Consumers embrace contactless payments 26 November 2013 5:15PM Enthusiasm for contactless payments continues to surge, with new research showing almost three in five Australians now have a contactless card, and 40 per cent of this cohort use them regularly. read more
RBS shows the way with big data 12 November 2013 5:41PM The Royal Bank of Scotland is deploying ground-breaking analytics to deliver a new class of service to its business clients. Its analytics division has developed techniques that allow it to map and.. read more
Suncorp clears away the smoke and mirrors 12 November 2013 5:40PM Suncorp is planning to release its first mobile banking applications, designed specifically to run on iPhones and Android smartphones, by the end of the month read more
Online business lending carves out a niche 11 November 2013 5:57PM Sandstone Technology is planning to extend its tablet-based home loan application system so it can be used for online business lending. read more
Healthy demand for workplace banking 11 November 2013 5:56PM ME Bank plans to roll out services to 70 more workplace-based banking locations in the next year, adding to the 83 already installed since the program was launched in July 2011. The following year,.. read more
BoQ to invest in new banking platform 08 November 2013 5:36PM Bank of Queensland will go looking for a new technology platform in early 2014, following a review of its 10-year contract with Hewlett Packard. read more
Bankers told to 'embrace the threat' 08 November 2013 5:34PM Banks must embrace experimentation if they are going to keep pace with customer expectations and the speed at which start-up financial service providers operate. Bankwest's chief executive of enterp.. read more
NAB ahead of schedule with technology upgrade 01 November 2013 5:42PM NAB spent $200 million on software related to its NextGeneration technology transformation during the last financial year and claims it is on track for its 2016 project completion deadline. Chief e.. read more
NAB promises faster merchant service through eWay gateway 31 October 2013 5:16PM Payment gateway provider eWay has inked a deal with NAB that it claims will allow it to set up merchant accounts for organisations in just four days. read more
New NFC payment standard for New Zealand 11 October 2013 6:15PM Payments NZ has completed drafting a series of standards intended to steer the rollout of Near Field Communication-enabled contactless mobile payments applications. The final version of standards and.. read more