CommBank loses Harte to Barclays

Australian banking's "celebrity-CIO" Michael Harte has resigned from the Commonwealth Bank to take up the technology reins at Barclays Bank in the UK later this year. read more

CBA makes another play in the mPOS market

Commonwealth Bank yesterday unveiled a small business smartphone application that, when coupled with its Leo or new Emmy mobile point of sale devices allows businesses to issue quotes, invoices, track.. read more

Payment technology that suits

Heritage Bank will this week auction a man's business suit featuring an embedded NFC (near field communications) chip and antenna that allows the wearer to make a payment by simply swiping their sleev.. read more

Bank tech heads rolling

This month marks Michael Harte's eighth year as Commonwealth Bank's chief information officer - making him Australia's longest serving big bank technocrat. read more

NAB's new boss up to speed on NextGen

NAB's new boss Andrew Thorburn, who will take over as chief executive officer from August, is already well versed in the NextGen technology transformation program underway at NAB as its New Zealand ar.. read more

The jury is out on gamification

More than 1000 copies of the Zip It Up! app have been downloaded in the week since Adelaide-based People's Choice Credit Union launched the smartphone games app which rewards winners with up to $300 a.. read more

Albert: it's complicated

Commonwealth Bank's chief executive, Ian Narev, confirmed that the bank had experienced unforeseen challenges with the development of its mobile point-of-sale platform being developed in Europe in a.. read more