http://www.bankingday.com/index.php Banking Day en-au Copyright Banking Day 2010 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.bankingday.com/RDF/manage_head1.gif http://www.bankingday.com/ Banking Day http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=14538 Listed financial software specialist Rubik is predicting increased demand from smaller banks and credit unions for cloud-based computing services as they migrate off legacy banking platforms. Banking Day 2013-03-20T07:02:19+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=14261 CBA has joined the Open Data Centre Alliance as a new adopter member. Banking Day 2013-01-25T07:02:20+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13862 Jobs losses in the finance sector in Australia may accelerate if employers step up the "offshoring" of work in line with projections modelled on behalf of two industry unions. Banking Day 2012-10-10T06:54:05+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13841 Having pioneered mobile banking in 2010, with its goMoney app for iPhones, ANZ is now looking to refresh its reputation as a technology innovator. Accordingly, the bank announced a slew of new consumer applications and small business systems yesterday. Banking Day 2012-10-05T06:33:55+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13834 Transaction numbers are increasing 20 per cent a year at Westpac, as customers check their balances more frequently and make payments around the clock. Banking Day 2012-10-04T06:48:04+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13643 NAB’s online-only brand, UBank, has migrated its 300,000 customers on to NAB’s new computing platform, which is being built in partnership with software giant Oracle. Banking Day 2012-08-28T07:14:08+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13575 Commonwealth Bank has reduced the number of major computer crashes it endures from 10 in 2011 to just seven during the last financial year. Banking Day 2012-08-16T07:10:52+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13518 The drive for speed and convenience in retail banking is changing the way financial institutions manage security, with NAB now promoting faster log-ins for mobile banking. Banking Day 2012-08-02T06:53:42+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13448 National Australia Bank may finally earn a return on a speculative, 17-year old investment in a technology company, if a decision by the US Court of Appeals stands. Banking Day 2012-07-16T07:05:04+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13292 NAB is shifting its technology focus away from being just a builder of computer systems towards being an "orchestrator of services", which will see it embrace cloud computing where possible. Banking Day 2012-06-07T06:54:56+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13279 Bankwest corrects misleading advert, while ANZ refinances developer Watpac Ltd. Banking Day 2012-06-05T07:13:25+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13229 More information on the importance of the mobile phone as a banking interface emerged this week, with NAB revealing that its customers funnel A$1 billion worth of transactions each month through their mobiles. Banking Day 2012-05-25T07:19:36+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13111 Around 200 more technology staff at Westpac may be transferred to IBM, though none are likely to lose their jobs. Banking Day 2012-04-27T06:56:26+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13034 Mobile banking is growing so fast that a year from now Commonwealth Bank expects more customers to access its Netbank service from mobile devices rather than from computers. Banking Day 2012-04-10T07:15:11+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13022 The Attorney-General's Department hopes to upload missing Australian Company Numbers into the Personal Property Securities Register by the end of the month. Banking Day 2012-04-03T07:24:20+10:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=13006 Speakers at the Personal Property Securities Reform conference in Sydney yesterday made no attempt to gloss over the problems users have encountered with the PPS Register in its first two months of operation. Banking Day 2012-03-30T07:00:57+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12956 Commonwealth Bank has confirmed that the three mobile platforms it intends to concentrate on are the iOS (for Apple's iPhones and iPads), the Android OS, and the Windows Mobile platform. CBA has effectively ruled out ever developing applications for the BlackBerry. Banking Day 2012-03-20T07:00:09+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12921 The forthcoming divorce of the majority of Australia's mutual ADIs from their long-standing payments' provider is proving a strained affair. Banking Day 2012-03-12T07:12:17+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12920 A risk Cuscal-linked credit unions will have to manage over the coming months is the uncompromising approach being taken by First Data, the sector's present provider of payment processing services, as the industry's switching project gathers momentum. Banking Day 2012-03-12T07:10:32+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12912 The chief information officer of the Commonwealth Bank has acknowledged that the bank is "embarrassed every single time" its computer systems fail, as they did last week when the CBA's Eftpos and ATM networks were unavailable for several hours. Banking Day 2012-03-09T07:17:11+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12911 Commonwealth Bank is exploring how it can use the data it collects about its customers to "specifically price based on your risk and your loyalty".  Banking Day 2012-03-09T07:16:27+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12893 National Australia Bank is testing a security model that could become a global template for buying cloud computing services. Banking Day 2012-03-06T06:57:36+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12861 The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority cautioned banks against excessive cost cutting that may undermine improvements in the availability and reliability if their systems Banking Day 2012-02-28T07:14:45+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12859 Further upgrades to the bank's finance system, an overhaul of payments and transactions systems and the replacement of capital markets platforms are among IT investment priorities at Commonwealth Bank. Banking Day 2012-02-28T07:14:22+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12732 The adequacy of data transferred from security registers maintained by the ASIC to the new Personal Property Securities Register has emerged as the most common source of discontent with users of the new register. Banking Day 2012-02-02T06:58:55+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12727 Some banks are withholding payments to car dealers pending a resolution of the problems with search functions on the new Personal Property Securities Register. These continued into the second day of operation yesterday. Banking Day 2012-02-01T07:24:33+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12714 Suncorp Bank has outlined a three-year program to upgrade its banking technology systems, including a project to replace its Hogan core banking system with the Flexcube product from Oracle. Banking Day 2012-01-30T06:56:54+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12253 Banks need to lift their game in terms of harnessing technology to deliver more for less, according to the ANZ's chief information officer, Anne Weatherston. Banking Day 2011-10-07T07:22:46+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12230 ANZ on Friday confirmed the new hirings, and also departures, in the ranks of executives managing its technology businesses. Banking Day 2011-10-03T07:11:11+11:00 http://www.bankingday.com/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=12229 ANZ adopted a new structure for its information technology organisation, and recruited some offshore executives to lead key IT divisions, the Financial Review reports. Banking Day 2011-09-30T07:11:01+10:00