Financial institutions Westpac and Insurance Australia Group (IAG) have scored some of the highest ratings for corporate social responsibility practices in a new global index of public companies.
Westpac has warned that malicious emails discovered earlier this week are still being churned out to customers.
Westpac has reported that fake emails claiming to be from the bank and including a malicious link are in circulation.
For the second day in a row, customers of Westpac have been unable to access bank accounts online.
Westpac and the Melbourne Institute expect economic activity to slow over the next 3-9 months, but do not expect the RBA to increase rates before the September quarter
Last month's Christchurch earthquake may cost Westpac's NZ subsidiary up to NZ$100m ($73.9m) in credit losses for the March half-year, the company disclosed
Westpac has confirmed that it has again suffered a glitch with its online banking portal for the second time in two weeks.
The growth of online security threats has led more Australian banks partner with software vendors to offer free security suites for customers as a means of minimising risk.
Westpac has confirmed it is the latest bank to experience issues with its online banking portal, with some customers unable to log in to the service early this morning.
Self-regulation would lead to a more trustworthy, local Cloud provider industry and avoid contractual hassles, according to an analyst firm.
Various frameworks can help change how an organisation perceives — and more importantly, measures — value. Change, however, is the key word.
The ongoing issue with the value debate is its subjectivity; value is a perceptive judgement that must, by necessity of a business case, be quantified, particularly when each project must be signed off by the chief financial officer. And therein lies the problem, says Capability Management partner, Vince Gill.
Marketing company STW Communications (ASX:SGN) has signed a new banking facility in Australia with Westpac (ASX:WBC) and HSBC
Pooling infrastructure and applications into a common public cloud for Australia’s banks is not a far-fetched idea, but the practicality of getting all parties to agree will prevent its reality, according to the head of IT at Westpac bank.
Westpac CIO, Donna-Maree Vinci, has urged her counterparts to persist in implementing service-oriented architecture (SOA), even if the rewards aren't available immediately.