Action stations at CBA 22 September 2011 4:36PM 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 21 September 2011 4:30PM 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 19 September 2011 4:32PM 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 15 September 2011 4:32PM 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 16 August 2011 4:23PM 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 11 August 2011 4:33PM 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 09 August 2011 4:39PM 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 02 August 2011 4:28PM 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
Expense of account portability 'horrific' to Westpac 27 June 2011 4:53PM Any attempt to enforce account number portability on the financial sector would impose "horrific" costs on banks, according to Westpac's chief information officer, Bob McKinnon, who warned that over.. read more
Westpac learns from St George mistakes 27 June 2011 4:52PM 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