ANZ Banking Group

233 results about this entity

Period: 10 Nov 2006 - 15 Aug 2024

Westpac wields the axe

Australia's Westpac is set to axe 400 positions and offshore another 150 roles in the latest round of job cuts at the bank.

Westpac cuts 188 IT jobs

Australian bank Westpac is axing 188 jobs in its IT department as part of a cost-reduction programme that will see it outsource more functions.

ANZ names new tech honcho

ANZ has appointed Alistair Currie group COO, with responsibility for the Australian bank's technology, shared services and operations.

ANZ CIO cool on the cloud

The prospect of cloud computing making a big impression in the Australian financial services sector in the near future appear bleak, with regulatory concerns continuing to hold back use of the technology, according to ANZ CIO Anne Weatherston.

ANZ contactless m-payments trial disappoints

Following a pilot, Australia's ANZ has decided not to push ahead with a microSD-based iPhone case that turns the mobile handset into a contactless payments device.

ANZ New Zealand trials mobile payments

ANZ New Zealand has begun a limited trial of mobile payments via NFC stickers and Blackberry-based micro-SD cards.

Internal report slams ANZ IT systems

ANZ's technology systems have been slammed in an internal review commissioned by the bank that warns a lack of IT investment could hit plans to become a regional superpower.

ANZ and Visa trial contactless iPhone case

Australia's ANZ and Visa have teamed up to pilot an iPhone case that turns the handset into a contactless payments device.

ANZ New Zealand shifting to single IT platform

ANZ New Zealand is investing around NZ$220 million to put its business on to a single technology platform and restructure its management system.

NAB taps social media to 'break up' with rivals

National Australian Bank (NAB) has tapped Twitter, Facebook and Youtube to launch an extraordinary attack on its rivals, "breaking up" with them over home-loan interest rates.

WestPac and ANZ tap the cloud for testing

Australian banks ANZ and WestPac are both tapping cloud technology for the testing and development of new software.

CBA upgrade hits eftpos and ATM transactions

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has apologised to customers after scheduled system and security upgrades to its NetBank online service disrupted its nationwide payment network.