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  • Westpac and Microsoft team up to ‘catapult’ digital banking

    Westpac has taken the wrappers off its data driven experience platform (DDEP), a Microsoft Azure-based data hub that draws on data sources from across Westpac Group to provide real-time, personalised insight to its customers.

    Written by Jennifer O'Brien19 Nov. 19 12:46
  • Westpac prepares to launch ‘banking as a service’ platform

    Westpac plans to launch a standalone cloud-based digital ‘banking as a service’ platform that will allow third parties, such as Westpac’s institutional clients and fintechs, to offer the bank’s products to their customers.

    Written by Rohan Pearce04 Nov. 19 12:03
  • More security needed for real time banking system

    The PayID real-time banking system owned by Australian financial institutions through the New Payments Platform (NPP) has been the victim of hacker misuse twice this year, highlighting just how vulnerable the nation’s real time payments infrastructure is.

    Written by Paul Haskell-Dowland24 Oct. 19 09:59
  • Westpac confirms PayID look-up 'mis-use'

    ​Westpac bank has confirmed that it “had detected mis-use” of the New Payments Platform’s PayID feature, following a report that the details of thousands of customers were looked up by a ‘fraudster’.

    Written by George Nott04 June 19 10:29
Features about Westpac
  • So you’re studying IT?

    Young women studying information technology degrees at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) discuss the gender gap in their chosen industry and why computing is no longer the domain of geeky males.

    Written by Byron Connolly14 Nov. 13 09:02
  • Banking IT's success on customer behaviour

    Westpac CIO Clive Whincup defines technology's role in modern customer service delivery and discusses how rapid change is impacting the role of the CIO.

    Written by Nadia Cameron28 Oct. 13 10:00
  • Proving the value of IT - Part one

    Value. It’s a powerful word at the best of times. It can mean cheap and simple or large and complex — and everything in between — and all meanings are positive, depending on your point of view. When the word ‘value’ comes up in focus groups, brand managers are wont to smile wryly and consider their job done. Happy days. Add ‘IT’ as its prefix, however, and suddenly, this fabulous term with all its positive connotations becomes fraught with uncertainty, despite enterprise over the years gaining critical business and competitive advantage from information and communications technology.

    Written by Georgina Swan01 Feb. 11 15:00
  • Westpac Outlines St George IT Integration Strategy

    Westpac is to derive much of its future IT innovation and costs savings from a cross pollination of best-of-breed IT systems between itself and St George, which was acquired by the bank last year.

    Written by Tim Lohman07 May 09 12:27
  • Westpac Credits IT with Performance Gains

    Westpac has made major advances in the last half year in improving the reliability and stability of its in-house IT systems according to the bank’s CEO, Gail Kelly.

    Written by Tim Lohman06 May 09 13:28
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