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• ​Eftpos taps culture-of-innovation-as-a-service

  Despite being Australia's most used debit network, eftpos is battling with accelerated decline in its transaction volumes and market share.​

• All ANZ staff encouraged to become 'their own little data scientist'

  ANZ bank's 48,000 global staff are each being encouraged to become "their own data scientist" and being provided with tools to draw value from the company's fast-growing data lake.

• ANZ welcomes Emma Gray as new data chief

  ANZ has crowned Emma Gray as its first chief data officer tasked with overseeing the bank’s data strategy, including how data is defined, gathered managed and protected.

• ANZ CIO out with appointment of new tech chief

  ​ANZ has appointed Gerard Florian as group executive technology as part of its technology and operations management shake-up.

• ​ANZ rejigs tech and operations team

  ANZ on Thursday announced changes to its technology, operations and shared services operating model which will see CIO, Scott Collary report to the bank’s CEO, Shayne Elliott later this year.

• ANZ takes ‘line honours’ in rolling out Android Pay across Australia

  ANZ has taken the wraps off Android Pay, making it the first major bank to launch the contactless payment solution to its five million customers in Australia.

• ANZ CIO: 'We want to be a more open bank'

  “I want the inside of ANZ to look like the outside world from a technology perspective,” says CIO Scott Collary

• ANZ CIO: Core banking system 'not a hindrance'

  ​ANZ’s core banking system is “not a hindrance” and the bank is not considering an overhaul like its rivals, says CIO Scott Collary.

• ANZ draws Blade on CBA's Albert

  ​ANZ Bank will be releasing an all-in-one mobile point-of-sale device later this year to compete with the likes of CBA’s Albert.

• ​The rise of robotics-as-a-service

  We are hearing about more and more of this concept of robots. In financial services, robo-advisors are the rage as there is a shift of economic cycles.

• ​ANZ first bank to offer Apple Pay

  ANZ is now offering the Apple Pay contactless payment solution to its five million customers in Australia – the first bank in the country to do so.
  

• Local Google boss Maile Carnegie jumps ship to ANZ Bank

  Google Australia and New Zealand's managing director, Maile Carnegie, has quit her post and is joining ANZ Bank in the newly-created position of group executive, digital banking.

• ANZ releases Android mobile payments app

  ANZ bank has launched its mobile payments app, allowing customers with an Android smartphone to make contactless payments.

• ​ANZ upgrades online banking

  ANZ on Friday announced an upgrade to its Internet banking platform, claiming it’s the first major Australian bank to offer a consistent experience to 2.1 million customers across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
  

• ​Digitisation not about ‘McDonalds analytics’: ANZ CTO

  The fundamental element of any digital transformation project is actually understanding what’s important to the customer not doing what ANZ’s chief technology officer, Patrick Maes describes as ‘McDonalds analytics.’