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NPP upgrades to lessen bank outage fallout
... and Robodebt aberrations.
Oct 29 2019 7:03AM
NAB, BPAY quietly back payday loan killing API
Earnd overlay service accesses wages as they accrue.
Sep 30 2019 6:58AM
RBA CIO declares new core live, retires mainframe
Real-time payments ready to roll across citizen accounts.
Sep 24 2019 4:35PM
Secret penetration tests, fines for banks under PayID security crackdown
NPP deploys ‘unilateral’ protections to harden network.
Sep 3 2019 6:52AM
Banks face big infrastructure hangover in real-time payments shift
Legacy headaches in switch from pull to push transaction.
Jul 8 2019 12:56PM
NAB customers hit by fast payments glitch
Outbound transactions affected.
Jul 4 2019 11:12AM
Bank outage downtime doubles in just one year: RBA
Ageing systems a "significant risk" as incidents soar 40 percent.
Jun 26 2019 8:54AM
Australian banks to cop heavy fines for stalling real time payments
RBA ready to grant penalty powers to New Payments Platform.
Jun 13 2019 11:00PM
RBA outage autopsy reveals weak spots
Like testing the fire system mid-batch.
Jun 13 2019 7:20AM
Monitoring fail allowed Westpac PayID look-up abuse
Compromised harvester accounts made 1900 pings a day.
Jun 4 2019 3:29PM
New Payments Platform ropes in QR codes
Real-time digital transactions stretched to sausage sizzles.
Jun 3 2019 12:20PM
Banks still stalling real time payments: RBA
Laggards stymie New Payments Platform functionality.
May 16 2019 8:28PM
Australia's two most technologically challenged banks could merge
UBS reportedly takes corporate tape measure to Queensland.
May 8 2019 12:33PM
DHS prepares to set new SAP-based payments platform live
Uses white label model for reuse across government.
Mar 26 2019 7:15AM
Westpac CEO Hartzer cops it over real time transaction delays, NPP
Hogan now "really quite old and therefore challenging to modify.”
Mar 12 2019 6:45AM
Centrelink deploys NPP for real time emergency payments
System speeds Townsville floods relief effort.
Mar 5 2019 6:37AM
Big four legacy systems cop another spanking from RBA over slow NPP progress
As central bank prepares to beef-up payments data.
Feb 25 2019 4:31PM
Former CBA and Westpac CIO Bob McKinnon to chair New Payments Platform
Tech hard head prepares to push adoption and volumes.
Jan 31 2019 8:44AM
Mutuals light a fire under Big Four banks on tech renewal
Less bloat, more speed.
Dec 7 2018 6:55AM
RBA prepares to punish bank outages, system upgrade delays
Regulatory stick readied to cure lethargy.
Nov 26 2018 12:07PM
