Westpac

296 results about this entity

Period: 26 Nov 2004 - 31 Jul 2024

Oz banks gear up for real-time payments system

Australia's banks have brought in KPMG to manage a programme to build an industry-wide real-time payments platform by 2016.

Westpac embarks on major branch network overhaul

Dismissing forecasts of the bank branch's imminent demise, Westpac has committed A$240 million to a major, tech-heavy overhaul designed to bring its network into the 21st century.

St George signposts mobile-only future for smartphone users; more jobs to go at Westpac

St George Bank of Australia claims to have 60,000 mobile banking customers who use only their smartphone to do all their banking.

RBA appoints former Westpac CTO Girn as new chief information officer

The Reserve Bank of Australia has appointed former Westpac tech chief Sarv Girn as its new chief information officer.

Westpac trials SIM-based mobile payments

Australia's Westpac is to begin pilot trials of an Android-based mobile contactless payment application.

Man hides A$15k in oven, wife cooks it

An Australian man has seen $15,000 go up in smoke after he hid the cash in the oven, only for his wife to decide to cook some chicken nuggets.

Bank of America claims 10 million mobile customers; accelerates branch closure programme

Just a day after Australia's Westpac reported one million users for its mobile banking apps, US behemoth Bank of America wades in with news that it has passed the 10 million milestone.

Westpac sees mobile sessions skyrocket as app downloads pass one million milestone

Australia's Westpac is experiencing a sharp rise in mobile banking sessions after passing the one million download mark this month.

Telecom NZ and Westpac trial mobile NFC for Auckland public transport

Telecom New Zealand and Westpac are preparing to pilot an NFC mobile wallet system that will enable users to pay for access to Auckland public transport with their handsets.

Westpac axes another 119 IT jobs

Australian bank Westpac is cutting 126 jobs, including 119 in information technology, and outsourcing the work to India in a bid to cut costs.

RBA launches probe into Oz banking outages

Australia's central bank is preparing a crackdown on operational disruptions at the country's leading banks following a series of major outages in retail payment systems and Internet banking sites. The RBA's intervention comes as Westpac warned customers that it was experiencing intermittent problems with its Web site.

ANZ adds to Oz job misery; Westpac accused of 'censoring' Facebook complaints

Australia's ANZ is to cut 1000 middle management, back office and support jobs by the end of 2012 in response to higher costs, regulatory demands and weakened consumer buying.