Commonwealth Bank of Australia

425 results about this entity

Period: 11 Oct 2004 - 08 Aug 2024

CommBank buys South African tech outfit Tyme

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is on the prowl for tech acquisitions after paying A$40 million for South African digital banking outfit Take Your Money Everywhere (Tyme).

Barclays and CommBank explore open source collaboration pact

Barclays Bank is to work with Commonwealth Bank of Australia on the development of open source tools for analysing large data sets in an effort to break free from the tyranny of vendor licensing fees.

Forgetful Aussies can now lock misplaced credit cards with new CommBank app

Australia's Commonwealth bank has introduced a new mobile and online app that customers can use to temporarily lockdown a credit card which may have been lost or stolen.

CBA launches Innovation Lab

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched an Innovation Lab in the heart of Sydney's Central Business District with a view to developing cutting-edge products, and services in collaboration with customers, partners, start-ups and industry experts.

CommBank invites customers to find lost wallets in online treasure hunt

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched an online virtual treasure hunt, challenging customers to scour through a detailed panoramic photo of Sydney to find one of ten yellow wallets hidden in secret locations across the city.

Australia's eftpos takes on PayPal with online payments system

Australian point-of-sale payments provider eftpos is moving online, testing a new system for web-purchases at supermarket chain Coles.

Banks and retailers sign on for new Australian Payments Council

Australian banks, retailers and payments specialists have signed on to a new co-ordination body that aims to step up the pace of innovation in the country's payments industry.

Westpac appoints CBA core transformation architect as new CIO

Wetspac has appointed Dave Curran, the architect of neighbouring Commonwealth Bank's core banking transformation project, as its new chief information officer.

Barclays poaches CommBank tech chief Harte to replace Kheradpir

CommBank CIO Michael Harte has quit the Australian bank to take up the role of chief operations and technology officer of Barclays Bank in London.

CommBank debuts cardless ATM transactions

Australia's Commonwealth Bank has beaten local rival WestPac to market with a new mobile app that enables customers to make cardless ATM withdrawals using just their smartphone.

CommBank services hit by network-wide outage

An IT glitch at Commonwealth Bank of Australia has left customers unable to use online and mobile banking, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals for several hours.

Aussies to ditch physical wallets for mobiles by 2021 - CBA

Mobile wallets will have replaced their leather counterparts in Australia by 2021, research commissioned by CommBank suggests.