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The National Australia Bank payments failure these last few days had a cascade effect throughout the sector, with several other banks issuing alerts to customers that some transactions had been dela.. read more

Commonwealth Bank IT supremo Michael Harte is facing a computing challenge from an unexpected quarter - the bank's risk department. read more

Westpac has halved the term of its latest services deal with computing giant IBM, introducing more flexibility into the contract and demanding a slew of new service level agreements. read more

Australia's financial institutions are harnessing advanced contact centre technology to allow more call centre staff to work from home. read more

Interest rates aside, the new battleground for Australia's banks is mobile banking, with financial institutions falling over one another in the race to deliver new apps for different mobile computer.. read more

In a week which has seen social networks ablaze with negative consumer commentary about a perceived profits grab by the big banks, Australia's leading financial organisations have admitted they stru.. read more

Banks that have completed core banking transformations are better placed to meet the regime change that will be demanded by Basel III, says technology analyst Ovum. read more

Commonwealth Bank secured an accolade from an unexpected quarter yesterday when CSC chief executive Gavin Larkings said the bank had secured a "potentially dominant leadership position". read more

Commonwealth Bank chief Ralph Norris sent a clear signal yesterday that faced with the rising cost of offshore funding, and ever-increasing competition for local deposits, interest rates on home loa.. read more

Westpac has built an internal cloud computing system, which it is using to develop and test new applications for the bank. read more