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Why Heritage Bank headed externally to prep for the New Payments Platform
The organisation's CIO told ZDNet it needed a partner like IBM-owned Red Hat to be capable of implementing the mandated regime.
Santander to offer hundreds of coding scholarships in Brazil
The bank is accelerating its plan to boost its tech workforce and address the local skills gap
CommBank issues apology to customers for network issues
Services including PayID and cardless cash are unavailable, the bank said.
Commonwealth Bank to spend over AU$5b on tech in the next five years
The bank will be spending big on technology in a bid to keep improving its systems and services.
Fintech startups: Why Bulgaria is a hotbed for finance software development
Bulgaria is on its way to becoming a leading fintech technology hub in southeast Europe.
NAB launches Australia-wide small business cyber roadshow
The red and black bank hopes to educate its 40,000 small business customers through its Cyber Security Roadshow.
Singapore, Australia begin talks on digital economy pact
Trade agreement between both nations aims to drive 'greater connectivity' and bilateral economic relations, with cooperation touted to encompass several areas including e-payments, fintech, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital identity.
Brazil's largest bank Itaú boosts surveillance with augmented reality
The technology allows the simulation of risky situations in training processes.
Russia's Sberbank investigates credit card data leak
Bank says data on at least 200 customers has leaked; a security company said it is many more.
Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans make Mastercard, Visa, Libra backers nervous
Financial giants are becoming skittish over Facebook’s plans for cryptocurrency domination.
Not the end of traditional passwords just yet for Commonwealth Bank
The bank's cybersecurity centre GM has likened the challenge with security to doing physics in a pre-Newton society.
My Revolut bank accounts are disrupted - they've locked me out of them!
My first-hand experiences being locked out of my Revolut accounts and being kept in outer space by their support.
Consumer Data Right ready to be tested ahead of February go-live
The consumer watchdog has named the 10 financial services firms and startups that will be testing components of the first tranche of the Consumer Data Right.
Commonwealth Bank: Australia is well-positioned to be a leader in cyber
The GM of the yellow bank's cybersecurity centre wants the nation to take advantage of its current position, and export cyber talent and innovation to the rest of the world.
Regulatory requirements behind Western Union's multi-cloud push
The company's VP head of technology transformation detailed the global regulatory requirements that impact a cloud strategy at an organisation like Western Union.
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.
Taylor looking at embedding sensors and smarts in concrete
Sydney, don't ask. You cannot retrofit sensors into apartment foundations.
Square Terminal launches as company eyes bank-neglected space in Australia
Australia finally gets its hands on the Square Terminal, nearly a year after businesses in the United States.
Grab eyes Vietnam growth with $500M investment
Ride-sharing operator plans to introduce new services and expand its transport, food, and payments ecosystems in the Vietnamese market, where it has been since 2014.
Apple warns its credit card doesn't like leather or denim or other cards
White titanium card is afraid of most things people use to carry ID and coinage, like wallets and pockets.
Commonwealth Bank to trial blockchain 'BioTokens' for biodiversity investment
The yellow bank has developed a blockchain prototype it reckons can support sustainable development and investment in Australia.
Suncorp ditches marketplace strategy
It also paid AU$155 million in regulatory and customer remediation costs in response to the Royal Commission.
North Korea made $2 billion from cyberattacks, UN report
Draft report from the United Nations revealed North Korea chalked up US$2 billion from launching cyber attacks against banks and cryptocurrency exchanges as part of efforts to fund a weapons buying programme.
Sydney expands contactless payments to buses
An extension to the contactless transport payments play run by Transport for NSW in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic, and Mastercard.
NAB admits it shared personal info on 13,000 customers with two external parties
The compromised data included customer name, date of birth, contact details, and in some cases, a government-issued identification, such as a driver's licence.
How big is the Capital One breach?
100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians caught up in breach.
Apple Card: Now will the masses embrace mobile payment?
Apple’s upcoming credit card relies on the iPhone and offers rewards for contactless payments. Jason Perlow and Jason Cipriani debate if that’s enough for mass mobile payment adoption. Read more: https://zd.net/2xqKX9T
Japan leads the way to create global cryptocurrency trading platform
The platform will be designed to prevent money laundering currently made possible through virtual assets.
US lawmakers don't trust Facebook's Libra
They say Facebook has a "pattern of failing to keep consumer data private."
SWIFT clocks 13 second cross-border instant payment in global trial
A payment from Australia into Singapore recorded the fastest payment in the trial over SWIFT's gpi instant payments platform.
Mobile malware is on the rise, thanks to banking apps and weak security
As banking customers increasingly turn to doing business on mobile platforms, criminals are following the money.
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