299 results about this entity
Period: 26 Nov 2004 - 16 Sep 2024
News
Westpac is working with Israeli-based startup PayKey on technology to add banking options to the bottom of a screen on a messaging app.
21 March 2017
The group of Australian banks fighting it out with Apple for access to the iPhone's near-field communication function say that it is "unrealistic" to expect them to settle for Android Pay and non-NFC alternatives.
16 March 2017
The group of Australian banks fighting it out with Apple over the introduction of the consumer electronics giant's mobile payment system have narrowed down their complaint to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to focus solely on open access to the NFC function on iPhones.
13 February 2017
Westpac-backed venture fund Reinventure has allocated $1 million in seed funding to Melbourne-based hospitality app Doshii.
30 January 2017
Company announcement
Westpac Mastercard customers with selected Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC, Motorola, Huawei, and Pixel, and other compatible Android devices can now sign up to Android Pay.
12 December 2016
Australian banks are set to lose their bitter struggle to win collective bargaining rights over NFC access to iPhones as the country's anti-trust regulator issues a draft determination in favour of Apple.
29 November 2016
The simmering dispute between Apple and four of Australia's leading banks over terms of access to Apple Pay has erupted into a fresh slanging match as the banking collective presses home its campaign to secure collective bargaining rights for NFC access to iPhones.
17 October 2016
As Swift gears up for its annual Sibos jamboree in Geneva next week, the interbank messaging network is facing up to a growing threat from Ripple, which has signed up several major banks to a steering group on the use of distributed financial technology for global payments.
23 September 2016
Westpac has made a $16.5 million investment in digital mortgage startup uno, which provides consumers with direct access to the typical loan search and settlement technology that traditional mortgage brokers use.
14 September 2016
The war of words between Apple and some of Australia's biggest banks is growing increasingly heated as the financial collective accuses the consumer electronics group of acting against the interests of customers in the ongoing row over collective bargaining rights for NFC access to iPhones.
30 August 2016
Westpac is leveraging its investment in data sharing startup Data Republic with the launch of a service that enables corporate clients to store and exchange anonymised data with a view to gaining deeper insights into customer behaviour.
25 August 2016
Australia's retailers have thrown their weight behind an effort by the country's banks to win the right to collective bargaining with Apple over NFC access to iPhones.
23 August 2016
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