Falcon too timid for HSBC 30 October 2009 5:09PM HSBC is planning to extend the real time anti-fraud monitoring system it uses for debit and credit card transactions to also monitor online banking transactions, setting itself a five-year deadline to.. read more
NextGen a three-year project for NAB 09 September 2009 4:34PM National Australia Bank's chief information officer, Adam Bennett, has a full dance card grappling with the swag of computing platforms the bank is inheriting as NAB undertakes a series of small acqui.. read more
The future is now 25 June 2009 4:21PM Banks sighing with relief at having survived what the GFC has thrown at them thus far should not be so smug, since few are equipped to deal with the seismic revolution in banking being wrought by tech.. read more
Infosys tackles IT consulting 12 May 2009 4:23PM Infosys Australia's recently formed strategic consulting group bagged its first big-bank client this month, signing up one of the big four for a range of IT consulting services. read more
NAB seeks new servicing model 07 August 2008 4:44PM National Australia Bank has kicked off its core banking replacement program by hiring Oracle to develop a computing platform for its forthcoming low-cost bank brand that will be launched later this ye.. read more
Adventures with core systems: part II 25 June 2008 4:43PM The bankers at CBA are in for a bit of a shock. In the past they told their computing guys what they wanted and IT went away and wrote it. In the future the bankers can tell IT what they want to do -.. read more
Adventures with core systems: part I 24 June 2008 4:44PM Michael Harte first walked into his Sydney office at the Commonwealth Bank at 9.15am on 10 April 2006.When he finally got to lift the bonnet on the bank's IT group he uncovered: "A group of fragmented.. read more
Wikis may be working for Westpac 20 February 2008 5:21PM The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collabor.. read more
IT MANAGEMENT IN A FLUX AT SUNCORP 09 November 2006 11:00AM The key to a successful integration of Suncorp and Promina's information systems will be installing an individual with the stamina to drive through significant IT changes while fending off vested inte.. read more
SUNCORP SEARCHING FOR IT PATHWAY 08 November 2006 11:00AM If Suncorp's plans to merge with Promina get the regulators' green light the expanded insurance and banking entity will spend about $395 million on the integration; much of that earmarked for the info.. read more