Westpac

304 results about this entity

Period: 26 Nov 2004 - 24 Mar 2025

Westpac hires McKinnon as new head of restructured IT group

Australia's Westpac has hired former Commonwealth Bank CIO Bob McKinnon to lead a newly restructured technology division.

Westpac 'processing error' causes chaos for payroll and direct debit payments

Back office staff at Australia's Westpac are working overtime to reverse millions of dollars worth of transactions after a 'processing error' led some payments to fail and duplicated tens of thousands of other payments in and out of customer accounts.

Australian union calls on government to halt offshoring

Australia's Financial Sector Union (FSU) has called for the country's government to act to prevent banks from shifting jobs to overseas centres amid concerns that Westpac is looking to offshore more work.

Westpac exits The Trust Centre

Westpac has pulled out of The Trust Centre, an initiative sponsored by the Australian bank with a mandate to provide third party customer identity management services to financial services firms.

EDS recruits Michael Coomer to head global financial services unit

US IT services firm EDS has hired former Westpac technology chief Michael Coomer to lead its global financial services division.

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.

Westpac sues former customer after A$11m account 'mistake'

Australian bank Westpac has taken legal action against a former customer in a dispute over A$11 million that was "mistakenly" transferred to his account over a two-year period.

Westpac cancels cards after security scare

Australian banking group Westpac has cancelled thousands of Visa credit cards over the past week following a security breach at an un-named third party vendor, according to local press reports.

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.