05 October 2012 6:33am

Having pioneered mobile banking in 2010, with its goMoney app for iPhones, ANZ is now looking to refresh its reputation as a technology innovator.

The bank announced a slew of new consumer applications and small business systems yesterday, and a contactless payments trial. ANZ also hinted that it was leaning towards biometric access control – most likely involving fingerprint scanning or voice biometrics – in two to three years’ time.

Mobile banking has become one of the fastest growing opportunities in the financial sector, on the back of the rapid consumer adoption of...