Westpac

296 results about this entity

Period: 26 Nov 2004 - 31 Jul 2024

Westpac names Diane Sias new tech chief

Australian banking group Westpac has appointed McKinsey consultant and former GM of its banking operations Diane Sias as group executive, business and technology solutions and services.

Card skimmers loot $100,000 from Westpac ATM users

Australia's Westpac has suspended 900 customer cash cards following the discovery of a skimming device at an ATM in Melbourne.

New Web site to expose Aussie bank offshoring plans

Australia's Finance Sector Union (FSU) has launched a Web site that will enable consumers in the country to see if their bank is sending their personal data to offshore centres.

Westpac shelves offshoring plans

Australian banking group Westpac has ditched plans to shift hundreds of back office jobs from Sydney to an offshore centre in India.

Westpac backs customer ID management initiative

Australian bank Westpac has stumped up seed funding for the development of an industry-wide customer identity management service, dubbed The Trust Centre.

New Zealand regulator alleges price fixing of interchange fees

New Zealand's financial watchdog has initiated legal action against Visa, Mastercard and 11 financial institutions for allegedly fixing the interchange fees charged on card transactions.

Westpac warned on offshoring

Australian bank Westpac stands to lose contracts it has with the New South Wales (NSW) government if it goes ahead with plans to shift hundreds of back office jobs to an offshore centre in India.

Fraudsters net NZ$47,000 in New Zealand ATM skimming scam

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) says fraudsters have stolen around NZ$47,000 from customer bank accounts in an ATM skimming scam.

Westpac bids to thwart keyloggers with onscreen keypad

Westpac has introduced a mouse-activated keypad for users logging on to its Internet banking service. The move comes just months after Australian police busted an online crime syndicate suspected of stealing funds from Web banking customers through the use of keylogging malware.

Bartercard inks Australian Eftpos deal

Bartercard has linked its business-to-business barter platform to the national electronic funds transfer at point of sale (Eftpos) network in Australia.

Westpac awards NZ$100m ICT deal to Telecom

Australian bank Westpac has signed a five year contract, worth over NZ$100 million, with Telecom NZ for the provision of managed information and communications technology (ICT) services for its New Zealand operations.

Westpac considering biometric authentication

Australian banking group Westpac is exploring the application of fingerprint identification technology for Web banking, with a small-scale pilot possible within the next two years.