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AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP will spend $150 million on managed infrastructure services from CSC Australia over the next six years.
Staff Writers Jun 2 2009 12:32PM Hardware
CBA's NetBank gets personal touch

CBA's NetBank gets personal touch

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new feature on its NetBank online banking site that allows users to choose how their financial data is presented to them.
Brett Winterford May 18 2009 4:30PM Software
eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

Payment gateway provider eWay has inked a three-year, $500,000 deal with Macquarie Hosting to host its online payment system, transaction applications and encrypted customer data.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2009 3:47PM Hardware
Half a million dollars swiped in ATM skimming theft

Half a million dollars swiped in ATM skimming theft

Thieves using ATM skimming devices are believed to have stolen some $500,000 from a single Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) in the Melbourne CBD.
Staff Writers Mar 24 2009 6:35PM Security
Westpac Web 2.0 whiz quits

Westpac Web 2.0 whiz quits

Outspoken Westpac technology executive David Backley has resigned from the bank.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:05PM Software
Westpac re-calls customers without consent

Westpac re-calls customers without consent

Westpac has been formally warned for breaching the Do Not Call register after it called customers that had asked not to be contacted about its products or services.
Staff Writers Mar 16 2009 5:44PM Telco/ISP
Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac has quietly expanded its use of SMS to authenticate its personal banking customers.
Ry Crozier Mar 13 2009 10:34AM Security
Westpac reality check on Web 2.0

Westpac reality check on Web 2.0

Westpac has revealed that changing business conditions and poor adoption forced it to abandon or shelve some of its highest-profile Enterprise 2.0 projects.
Brett Winterford Feb 24 2009 5:51PM Software
BT moves to SQL database

BT moves to SQL database

BT Financial Group said it has migrated its superannuation and investment platform, Wrap Administration, onto a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 backend.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:36PM Software
Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey

Two-thirds of financial institutions use unencrypted delivery methods to send confidential documents to customers, partners and service providers, a survey claims.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2009 3:11PM Security
HSBC steps up fraud detection

HSBC steps up fraud detection

News that HSBC is introducing technology to screen all card transactions for potential fraud has been broadly welcomed by experts as a necessary step in the fight against rising card fraud.
Phil Muncaster Jan 20 2009 2:50PM Security
Westpac online customers get free security software

Westpac online customers get free security software

Westpac has extended a deal to give its online banking customers 12 months' free access to PC Tools’ Internet Security suite for a second year.
Ry Crozier Dec 16 2008 2:13PM Security
Suncorp goes Agile for 19k desktop integration project

Suncorp goes Agile for 19k desktop integration project

Suncorp has revealed that, as part of its merger with Promina, it used a variation of the Agile software development methodology to deliver a major desktop integration project covering 19,000 computers.
Staff Writers Dec 13 2008 1:05AM Hardware
ING Direct redesign extends to open source mash-ups

ING Direct redesign extends to open source mash-ups

ING Direct has redesigned its information architecture to provide the underlying structure to double its size within the next five years.
Ry Crozier Oct 28 2008 12:19PM Software
Economic crisis a 'return to normality', ANZ CEO says

Economic crisis a 'return to normality', ANZ CEO says

Global economic uncertainty may be curbing jobs and investments, but according to Mike Smith, CEO of the ANZ bank, ‘good businesses’ should have nothing to fear.
Liz Tay Oct 8 2008 12:30AM Financial Services
IAG hits planning limits

IAG hits planning limits

Insurance giant IAG has switched back to TM1 to manage the $7.4 billion in premiums it handles each year.
Ry Crozier Sep 9 2008 9:09AM Software
Credit Union moves to unified comms

Credit Union moves to unified comms

New England Credit Union (NECU) has taken a step towards unified communications with the rollout of ‘click-to-call’ videoconferencing on the desktop.
Staff Writers Sep 4 2008 12:01AM Networking
Suncorp embarks on teleworking pilot

Suncorp embarks on teleworking pilot

Suncorp is said to be trialling teleworking at its 1,000 seat contact centre on the back of increased interest in ‘virtual’ business models.
Ry Crozier Sep 3 2008 12:01AM Telco/ISP
ING Direct makes paper account applications a thing of the past

ING Direct makes paper account applications a thing of the past

Through a partnership with identity verification developer FCS Online, ING Direct will become the first Australian bank to offer customers the option of a purely online account application process.
Ashley Clark Jun 3 2008 4:20PM Security
Commbank’s reseller agreement to fast-track ecommerce

Commbank’s reseller agreement to fast-track ecommerce

A newly-announced alliance between the Commonwealth Bank and online payment service provider eWAY could fast-track how merchants set up and manage their online payment infrastructure.
Liz Tay May 23 2008 12:25PM Strategy

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