital manufacturing platform to Blueair, a world leader in air purification for home and professional use, and part of the Unilever family of brands. The platforms enabled Blueair to launch HealthProtect™ , its first connected air purifier to provide 24/7 protection against bacteria and viruses 1 .

MILAN and NEW YORK; Dec. 1, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are collaborating with CNH Industrial to help the capital goods company enhance its digital capabilities and develop smart connected products and services.

MADRID; Dec. 1, 2020 – Inversis, a reference company in Spain that provides outsourcing and technology solutions for investment services for global financial institutions, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security, have reached an agreement to develop an outsourcing solution to help financial institutions across Europe manage their financial asset distribution processes. Accenture will transform Inversis’ technology platform in the initial phase of the agreement.

PARIS; Dec. 1, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of OpusLine, an independent Paris-based health consulting company renowned for its strategic advisory and transformational services provided to healthcare organizations in France. Accenture had announced its intent to acquire OpusLine on October 27, 2020. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.