Action stations at CBA

Commonwealth Bank has taken the wraps off its new campus located at the eastern edge of Darling Harbour in Sydney. By the end of the year, 6200 staff will have moved across to the completely open-pl.. read more

Australian banks not energy efficient

Australia's financial services sector is performing poorly in terms of adopting green computing policies and practices, ranking behind only the manufacturing sector for adoption. read more

CBA's CIO stays on

Michael Harte, chief information officer of Commonwealth Bank, has committed to at least another three years in the job. read more

Caution rules following Mambo's demise

The failure of Mambo as the "great white hope" for online payments has sent the big banks back to their bunkers, without any clear plans for an alternative, according to Drew Unsworth, general manag.. read more

Conveyancing overhaul primed for 2013

A national e-conveyancing system that will based in part on the intellectual property underpinning Victoria's existing electronic conveyancing system is to be designed and developed by technology fi.. read more

Systems tamed at CBA

Commonwealth Bank has revealed statistics showing that over the last five years it has managed to wrangle the number of major computer crashes it endures each year down from 66 to ten. read more

Ovum sees little growth in IT spending

In June, when technology analyst Ovum completed its report on the IT spending plans of the global financial markets' industry, it was probably fair enough to believe the global economy was on the up.. read more

Payments proliferation stretches resources

Meeting the banking expectations of Generation Y is causing the financial sector a dilemma, forcing it to offer mobile banking, online banking and in-branch banking to meet client expectations, whil.. read more

Westpac learns from St George mistakes

As part of its four-year technology transformation program, Westpac has established additional levels of technology governance and management to ensure its systems never return to the "Alice in Wond.. read more