Bank of Queensland

31 results about this entity

Period: 25 Jul 2005 - 18 Aug 2022

NAB writes off $297m in under-performing software

National Australia Bank is to write down $297 million in software expenses as the promised benefits of some deployments failed to materialise amid rising costs.

Bank of Queensland apes hipster coffee shop aesthetic for new look branch

Australia's Bank of Queensland has unveiled the first of a new generation of bank branches, ripping out the counter and staid furniture in favour of a funky new design aesthetic.

Bank of Queensland seeks social media sage

Australia's Bank of Queensland has joined the roll-call of banks looking to formalise their activities in the Web 2.0 space by advertising for a full-time social media manager.

BoQ pilots money management tool

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has begun trialling a free online personal finance management tool that can be used by anyone, regardless of whether they are customers or not.

BoQ names Kangatharan COO

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has promoted CFO Ram Kangatharan to the newly created position of COO, giving him control of day-to-day operations and oversight of technology.

Millions of German bank cards hit by Y2K timebomb

Millions of German bank cardholders have been hit by a Y2K-hangover bug which prevents card chips supplied by French technology company Gemalto from recognising the year 2010 change.

EDS IT worker gets nine years for stealing A$3m from BoQ to impress wife

An EDS IT expert who stole nearly A$3 million from the Bank of Queensland - where he worked as a contractor - and then spent it on lavish gifts for his older wife in a bid to impress her, has been sentenced to nine years in jail.

Y2K-like bug knocks out BoQ Eftpos system

A Y2K-style bug affecting Bank of Queensland Eftpos terminals has left merchants across Australia unable to process card transactions over the New Year.

Australian couple charged with ATM explosion

Australian police have arrested a couple in connection with the explosion of a Bank of Queensland cash machine in the city of Brisbane, the latest in a spate of explosive attacks on ATMs in the country.

BoQ trials EDS carbon emissions management service

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) is trialling a new service from tech vendor EDS that helps companies calculate energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions generated by their IT infrastructures.

BoQ to launch browser-based mobile banking service

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) is the latest Australian financial institution to enter the mobile banking market and says it will launch a browser-based service, called BankLink Mobile, in the first half of the year.

ANZ online banking site crashes

ANZ has become the latest Australian bank to experience Internet breakdown problems after a software malfunction knocked out its online banking service for 11 hours.