Westpac

302 results about this entity

Period: 26 Nov 2004 - 21 Nov 2024

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.

Cable & Wireless signs new banks to Real Time Nostro service

ABN Amro, FNB International Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, Svenska Handelsbanken and Westpac have signed up as providers of nostro data to Cable & Wireless' Real Time Nostro (RTN) service, while 10 more banks are in a pilot phase as users.

Westpac Web banking site hit by technical glitches

Australian bank Westpac has admitted that its consumer and business online banking service has been hit by several technical glitches as businesses in the country rushed to submit business activity statements (BAS).

Westpac awards Sodexho/Mowlem JV EUR92m facilities management contract

Australian banking group Westpac has awarded a five year facilities management contract, worth EUR92 million, to a 50:50 joint venture firm established by France's Sodexho Alliance and UK-based Mowlem.

IBM wins A$50 million slice of Fiserv cheque deal

IBM has won a A$50 million contract to provide IT services in support of Fiserv's A$600 million cheque processing venture with three of Australia's four largest banks.

Fiserv wins $600m cheque processing contract with Australian banks

National Australia Bank (NAB), Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have confirmed that Fiserv has won a 12 year contract, worth A$600m, to supply the three banks with cheque processing services.

Computer glitch forces Westpac to suspend online banking

Australian bank Westpac has been forced to shut down its online banking service after a security upgrade left some customers unable to access their accounts.