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LONDON; Oct. 28, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired BCS Consulting, a U.K. management consultancy that delivers complex business change for financial services firms to enhance agility, improve efficiency and bolster competitiveness. Headquartered in London, BCS Consulting’s 250 strong team joins Accenture’s U.K. Financial Services Strategy and Consulting practice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

GOIANA, Pernambuco, Brazil; Oct. 27, 2021 – Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), TIM Brazil (NYSE: TIMB) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are working together to implement a private 5G network pilot project at the Stellantis plant, located in the Automotive Centre of Goiana in northeastern Brazil. Since the network’s launch in July, Stellantis has improved its auto manufacturing productivity, safety and business agility.

NEW YORK; Oct. 26, 2021 – A new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) identifies three steps biopharmaceutical organizations could take to reduce the average cost of discovering and developing a treatment by more than US$1 billion. Furthermore, it could potentially create additional future revenue opportunities of up to US$450 million per treatment.

MUNICH; Oct. 20, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will collaborate with MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, a leading consumer electronics retailer, to transform its content production into a marketing operation focused on driving efficiency and creating ultimate relevance to the customer. 

SYDNEY; Oct. 19, 2021 –  nCino, Inc.  (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, and Accenture (NYSE:ACN), a global consulting firm with leading capabilities in cloud and digital transformations, today announced they have helped Australian-based SME challenger bank Judo Bank implement a new banking platform by deploying the  nCino Bank Operating System® .

NEW YORK; Oct. 19, 2021 – Applications are now being accepted for the  FinTech Innovation Lab New York,  a 12-week program co-founded by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Partnership Fund for New York City that helps early- and growth-stage financial technology companies accelerate product and business development through in-depth collaboration with top financial services and venture capital firms.

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO; Oct. 19, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) have formed a business group that brings Accenture’s functional knowledge, deep industry and technical experience together with Splunk’s platform technology to help clients maximize insights from data, with a particular focus on AI-powered IT operations, security automation, and intelligent supply chain.

LONDON; October 19, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired  Xoomworks Group , a consulting and technology company that specializes in procurement technology, digital innovation and software solutions development. The acquisition will expand Accenture’s capabilities for helping clients accelerate technology-led business and procurement transformation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

SÃO PAULO; October 18, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of  Experity , a leading provider of cloud-based customer experience and commerce solutions in Brazil. Experity helps businesses build greater efficiencies and agility in commerce, marketing, content and data through leading cloud-based platforms. The terms of the transaction, which Accenture  announced  on September 20, were not disclosed.

ARLINGTON, Va.; October 14, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has launched a new report,  Futureframe: Human-Centered Design at Societal Scale , which unveils specific steps for federal agencies to deliver improved customer experiences and outcomes.

NEW YORK; Oct. 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Avanade have been jointly named a Leader in the inaugural  Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for Microsoft Dynamics 365 2021  report.

NEW YORK; Oct. 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that Gartner, Inc. has recognized the Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform (ALIP) in a new report, titled “ Critical Capabilities for Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems, North America .” * ALIP was among the top three vendors in the Individual/New Business Onboarding/Straight-through Processing, New Product Development/Launch and Digital User Support Use Cases.

ATHENS; Oct. 14, 2021 – Piraeus Bank is collaborating with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) to accelerate its digital transformation, leveraging a cloud-first approach. The shared ambition of this initiative is to enhance Piraeus Bank’s position as a next-generation finance institution, powered by cutting-edge cloud technology, to deliver a superior banking experience to its stakeholders.

SYDNEY; Oct. 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired James Nunn-Price as a senior managing director to lead its Growth Markets Security business — which spans cyber defense, applied cybersecurity solutions and managed security services — across Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Greater China, India, Japan, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He will join a global practice of more than 8,000 cybersecurity professionals and report to  Kelly Bissell , Accenture’s global lead for Security. 

BUENOS AIRES; October 13, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired  Glamit , a boutique e-commerce agency in Argentina. Glamit offers experience design and technology, including e-commerce and platform architecture, brand strategy, digital marketing services and direct-to-consumer solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

NEW YORK; Oct. 13, 2021 –  Nearly 70% of marketing executives globally say that the past year has completely exhausted their employees, found  new research  from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). While this comes as no surprise given the heightened levels of employee burnout cited around the world, there is a silver lining.

PARIS; Oct. 13, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of  BENEXT , an independent product consulting company specializing in product management, agile coaching, cloud-based development and data science. Accenture had  announced  its intent to acquire BENEXT on September 7, 2021. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

DUBAI; Oct. 12, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today opened the Accenture Exchange – the company’s dedicated venue at Expo 2020 Dubai reflecting its role as the Expo’s Official Digital Services Partner. Housing Accenture’s most powerful, cutting-edge and engaging innovations for the next six months, the space provides visitors the opportunity to learn more about Accenture’s leading technology solutions and its role in bringing the Expo to life.

BANGALORE, India; Oct. 11, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire  BRIDGEi2i , an artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics firm headquartered in Bangalore, India, with additional offices in the US and Australia. The acquisition will add more than 800 deeply skilled professionals to Accenture’s  Applied Intelligence  practice, strengthening and scaling up its global capabilities in data science, machine learning and AI-powered insights. The financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

ARLINGTON, Va; Oct. 11, 2021 – A new biennial study by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) and Accenture focuses on increased interest and use of cloud technologies in state governments and provides an assessment tool to help guide advancements in states’ use of cloud.

ARLINGTON, Va.; Oct. 11, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services’ (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has won Women in IT’s  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative of the Year  Award. The company’s “ Let There be Change ” Initiative was honored for advancing equity and inclusion to create lasting change.

NEW YORK; Oct. 5, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired  Advoco , one of the largest systems integrators for  Infor EAM , a leading software-as-a-service suite for enterprise asset management (EAM). The acquisition expands Accenture’s capabilities to help clients in the consumer goods & services, industrial, life sciences, transit and other industries make their operations and supply chains safer, more sustainable, productive and cost-efficient. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

NEW YORK; Oct. 1, 2021 – For the tenth consecutive year,  Accenture  (NYSE: ACN) has been  recognized as a Leader  by Gartner, Inc., a company that delivers actionable, objective insight to executives and their teams. 

NEW YORK and AACHEN, GERMANY; Oct. 1, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of umlaut, an engineering consulting and services firm headquartered in Aachen, Germany. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture  announced  on June 14, were not disclosed.