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Westpac CIO Dave Curran to retire
Westpac has announced that its chief information officer will retire from his position at the end of January 2019, to be replaced by Citi's Craig Bright.
NAB takes compliance hit with AU$1.65b Q3 profit
Expenses rose during the three-month period thanks to regulatory compliance costs and digital transformation spend.
Commonwealth Bank to deliver world's first blockchain bond
The bank was chosen by the World Bank to conduct the world's first bond transaction delivered solely using blockchain.
Mobile becomes main banking channel in Brazil
Smartphones and tablets surpass Internet banking for the first time, says Central Bank.
Suncorp spent AU$29m on tech in year of reshaping
Suncorp spent FY18 reshaping its organisation, posting AU$1 billion in after-tax profit while delivering major pieces of infrastructure and technology.
Commonwealth Bank reports AU$9.4b profit after spending AU$1.7b on IT in FY18
The bank's profit was down 4.7 percent over FY17 thanks to a AU$700 million Austrac bill, one-off financial crime compliance spend, and higher technology costs.
Unisys aims for revenue growth in Brazil
The company wants to achieve a double-digit percentage increase in business in its third most important market this year.
Report from an almost cashless society
Life carries on and has got a little quicker without people fumbling with loose change.
Square has made $37 million supporting Bitcoin trading
The company disclosed the updated figure with its second quarter financial results, which beat estimates.
Singapore bank aims to speed up car financing via online marketplace
United Overseas Bank has unveiled an online financing service, offered via classifieds site Carousell, that it hopes will quicken the application of car loans for seven dealerships in the country.
Commonwealth Bank tracing almond supply chain via blockchain
The bank sent nuts from Australia to Germany in a blockchain-based supply chain trial.
Payment processor Stripe launches card issuing business
Stripe is primarily targeting marketplaces and other large, technology-oriented companies with the service.
PayPal Q2 solid, shares slip on light guidance
The San Jose, Calif.-based payments company reported a net income of $526 million, or 44 cents per share.
Singapore banks told to tighten data verification following SingHealth breach
Monetary Authority of Singapore instructs financial institutions to tighten their customer verification processes following SingHealth's security breach, which compromised personal data of 1.5 million people.
NAB stands up enterprise security team and appoints new security chief
David Fairman will be focused on combining physical and cyber security at the bank.
How blockchain technology can transform our world
The technology can be used in far more applications than virtual currency.
Halloween '13: What tech frightens us most
In their latest October 2013 survey released just in time for All Hallows' Eve, IT recruiting firm Modis surveyed 1000 Americans to find out what potential tech disasters are keeping them up at night.
DBS Bank transforms customer experience with tech
The Singapore bank's latest branch taps technology to improve customer service, providing a more interactive and intuitive experience, say DBS execs.
ZDNet App Wrap: September 17, 2012
Feedly, metro.am, YouTube, Planner Pro, St George Banking Application, Quora, 8Bit Beatbox, and Janetter Pro for Twitter.
ZDNet App Wrap: September 10, 2012
ANZ goMoney, HSBC, uTorrent, uDraw, The Decision App, Note.S, The Textastic Code Editor, and ScrapNote
Tech IPO busts from the Internet boom (gallery)
As Facebook prepares to launch its massive IPO, it's a good time to look at the late 90s to see what people thought were good investments.
Office and computer pranks
What better way to welcome back coworkers from an extended vacation than an amusing practical joke?
Facebook's IPO in pictures
Facebook's IPO filing included images. Here they are and here's what they mean.
10 indispensable Android apps
This new collection of Android apps features everything from a friendly keyboard to a convenient payment processor to a versatile music player.
How Apple should spend its $90 billion in cash
Apple, with a market capitalization of over $416 billion, its stock trading at around $445 a share, and swimming in over $90 billion in cash, needs to figure out how to spend its money. I’ve got a few suggestions.
Inside NAB's first concept branch: photos
The National Australia Bank (NAB) is looking to smarten up its branches going forwards, and last month unveiled its very first concept store in Melbourne. ZDNet Australia went to take a look behind the scenes at the branch's mix of smart self-service technology and open-plan design.
Inside CommBank's Kaching: photos
The Commonwealth Bank has made a to-do list as long as its proverbial arm for the future of its NFC-enabled, pay-anyone app Kaching!, which includes support for virtual currency, like Facebook Credits, coupons, deals and an eventual partnership with Google for its Wallet product. Take a look inside the first iteration of Kaching! and our chat with CommBank chief marketing officer, Andy Lark.
Inside CBA's tech-heavy office: photos
It's taken 18 months from go to woe, but the Commonwealth Bank has begun moving over 300 staff per week into its lavish new tech-filled offices on the Sydney Harbour foreshore. ZDNet Australia was invited to tour the offices with the bank's chief information officer, Michael Harte.
Ten catastrophes: All-time worst tech industry executive decisions
IT, software and computer companies are certainly not without their share of poor executive decisions and mismanagement. While dozens of notable examples could have made our list, these were by far the top top 10 worst in the history of the technology industry, causing many billions of dollars of lost revenue or resulted in the downfall of entire companies.
Gallery: SAP, Google put business on the map
SAP and Google are expanding their partnership to take large data sets and integrate them into Google Maps, Earth, Docs and other products.
Suncorp spent AU$29m on tech in year of reshaping
Suncorp Group has reported AU$1 billion in after-tax profit for the 2018 financial year, telling shareholders that the digitisation of the organisation has started to drive benefits. Read more: https://zd.net/2nn1F4I
Bankwest introduces in-app messaging
The Bankwest messaging service, built and developed with LivePerson, hopes to provide secure, instant responses to customers' queries and questions within its banking app.
Supporting Bitcoin trading ads $37million to Square's revenues
The company disclosed the updated figure with its second quarter financial results, which beat estimates.
Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore
Slated to be available in July, the exchange will offer at least 30 cryptocurrencies globally -- excluding Japan and the US -- and support 15 languages, including Korean and English. Read more: https://zd.net/2KtWflP
PayPal launches Venmo debit card
The Venmo MasterCard debit card will let users make in-store payments with their Venmo balance. Read more: https://zd.net/2IpsZHT
Commonwealth Bank announces new execs as part of reshuffle
The bank has filled six positions to lead its digital and cultural transformation. Read more: https://zd.net/2IrEAWY
Four out of five Australians go cashless: ATO
Australian Tax Office research says that only one in five Australians prefer to pay with cash over card, phone, or wearables.
PayPal touts security and usability as differentiators in APAC
Amid the rise of e-wallets and mobile payment platforms in Asia-Pacific, PayPal is betting on its global reach and security infrastructure to keep its digital payments service relevant. Read more: https://zd.net/2K62iNO
Bank of New Zealand launches Alipay
BNZ's merchant customers can now accept Alipay thanks to a pilot underway with Verifone.
Westpac announces offsite hybrid cloud built by IBM
Westpac has announced implementing a new offsite hybrid cloud, built and operated by IBM, that's part of its fully integrated cloud platform strategy. Read more: https://zd.net/2JhUqV2
CBA sent 10,000 customers' data to wrong email address
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has once again found itself in the spotlight for the potential mishandling of customer information. Read more: https://zd.net/2so24aa
Singapore and India form joint working group for fintech opportunities
The two Asian countries, which already have partnered on cross-border payment services, will create a joint working group to explore opportunities for further collaboration in fintech. Read more: https://zd.net/2xBVWzX
NAB hit by mainframe outage
National Australian Bank confirmed that it suffered a nationwide systems failure over the weekend as a result of power being cut to its mainframe.
Meet Erica, Bank of America's virtual financial assistant
Bank of America added a virtual assistant to its mobile app. Read more: https://zd.net/2GvoEBK
CommBank CFO leaves for blockchain firm
Commonwealth Bank CFO Rob Jesudason will leave the country's largest bank to lead Block.one as group president and chief operating officer. Read more: https://zd.net/2jUV7c8
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